Format: PaperbackPublished: April 29th, 2025Age: AdultGenre: Historical (Regency) Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars This was fantastic. Charlotte is a recent widow, after the death of Mr. Collins. Facing the idea of leaving her home, and the garden she has lovingly cultivated, she writes to Lizzie, who sends her sister, Mary to Charlotte in hopes of liftingContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod”
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Book Review: Unladylike Lessons in Love by Amita Murray
Format: ebookPublished: May 16th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical (Regency) Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars I love Regency Romance, but I especially love when Regency Romance moves us a bit away from the ton and gives us characters a bit different, with separate struggles than dukes and earls. So, I was very much looking forward to Amita Murray’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Unladylike Lessons in Love by Amita Murray”
Book Review: The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan
Format: ebookPublished: April 21st, 2012Age: AdultGenre: Historical Romance (Regency) Rating: 5/5 Stars When Serena Barton plants herself outside the home of a duke, Hugo Marshall thinks she will be as easy to take care of as any of the other ‘troubles’ he’s sorted for his employer. His ruthless ambition has earned him a place atContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan”
Book Review: Her Princess at Midnight by Erica Ridley
Format: ebookPublished: November 10th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Historical Romance Rating: 5/5 Stars I adored this! In Her Princess at Midnight, Ridley takes the Cinderella story and puts a delightful sapphic spin on it – Cynthia doesn’t fall for the prince, but for his sister, whose beauty outshines the stepsisters’ ugliness. Cynthia is determined to attend theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Her Princess at Midnight by Erica Ridley”
Book Review: Gambling on the Duke’s Daughter by Diana Bold
Format: ebookPublished: July 13th, 2007Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars This was one of those books that started off so strong, but really fell flat in the second half. I find it incredibly frustrating when books feel like they just go on for too long – this one could have been cut down andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Gambling on the Duke’s Daughter by Diana Bold”
Book Review: Chasing the Duke by Tracy Sumner
Format: ebookPublished: December 7th, 2020Age: AdultGenre: Regency RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars I really liked this novella. It’s got a good balance of romance and humour, and it’s the kind of book that hits that sweet spot for Regency Romance. This is part of the 12 Days of Christmas historical romance series, but the ‘Christmas vibes’ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Chasing the Duke by Tracy Sumner”
#5OnMyTBR: Historical
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I got so excited seeing this topic – there are many, many historical books on my TBR, of various kinds – some mystery, some historicalContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Historical”
Book Review: Pirate’s Prize by Stephanie Flynn
Format: ebookPublished: August 1st, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical/Time Travel Romance Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars First things first; I got this book via the Romance Bookworms fantastic Stuff Your Kindle Day, and I cannot recommend this event enough if you love romance books. There are currently no 2024 dates, but sign up for their newsletter to keepContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Pirate’s Prize by Stephanie Flynn”
#5OnMyTBR: Title Starting with ‘E’
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. I love the #5OnMyTBR prompts that are about titles starting with letters – it makes it so easy, and kind of fun! Weirdly I don’tContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Title Starting with ‘E’”
Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill
Format: ebook Release Date: February 7th, 2022Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars This is one of those books I found myself really enjoying and getting into at certain points, only to then have something minor whip me out the story. The ‘issues’ might be particular to me, but this just scraped by with aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Duke of a Time by Tamara Gill”
Unwrapping Words 