by Olive | Dec 24, 2024 | Book Reviews
His Christmas Rose by Jane Maguire (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 4 of the Rockliffe Dynasty series. Fairly quick novella. Lady Emily is about to get engaged to her suitor, who will be visiting her family at Christmas. When she goes for a walk,...
by Olive | Dec 23, 2024 | Book Reviews
Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli (2023) Fantasy romance. Book 1 of the Artefacts of Ouranos series. The story mostly follows Lor, a human female prisoner in the most desolate prison in the Aurora territory. She is somehow tossed into the Sun Trials to compete...
by Olive | Dec 19, 2024 | Book Reviews
Barely Even Friends by Mae Bennett (2024) Contemporary romance. Standalone novel. Super cute and steamy Beauty and the Beast retelling. We’re off to a historic estate renovation with Bellamy who is in charge of the project because her father Maurice is ill and she...
by Olive | Dec 18, 2024 | Book Reviews
Always Remember by Mary Balogh (2024) Historical romance. Regency-era England. Book 3 of the Ravenswood series. Ben Ellis is the illegitimate son of an earl who was raised in the earl’s family home after the death of his mother. While Ben has always been embraced as...
by Olive | Dec 17, 2024 | Book Reviews
Undercover with the Heiress by Alivia Fleur (2024) Historical romance. Victorian-era England. Book 3 of the Tales from Honeysuckle Street series. Rosanna is a hotel heiress who is almost about to be engaged to a younger son of a lord, but then gets caught in a...
by Olive | Dec 10, 2024 | Book Reviews
Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey (2023) Contemporary romance. Book 1 of the Vine Mess series. Hallie is the local florist in a vineyard town in Napa who’s basically walking catastrophe. And when her childhood crush Julian is back in town to write his novel, she’s out...
