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REVIEW of Frances Sets the Fashion (Lord Dere’s Dependents #4) by Christina Dudley

Frances Barstow has been biding her time, increasing her social cachet with Mrs. Markham Dere by waiting upon the tyrannical lady’s every whim. And now, at the age of twenty, it is Frances’s time to shine. Mrs. Dere is determined to bring Frances “out” at the same time as her erstwhile rival’s daughter and make…

March 22, 2026
REVIEW of An Independent Woman by Sophia Holloway

Louisa Dembleby is less forlorn than a widow ought to be. In fact, she feels nothing but a sense of freedom now that her inconsiderate husband is gone at last, leaving her nothing but the bare minimum required by the law and a three-year-old-daughter that he despised….

December 23, 2025
REVIEW of Beneath a Brighton Sun (Love’s Journey#4) by K. Lyn Smith

Eloise Corbyn and Archer Vale have been antagonists for half a lifetime. But neither can forget the shared kiss at a masquerade ball two years ago. When Eloise’s newest fossil excavation site is threatened by one of Archer’s pending business deals, he must choose whether to save his pocketbook and reputation or support Eloise’s dream….

September 7, 2025
REVIEW of Lady Isla and the Lord of Rogues (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues) by Sofi Laporte

Lady Isla is in a dangerous game. She needs the lord of the underworld to help her find Jem, the Romani boy who saved her life when she was an orphan long ago. But Lucien Night, the lord of the underworld, makes a scandalous proposition if she wants his help….

July 31, 2025
REVIEW of The Bestowed Bride (Lord Dere’s Dependents #3) by Christina Dudley

The premise of this book is a fun one: Mrs. Sebastian Barstow’s husband was wounded in a naval battle and subsequently died, but in his final letter, Sebastian asked his best friend to take care of his widow…and marry her if the opportunity presents itself….

July 25, 2025
REVIEW of Vienna Waltz (The Imperial Season #1) by Mary Lancaster

Turned out of their home before their father is cold in the grave, Lizzie Gaunt and her siblings travel to Vienna to stay with a diplomatic uncle who is involved in the Congress of Vienna at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. Lizzie decides to steal a necklace (which ought to belong to the Gaunt…

June 28, 2025
REVIEW of Gwendolyn Grows Up by GL Robinson

Poor Gwendolyn–cast adrift after the death of her parents without any fortune or skills to earn her living. A kind lady takes her in as a governess, but after two years the lord of the house discovers that his children have learned nothing in Gwendolyn’s care. The sweet, endearing girl is packed off to London…

June 16, 2025
REVIEW of Love Practically (The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir #1) by Nichole Van

The first book in The Penn-Leiths of Thistle Muir series, this is the story of Leah Penn-Leith who has been pining for Fox Carnegie ever since a chance encounter with him in her youth. The only trouble is…he can’t even remember who she is…

June 16, 2025
REVIEW of Charming the Captain (Hearts of Cornwall #6) by K. Lyn Smith

Bronwyn Kimbrell is a managing female who likes to solve problems whenever they arise for the people around her. When the aloof Captain Gabriel Marsh leases an estate outside Newford, Bronwyn takes it upon herself to help him find servants, reclaim his garden, and care for his little Portuguese daughter….

May 3, 2025
REVIEW of John Pickett Mysteries (SERIES) by Sheri Cobb South

The beautiful Lady Julia Fieldhurst is accused of murdering her husband, and up-and-coming Bow Street Runner John Pickett makes it his ardent goal to save her from the gallows….

April 16, 2025

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