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What I Did for a Duke (Pennyroyal Green #5) by Julie Anne Long

January 23, 2021 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

I was inspired by last year’s reviews of What I Did for a Duke by Emmalita and Malin to move this one up my to read list. I’m still struggling in 2021 with finding my ability to sink into books and last year I was able to most easily focus on Romance novels, so I was comfortable betting the same would be true now. It had been quite awhile since I was actively seeking time to dive back into a book, and What I Did […]

Duke seeks wife for his motherless brood of eight

My Last Duchess by Eloisa James

January 18, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

The series “The Wildes of Lindow Castle” features various children of the Duke of Lindow, and I’ve read several of them. This book is a prequel to tell the story of the Duke and his last Duchess – I don’t recall the couple making that much of an impression on me in the other books, so I was surprised to see this novella about them! Hugo, the aforementioned Duke, is in need of a wife. His first wife passed away, leaving him with four young […]

Oh, what a tangle!

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

January 17, 2021 by Leedock 1 Comment

Oh, yes. Reading mojo is back. These little Bridgerton books are truly a gift for my mind at this particular time. Hopefully they are priming the well for the deeper and lengthier books in my TBR, but for now they are just what I needed to calm myself down a bit; a little escape from hand-wringing and doom scrolling. This second installment in the Bridgerton Family series concentrates on the eldest unmarried son and current head of the household, Anthony. Dutiful to a tee, he […]

Men wanted his opinion on any number of topics. Women swooned at his feet

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

January 16, 2021 by Leedock 3 Comments

I am not a fan of straight up bodice rippers, but witty banter, suffering in silence and smoldering looks are right up my alley. Give me a sassy heroine and an honorable but standoffish hero and I’m ALL IN. Austen vibes? Yes. Sweeping historical epics a la Outlander? Please and thank you. The issue is that I tend to shy away from some romance novels due to swift cover judgement (man in open pirate shirt with disheveled woman leaning back against him in rapturous ecstasy) […]

Continuing My Tradition of Starting the Cannonball Year with a Romance

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase

January 1, 2021 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke is the second book in Loretta Chase’s Difficult Dukes series. Much like A Duke in Shining Armor, we’re dropped into action already in progress, but this time much of that action is the events at the tail end of the first book in the series. I read A Duke in Shining Armor in February of 2018 and while you don’t need to revisit the first to enjoy the second, part of me wishes I had. The three-year delay […]

Mia Vincy is the gift that keeps giving

A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy

December 30, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

While this is the third novel Mia Vincy has published, and the second book chronologically in her Stanhope Abbey series, all the books work well on their own. She writes excellent historical romances, though, so you should check out all of them. Arabella Larke has been promised to Guy Roth, the Marquess of Hardbury since they were both children. He’s been off exploring the world for years and years, and Arabella has been able to put off any other offers of marriage because she claimed to be […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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