by Olive | Dec 28, 2023 | Book Reviews
Love and Other Scandals by Caroline Linden (2013) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Scandalous series. Joan is the plump and tall daughter of a baronet who is practically a spinster and has an overbearing mother. While she is delivering a message...
by Olive | Dec 27, 2023 | Book Reviews
Portrait of the Duke by Alexa Aston (2023) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Suddenly a Duke series. We start with an adorable prologue with an outspoken teenager warning away one of her spoiled sister’s suitors and letting him know that he isn’t...
by Olive | Dec 26, 2023 | Book Reviews
A Scot to the Heart by Caroline Linden (2021) Historical romance. Georgian-era Scotland. Book 2 of the Desperately Seeking Duke series. Army captain Andrew is the nearest heir to the Duke of Carlyle and on a mission to take care of his affairs to return to Carlyle...
by Olive | Dec 25, 2023 | Book Reviews
Never Fall for Your Fiancee by Virginia Heath (2021) Historical romance in Regency-ish era England, Book 1 of the Merriwell Sisters series. A carefree and jovial earl prevents his mother’s matchmaking from America by writing to her about a fictional fiancee and her...
by Olive | Dec 21, 2023 | Book Reviews
How to Be a Wallflower by Eloisa James (2022) Historical romance, Regency-era England. Book 1 of the Would-Be Wallflowers series. Cleo is interested in being a wallflower and plans to order a drab wardrobe. When she visits a costumer, the company has been purchased by...
by Olive | Dec 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Plaid to the Bone by Caroline Lee (2021) Historical romance. Medieval Scotland. Book 1 of the Bad in Plaid series. We’re onto a new generation of the Oliphant family with a laird who has six daughters, no sons, and a scheme to declare the next laird. The first...
