by Olive | Mar 12, 2024 | Book Reviews
First Down by Grace Reilly (2022) Contemporary sports romance. Book 1 of the Beyond the Play series. College senior and football star James transfers to a new university after some drama at his previous school. Luckily, he gets to go to school and live with his...
by Olive | Mar 11, 2024 | Book Reviews
Second Duke’s the Charm by Kate Bateman (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Her Majesty’s Rebels series. How many tropes can you roll into a single book? We’ve got a virgin widow, female detectives, one-night stand in disguise, widow...
by Olive | Mar 7, 2024 | Book Reviews
Cocky Butler by Annabelle Anders (2021) Book 7 of the Regency Cocky Gents series. The super arrogant duke of the friend group loses a wager and now has to serve as the butler at his friend’s London townhouse. But this duke’s authoritative bearing always...
by Olive | Mar 6, 2024 | Book Reviews
The Counterfeit Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath (2023) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 1 of the Chessmen series. We have another servant-in-disguise story here, with Daisy/Marguerite posing as a maid in Bishop’s house to catch her client’s wife having an...
by Olive | Mar 5, 2024 | Book Reviews
Mad Duke March by Sadie Bosque (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Rake Review series. The Duke of Tyrone has a tragic history of a mother who abandoned him and a father who beat and berated him, so now he’s a reckless drunk with no ambitions...
by Olive | Mar 4, 2024 | Book Reviews
The Duke’s All That by Christina Britton (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Synneful Spinsters series. Seraphina is living in the Isle of Synne with her two sisters running the circulating library on the island. She’s got a mysterious past...