Kate is the oldest daughter in her slightly untraditional family. She and her siblings are all named after Shakespeare characters, something she can blame on her actress mother. Her father was the second born son of an earl, and his family disinherited and broke off all contact when he married so far below his station. While the rest of the family doesn’t care about the loss of status they never enjoyed, Kate dreams of reuniting the two branches of the family, being accepted as a […]
Got To Know When to Hold ’em, Know When to Fold ’em
In the second Blackshear novel, Grant shifts her focus to one of the unmarried brothers of the family, Will. A recently returned veteran, he is in need of money for several reasons he does not like to share. Having already sold his commission, he is currently gambling to get the rest of the amount he needs. While at a club, he notices Lydia, who is a kept woman currently being provided for by Roanoke. Lydia also has a goal in mind. While Roanoke may not […]
If Austen Had Included Sex Scenes, This May Have Been the Result
After seeing several glowing reviews of this novel on the Cannonball blog, and being in need of a new romance author, I ended up picking this one up and quickly following it up with the other two novels of the trilogy. Despite that, I couldn’t quite figure out how to review this one, because every time I thought of certain things to say, I felt like I was insulting other romance novels which wasn’t my intent. Several other authors also add complexity to their characters, […]
Another great CBR recommended romance – historical friends to lovers edition
So Narfna reminded me that this series existed. I started the first one last year, but set it down X months ago. When she said the third made her swoon, I decided to skip ahead to see what all the fuss was about. Thankfully I joined right in. Kate is the daughter of a disinherited earl’s son for marrying an actress. He now works as a barrister and is quite happy in his life, even though it’s not what it was expected to be. Nick […]
Favorite book of this series. Loved it.
Please ignore the overgrown beefsteak on the cover of this book. I cannot imagine a worse dude to put on the cover to represent this lovely story. Okay, well, that’s a lie. I can imagine worse. But still! It is not representative! That is a LARGE MAN WITH UNREALISTICALLY LARGE MUSCLES. The hero of this book is a normal man with a more lean physique and probably very pale, because he is English in the 1800s and where is the sun? And also he is […]
Why has this author stopped publishing books? Her voice is so unique!
Okay, is there a legit reason why Cecilia Grant has stopped publishing romance novels? Because I read a lot of them, and both of the books I’ve read by her so far stand apart. It’s a little hard to explain, but her voice is so unique in the genre. 2013 is now five years ago (gross), and that is when she published her last book, so it is high time*. *Some Google-fu has revealed that her once-dormant blog is now semi-active, and she is apparently […]