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About Mikki Blu

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I read to escape and to be entertained for awhile. My main choice is historical mysteries, with a side of supernatural. I don't want any part of dystopian books, or depressing reality tales - there is quite enough of that in the news these days! I'm a social media failure - I don't tweet, Instagram, Tumblr or Facebook - who has the time when there's books to read?

Mikki Blu's Reviews:

Pretty cover, but that’s all this book has going for it

July 21, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

Well, this was one of those books that is like junk food – you know it’s bad for you and yet you keep eating, or in this case reading.  It’s the story of Pandy Wallis, an author of a successful series of books about a beautiful woman named Monica.  Pandy is tired of writing about Monica and has written a new book, based on one of her ancestors – however her agent doesn’t think the book will sell. The book starts off with a party […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Candace Bushnell, cbr9, chick lit

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Candace Bushnell, cbr9, chick lit ·
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Secrets can kill you

July 21, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. This is book eight in the Will Trent series by Ms Slaughter, which I didn’t know when I picked it up at the library and no idea it was such until I was done and looking it up on Amazon.  Even so, I had no trouble following the story (though some reviews on Goodreads indicate that you shouldn’t start with this book); it seemed a self […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr9, Karin Slaughter, murder mystery, Will Trent #8

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:59 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr9, Karin Slaughter, murder mystery, Will Trent #8 ·
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The Duke & The Con Artist

July 11, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

I’d been looking forward to reading this book ever since finishing “The Wicked Quills of London” series – sadly, the anticipation didn’t live up to the reality.  Oh, it was well written and steamy, but I just didn’t feel the love for this one somehow.  The main premise is based on a one night encounter two years previous for our couple, with the heroine disappearing at dawn before the hero awoke.  Since that time, Alexander Lewis, Duke of Greyland, hasn’t been able to get her […]

Filed Under: History, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Eva Leigh, Regency historical romance, The London Underground #1

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:58 · Genres: History, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Eva Leigh, Regency historical romance, The London Underground #1 ·
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Dangerous Duke Seeks Revenge, Finds Romance

June 29, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is the first book in a new series by Madeline Hunter, the Decadent Dukes Society, and it’s definitely a slow burn romance.  It took me awhile to get into the story, but once I did I began to enjoy the relationship building that was a change from insta-lust that so often occurs.  There’s also some drama of long standing family rivalries to deal with, and the mystery of the hero’s father’s death to be resolved. Adam Penrose, Duke of Stratton, is recently returned from France […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: cbr9, Decadent Dukes Society #1, Madeline Hunter, Regency historical romance

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: cbr9, Decadent Dukes Society #1, Madeline Hunter, Regency historical romance ·
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A Knight Like No Other

June 27, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is a medieval era romance, set in the time of Henry II , written by the same woman who penned the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries.  Candice Proctor is her real name, and she had written several historical romances as such before using the pen name C.S. Harris.  Having enjoyed that series so much, I was curious to see what her older books were like. Lady Attica d’Alerion is nineteen and betrothed for political reasons to a fourteen year old boy named Fulk the Fat.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Candice Proctor, cbr9, medieval romance

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Candice Proctor, cbr9, medieval romance ·
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Much Ado About Harry

June 26, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

This is the first book in a series called A Society of Gentlemen, a Regency set trilogy about the lives and loves of a group of young men.  The first one is somewhat of a take on  My Fair Lady, with Harry Vane being plucked from the gutter to take his place in society as an heir to a fortune.  His parents were radical reformists, and died for the cause, leaving Harry on his own.  HIs grandfather had disowned Harry’s father for his marriage and his […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Society Of Gentlemen #1, cbr9, K.J. Charles, LGTBQ, Regency M/M romance

Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:55 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A Society Of Gentlemen #1, cbr9, K.J. Charles, LGTBQ, Regency M/M romance ·
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