by Olive | Jul 16, 2024 | Book Reviews
The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson (2024) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. It’s a rough day for Daphne who is at a baseball game that she’s not interested in, but she makes it better by getting drunk and heckling a baseball player. Except that she...
by Olive | Jul 15, 2024 | Book Reviews
Falling for the Marquess by Alexa Aston (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Strongs of Shadowcrest series. We start with August’s story as he’s injured at war and sent home, finding that his father died and his brother is on his deathbed, and...
by Olive | Jul 11, 2024 | Book Reviews
Silk Is for Seduction by Loretta Chase (2011) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Dressmakers series. Marcelline is the oldest sister and ambitious dress designer who wants to catch a future duchess as a client. In order to do this, she kind of...
by Olive | Jul 9, 2024 | Book Reviews
Earl Crazy by Anna Bradley (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Games Earls Play series. Kit’s back in London to seek a wife and possibly halt a family curse, but he’s having a tough time letting go of his drunken ways. The lady visiting next...
by Olive | Jul 8, 2024 | Book Reviews
A Duke’s Introduction to Courtship by Sophie Barnes (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Gentlemen Authors series. Brody is an impoverished duke who has secretly written a romance novel with two of his friends, but is strapped for...
by Olive | Jul 4, 2024 | Book Reviews
Polishing the Duke by Alexa Aston (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Suddenly a Duke series. An old duke reveals a deathbed secret that his first love and their child is not actually a bastard and is indeed the next duke and hires the Lady...