Historical Romance
When the Marquess Met His Match
I’ve read many historical romances featuring either a social climber or a fortune hunter. Usually these characters are paired with their opposite; the social climber falls in love with someone…
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The Ruin of a Rogue
Gertrude Stein famously wrote “a rose is a rose is a rose.” The plot in Ms. Neville’s latest in her The Wild Quartet series, The Ruin of a Rogue, may…
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Love and Other Scandals
Caroline Linden’s Love and Other Scandals is the best historical romance I’ve read this summer. Joan Bennet, the spinster heroine, has a sharper tongue and a sharper mind. The louche…
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It Happened One Midnight
It Happened One Midnight is the eighth book in Ms. Long’s Pennyroyal Green series. The hero is Jonathan Redmond, the youngest of the Redmonds.This fact alone made me consider downgrading…
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The Seduction of Elliot McBride
I, like many readers, was entranced by the first book in Ms. Ashley’s the Mackenziesseries, The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. Ms. Ashley’s latest entry into the series, The Seduction…
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One Naughty Night
One Naughty Night sat on my review pile for far too long. It’s the first book in Laurel McKee’s new historical series, The Scandalous St. Clairs; when I realized the…
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A Lady by Midnight
I’ve had mixed reactions to Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series. The first book in the series, A Night to Surrender, did not enchant me as it did many other reviewers….
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Thief of Shadows
Thief of Shadows is the fourth book in Ms. Hoyt’s Maiden Lane series. Three of the books, including this one, feature siblings who run the Home for Unfortunate Infants and…
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Scandal Wears Satin
Can a beautiful, conniving, brilliant French dressmaker find true love with a gorgeous, straight-forward, not so bright English Earl? In Ms. Chase’s latest, Scandal Wears Satin, the second in her…
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The Governess Affair
Perhaps my favorite novella in romance is This Wicked Gift, written and published by Ms. Milan in 2009. In it, Ms. Milan presents a hero who forces the heroine to…
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Beguiling the Beauty
Whether described by Sappho — “she that far surpassed all mortals in beauty” — or Marlowe — “the face that launch’d a thousand ships” — there’s not a woman in…
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The Seduction of Lady X
The Seduction of Lady X is the last book in Ms. London’s series The Secrets of Hadley Green and that’s a good thing. The series is built around the whereabouts…
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