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Uninspired, unlikable, unbelievable.

June 7, 2016 by Red Panda Kitty 1 Comment

I don’t think I have the appropriate words to properly convey how disappointed and infuriated I was with this book. In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I only got half way through it before I had to stop reading it else I might destroy my Kindle in anger. That was three months ago, and I finally calmed down enough to skim the last bit so I could write a review. My apologies in advance to fans of Ms. Milan, but […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan

Red Panda Kitty's CBR8 Review No:7 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan ·
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I wish we still called them velocipedes.

April 21, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

I didn’t quite like this novella as much as everyone else seems to, but it definitely proves Courtney Milan hasn’t lost her touch with historical romance, after the disappointing first outing in this series. Her Every Wish is Daisy’s story. Daisy was Judith’s best friend from Once Upon a Marquess. She has dreams of opening her own business, and when the opportunity presents itself, she decides to enter into a contest to win money to open that dream business. The only problem is, she’s a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan, Her Every Wish, historical romance, narfna, novella, Regency, romance, the Worth saga

narfna's CBR8 Review No:62 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan, Her Every Wish, historical romance, narfna, novella, Regency, romance, the Worth saga ·
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Milan back on excellent form

April 16, 2016 by Malin 3 Comments

Daisy Whitlaw has an almost impossible dream. She wants to open her own shop, selling affordable everyday luxuries for everyday women, but to do so, she needs money, which she doesn’t have. Daisy’s father is dead and her mother is ailing, and Daisy can barely make enough money working as an assistant in a flower shop to make ends meet for them. Her best friend Judith recently married a marquess, but there is no way that Daisy would ask her for a loan, she wants […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, novella, the Worth saga, Victorian

Malin's CBR8 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, novella, the Worth saga, Victorian ·
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My every wish

April 5, 2016 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

Does Courtney Milan know how to bounce back or what? After the slight letdown that was Once Upon a Marquess, she gifts her adoring public with the practically-perfect-in-every-way Her Every Wish, the rare (for me) novella that tells a fully-realized story in its shorter framework and avoids the pitfalls of contrivance or half-baked narrative that really could have benefited from the full-length treatment to give it depth. Our heroine is Daisy, best friend of Judith Worth from the former novel. Daisy does okay for herself […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan, historical romance, Victorian romance, Worth Saga

alwaysanswerb's CBR8 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan, historical romance, Victorian romance, Worth Saga ·
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A Milan novella. What more do you need to know? Go read and enjoy!

April 1, 2016 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

Oh, Ms. Milan… when it comes to romance novellas you are the cream of the crop. I have not read the first book in this series yet, Once Upon a Marquess, but that doesn’t matter here. While you briefly visit the previous heroine, she’s not at all central to this story and it’s lovely leads. This time we have Daisy, a shopgirl with ambitions, and Crash, a bit of a bad boy, also with ambitions. These two met and fell in love before this story […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan, Her Every Wish, Worth Saga

Beth Ellen's CBR8 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan, Her Every Wish, Worth Saga ·
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“Come to My Side,” He Murmured. “We Have Baked Goods and Tea.”

Her Every Wish by Courtney Milan

March 30, 2016 by Mrs. Julien 12 Comments

Courtney Milan Iconoclast … is what I assume Ms. Milan’s business cards say. Could she please to stop almost bringing me to tears with her messages of empowerment and self-determination? Why almost? Because I am made of steel. Why tears? Because the truths she writes about touch me deeply. Her Every Wish is the first novella in Milan’s new Worth Saga Victorian romance series. In the long-term, it will contain eight books for us to devour, for now there is just one other novel, Once […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #CBR8. #ProlixityJulien, CBR8, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Mrs. Julien, novella, Victorian romance, Worth Saga

Mrs. Julien's CBR8 Review No:23 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: #CBR8. #ProlixityJulien, CBR8, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Mrs. Julien, novella, Victorian romance, Worth Saga ·
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