Twin brothers, orphaned at seven, Albert and Edward Alcott were sent to be raised by a family friend, the Marquess of Marsden at Havisham Hall. Insane with grief after losing his wife, Marsden wasn’t exactly the best person to raise his own son and three orphaned boys (the third being the Duke of Ashebury, hero of the first book in the series). As the boys grew up, roaming free, they became collectively known as the Hellions of Havisham. Then Albert, the elder by a few […]
Don’t give me a novella and call it a novel
This is a Julia Quinn Book. If you have read more than one of her books you know exactly what I mean. Julia Quinn has a brand of romance that is nearly uniformly; light, sweet, full of banter (some of the best in the business), recurring characters, and close-knit families. Julia Quinn is synonymous with ‘comfort read’ in my world. There is nothing wrong with this, and many things right with it. I would say this book falls squarely in the middle of the pack […]
There Once Was a Spinster Named Lucy
This is the second book in the Seduction Diaries series, following ‘Diary of an Accidental Wallflower’ which I read last year. The heroine here is Lucy Westmore, sister to Clare from the first book. I liked the first book well enough, but this one really didn’t do it for me as much. The biggest problem for me was Lucy’s stubborn personality. Lucy is twenty-one and is hurtling towards her debut, something she is dreading with all her being. She has no desire to look for […]
The perfect palate cleanser
I had no idea what to expect going into Ridiculous, a book that was free on Kindle eons ago and subsequently left to rot in the digital ether. My attitude upon finally starting it was basically “I guess I should get around to reading this old thing,” which is now hilarious because if I had any clue how much I would have enjoyed this book I would have read it immediately. What you have in Ridiculous is a cross-dressing regency romantic comedy. I put it […]
A Return to Bridgerton Territory
I know that many of us here have read Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, with the loves and lives of all of the large family. Now she has returned to familiar territory with a prequel. This one is focused on Sybilla, better known as Billie, older sister to Edmund, who was the father of the clan and victim of early death due to bee sting. The book starts off with Billie stranded on a roof after climbing a tree to save a cat. Her ankle is […]
I wish we still called them velocipedes.
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 […]
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