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Lane's Reviews:

A Family Affair

October 21, 2017 by Lane 2 Comments

This is one of Heyer’s later books (1965) so it is avoids some of the pitfalls of rampant sexism and casual racism of some of her early stuff.   Per Amazon: Determined to secure a brilliant marriage for her beautiful sister, Frederica seeks out their distant cousin the Marquis of Alverstoke. Lovely, competent, and refreshingly straightforward, Frederica makes such a strong impression that to his own amazement, the Marquis agrees to help launch them all into society. Normally wary of his family, which includes two […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: georgette heyer, Regency, romance

Lane's CBR9 Review No:27 · Genres: Romance · Tags: georgette heyer, Regency, romance ·
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Kissable Jerk

October 21, 2017 by Lane Leave a Comment

Per Amazon: After their father’s death, Miss Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine travel to London to meet their guardian, Lord Worth, expecting an elderly gentleman. To their surprise and utter disgust, their guardian is not much older than they are, doesn’t want the office of guardian any more than they want him, and is determined to thwart all their interests and return them to the country.   So I am going to tackle a few Heyer reviews and to sort out my feelings I […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: georgette heyer, Regency, romance

Lane's CBR9 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance · Tags: georgette heyer, Regency, romance ·
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You can never go home again

September 5, 2017 by Lane Leave a Comment

This is book four in the Spires series but they are only very loosely connected and can be read in any order. This is my favorite of the series and actually one of my favorite romances ever, I’m not even sure why, but it connects with me on every level and it is just so stinking charming. From the Amazon description: Alfie Bell is . . . fine. He’s got a six-figure salary, a penthouse in Canary Wharf, the car he swore he’d buy when […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, LGBT Romance, m/m romance

Lane's CBR9 Review No:25 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, LGBT Romance, m/m romance ·
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Sweet Dom Wins Me Over

July 26, 2017 by Lane Leave a Comment

This book surprised me. I would not have picked it up on its own (BDSM, contemporary, May/Decemberish)  but it was part of a loose series (Spires) that I had really enjoyed up to this point, and I have started trusting Alexis Hall in general, so I read it and really kind of loved it. Laurie is a sub in the bedroom but out of it he is a successful doctor in his late thirties (I think he is thirty nine but I might not be […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, bdsm, LGBT Romance, m/m romance, may/december

Lane's CBR9 Review No:25 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, bdsm, LGBT Romance, m/m romance, may/december ·
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Perverted Ghosts

July 18, 2017 by Lane Leave a Comment

This book is not my usual type, but frankly I am running out of historical m/m by authors I trust and this author was recommended on Goodreads, so I gave this a shot. From the Amazon description: When lonely artist Siôn Ruston retreats to the seaside village of Rosewick Bay, Yorkshire, to recover from a suicide attempt, he doesn’t expect to encounter any ghosts, let alone the one who appears in his bedroom every morning at dawn. He also doesn’t expect to meet his ghost’s […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: amy rae durreson, ghost story, LGBTQ romance, m/m, romance

Lane's CBR9 Review No:24 · Genres: Romance · Tags: amy rae durreson, ghost story, LGBTQ romance, m/m, romance ·
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this is a terrible idea, but I’m going to let it happen anyway

June 18, 2017 by Lane Leave a Comment

This is a short novel following a bit player from the Enlightenment series Iain Sinclair. Iain and James are childhood friends, though Iain is a few years older, that have a falling out. This book goes back and forth, showing bits from their relationship out of order as well as showing the present when they are no longer on good terms. As the story unfolds it is revealed just how much Iain has failed James over the years and how much they meant to each […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: historical romance, joanna chambers, m/m

Lane's CBR9 Review No:22 · Genres: Romance · Tags: historical romance, joanna chambers, m/m ·
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