by Olive | Mar 4, 2025 | Book Reviews
The Lady Sparks a Flame by Elizabeth Everett (2025) Historical Romance. Victorian-era England. Book 2 of the Damsels of Discovery series. Combine an emotionally traumatized exiled scientist with an upbeat and fairly emotionally happy kind of guy, and we get this...
by Olive | Mar 2, 2025 | Book Reviews
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (2025) Contemporary romance. Book 1 of the Heartstrings series. Super cute and fluffy and had me laughing throughout the book. We have a Sleepless in Seattle retelling here with single mom Lucie finding that her pre-teen daughter has...
by Olive | Feb 25, 2025 | Book Reviews
Never Gamble Your Heart by Lindsay Lovise (2025) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 2 of the Secret Society of Governess Spies series. Frankie is the outspoken and socially awkward governess sent to spy on gambling hell owner Jasper, who has a 15 year old...
by Olive | Feb 19, 2025 | Book Reviews
A Beastly Kind of Earl by Mia Vincy (2019) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Prequel to the Longhope Abbey series. Thea has been banished from her home and lives a pretty lonely existence, ever since she was accused of some scandalous behavior (that she really...
by Olive | Feb 18, 2025 | Book Reviews
You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon (2025) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. This one was a really good slow-burn missed connection story. Leigh and Will were in the same high school writing class and Will had given Leigh hypercritical feedback during class,...
by Olive | Feb 11, 2025 | Book Reviews
A Scandalous Kind of Duke by Mia Vincy (2022) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Longhope Abbey series. Former childhood friends finally talk about their missed connection in this book of the series. Juno and Leo have an ill-fated connection, since...