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Short reads to finish off my reading year (and help me to finally complete my double Cannonball)

Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen

The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau

A Second-Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau

December 29, 2019 by Malin 6 Comments

Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen Rating: 4 stars In this novella which concludes Kelly Bowen’s The Devils of Dover series, we finally find out more about the mysterious King, who has been popping up in Bowen’s books for a long time. A shadowy London crime lord with connections to smuggling, art forgery, theft and all sorts of other untoward business, he is not a man to cross. He discovers that a man he believed to be dead, a man who ruined his childhood and set him […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, A Match Made for Thanksgiving, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, cbr11, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, Frankenstein, historical romance, Holidays With the Wongs, horror, Jackie Lau, Kelly Bowen, Literature, Malin, Marcus Sedgwick, Night of the Scoundrel, novella, Regency, retelling, revenge, romance tropes, Small town, The Devils of Dover, The Monsters We Deserve

Malin's CBR11 Review No:105 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Horror, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, A Match Made for Thanksgiving, A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas, cbr11, Contemporary Romance, emmalita, Frankenstein, historical romance, Holidays With the Wongs, horror, Jackie Lau, Kelly Bowen, Literature, Malin, Marcus Sedgwick, Night of the Scoundrel, novella, Regency, retelling, revenge, romance tropes, Small town, The Devils of Dover, The Monsters We Deserve ·
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Love vs. Prejudices

The Lady in Red by Kelly Bowen

December 22, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I always enjoy Kelly Bowen’s novels so I am not entirely ensure why I haven’t read all her novels yet.  I guess it’s always nice to leave authors for when stumped for a next read.  This novella is considered part of her A Season for Scandal series but also served to introduce her follow on series, The Devils of Dover, with the introduction of the Haverhall School for Young Ladies. Charlotte wants to be an artist but as the daughter of a duke, her family […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: a season for scandal, historic romance, Kelly Bowen, The Lady in Red

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:97 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: a season for scandal, historic romance, Kelly Bowen, The Lady in Red ·
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A historical romance involving smuggling, lady doctors, an escape heist and a daring rescue operation

A Rogue by Night by Kelly Bowen

September 18, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

Sir Harland Hayward, Baron Strathmore, is something of an oddity among the nobility, in that he insists on not only continuing to run a shipping company, but he works as a practising physician, treating aristocrats and commoners alike. A less widely known fact is that he also helps his sister, the headmistress of the prestigious Haverhall School for ladies (a profession she has kept up with, even after becoming a duchess) to each year train some select students who are interested in becoming doctors as well. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Rogue by Night, cbr11, historical romance, Kelly Bowen, lady doctor, Malin, Regency, smuggling, The Devils of Dover

Malin's CBR11 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A Rogue by Night, cbr11, historical romance, Kelly Bowen, lady doctor, Malin, Regency, smuggling, The Devils of Dover ·
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The artist and the scarred warhero

November 11, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Eli Dawes, the current Earl of Rivers, has been presumed dead for several years after Waterloo. Before he defied his father’s wishes and went off to war, he was a handsome, popular and carefree nobleman; now he’s got all manner of scars, both physical and emotional, as well as a healthy helping of guilt for never letting his father know he survived the war. He returns to England for reasons (I don’t remember, it’s been like a month since I finished this), but […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: #CBR10, historical romance, Kelly Bowen, Last Night with the Earl, Malin, Regency, The Devils of Dover

Malin's CBR10 Review No:96 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: #CBR10, historical romance, Kelly Bowen, Last Night with the Earl, Malin, Regency, The Devils of Dover ·
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Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (Fancy Black Jack means Britney references)

April 4, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I would say the title is reaching a bit with this one since the only dukes that appear are not exactly main characters, but the alliteration is nice, and Alex is definitely portrayed as a bit devilish in the beginning, until the heroine gets to know his true self rather than the front he portrays to the public. In my review of the previous novel, I had made a comment wishing for a few more twists before the happy ending, and this novel certainly delivers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: a season for scandal, Between the Devil and the Duke, historical romance, Kelly Bowen

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: a season for scandal, Between the Devil and the Duke, historical romance, Kelly Bowen ·
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But Is It a Book I’ll Remember?

March 19, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed the first novel in the A Season for Scandal series even if I quickly forgot the name of the author and the novel until I saw a recent review by Malin for the novella. With that reminder, I was finally able to discover the additional novels in the series, and jump back in. Elise deVries was introduced in the previous novel as one of the partners of Chegarre and Associates, a private agency to help the rich deal with their problems discreetly […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: A Duke to Remember, a season for scandal, historical romance, Kelly Bowen

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: A Duke to Remember, a season for scandal, historical romance, Kelly Bowen ·
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