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Their numbers dwindle as the society gentlemen invited to court Willow Dupre reveal their character flaws and hidden motives in Grace Hitchcock’s delightful Gilded Age romance. Willow must navigate the unwanted mass courtship in order to placate the board members if she hopes for their support in her assuming her father’s role at Dupre Sucre. … Continue reading My Dear Miss Dupre by Grace Hitchcock (review)
Murder and secrets abound in Twilight at Moorington Cross, as a young widow hidden away for her affliction must choose between two men in order to receive an unexpected inheritance while working with an attractive solicitor to solve the murder of her benefactor. Author Abigail Wilson, in her fifth published work, again displays her flair … Continue reading Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson (review)
Elizabeth Everett’s A Lady’s Formula for Love is the story of an unexpected romance between a 40 year old government agent of humble birth nearing retirement and his last assignment and a brilliant 30 year old noblewoman whose passion for science in an age when such a woman’s discoveries were often appropriated and she was … Continue reading A Lady’s Formula for Love by Elizabeth Everett (review)
Rebecca Hunter is forced to leave her home for Greybourne Hall by Lewis Browning, her guardian and the man she blames for her brother’s death there. Plagued by nightmares and her fear of inherited madness, Rebecca soon finds that looking into her brother’s death may lead to unwanted results. And that nothing is as she … Continue reading Midnight on the River Grey by Abigail Wilson (review)
When an agreement between their fathers is found, Sophia Seymour and Edmund Devane reluctantly agree to a marriage of convenience. She’s a former diamond of the first water and widow with a sterling reputation, while the wagging tongues of the ton call him the Beast of London and are snubbing his niece in her first … Continue reading An Unlikely Duchess by Jessica Nelson (review)
When the publisher invited me to read an e-galley of the newest in Mary Balogh’s Westcott series, I said yes - partly out of curiosity about a new-to-me author and partly due to the book’s description. What I found in reading Someone Perfect was a multi-layered Regency written with assurance. Primarily set at a house … Continue reading Someone Perfect by Mary Balogh (review)
He's reluctant but she is all in and ready to apply all that she's learned from her fiction reading. Pepper Basham's story of an arranged marriage between a British Peer and an American Heiress that does not go as planned is an effervescent and downright sparkling romance set in 1913. I adored how ready Grace … Continue reading The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham (review)
A love story and a love letter to the city and markets of Vienna, Christmas in Three Quarter Time is a charming workplace romance between two freelance reporters. At least, that's how I was going to begin to describe this novella by Rachel McMillan. Then it occurred to me that this is absolutely a love … Continue reading Christmas in Three Quarter Time by Rachel McMillan (novella review)
Welcome to the Takeover Tour for High-Wire Heartbreak by Anna Schmidt, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! ABOUT THE BOOK Title: High-Wire Heartbreak Series: Doors to the Past Author: Anna Schmidt Publisher: Barbour Fiction Release Date: January 1, 2022 Genre: Fiction / Christian / Romance In 1936--A party at the Ringling mansion Ca d’Zan in Sarasota, … Continue reading Spotlight+Giveaway: High-Wire Heartbreaker by Anna Schmidt
I was delighted to discover Diana Biller's A Christmas Spark, a short story I had no knowledge of by an author I've been wanting to read for over a year. And since it is Christmas reading season - and a novella or short story is much easier to squish into limited reading time - I … Continue reading A Christmas Spark by Diana Biller (novella review)
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