Sèverine de Cabriallac was orphaned during the French Revolution and adopted by one of the foremost British intelligence agents, William Doyle. Her whole childhood was spent being raised, taught or entertained by various spies. During a youthful rebellion, Sèvie ran off to Spain and joined British Military Intelligence. She was in love with a French soldier, who died. No longer really interested in the spying game so many of her family are involved in, she works as a private investigator instead. One memorable night, a […]
“She was warned. Given every explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted in her sinful behavior, and she would not repent of it.”
4.5 stars Miss Emma Gladstone was a respectable clergyman’s daughter until a foolish indiscretion made her father condemn her and forced her to walk all the way to London during the winter. She lost a toe. Now she’s making a living as a seamstress, but will be fired if she doesn’t get paid for the extravagant and somewhat excessive gown she created for Annabelle Worthing, until recently betrothed to the Duke of Ashbury. To make sure she’s taken notice of, she dons the over the […]
What Was Being a Duke, If Not Arching a Sardonic Eyebrow?
What was being a duke, if not arching a sardonic eyebrow? [fires confetti cannon, then starts pointing and yelling, “YES!” at Tessa Dare] Girl Meets Duke has all of Dare’s cleverness and less of her recent series’ tweeness. She’s back and I’m in! It’s not her best work, but it’s what I (and very possibly no one else as captious as I am) consider a return to form, and in some ways a step up. It’s like she unleashed her full wit and wordplay on […]
A Civil War romance with spying and plenty of danger
From Goodreads: Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South – to spy for the Union Army. Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton’s Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he’s facing his deadliest mission yet – risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia. Two undercover agents who share a common cause – and an undeniable […]
Long lost love returns
This is the last book in the Sinful Suitors series, and returns a long lost character back to England. There had been mentions of him in previous books in the series, so I was interested to see how it would play out. Niall Lindsay, Earl of Margrave, has been in exile for seven years after killing a man in a duel. He was a young man at the time, and the duel was over the man raping his sister Clarissa, a fact that his family […]
“Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen villains”
After being disappointed with the latest historical romances I’ve read, I decided to reread some old Loretta Chase books. I’ve never been disappointed with her books, and this is one of my favorites. It’s book two in the Fallen Women series, where Ms Chase gives unconventional heroines their HEA. Zoe Octavia Lexham was known as a bolter when she was child. She continually ran away and only Lucien de Grey, a ward of her father’s, was able to find her. Unfortunately, Lucien wasn’t with them […]
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