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REVIEW and BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS for Fair as a Star (Victorian Romantics #1) by Mimi Matthews

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REVIEW of What Happens in Piccadilly (The Hellion Club #3) by Chastity Bowlin

Calliope St. James is a foundling who, after being rescued from the workhouse, has devoted her life to teaching children. When Lord Winn Hamilton, the Earl of Montgomery, reviews her impeccable references, he resolves to hire her as governess for his recently orphaned nieces and nephew. To his dismay, he discovers that the new governess…
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REVIEW of The Queen’s Secret: A Novel of England’s World War II Queen by Karen Harper

When David abdicated the English throne to be with “that woman” Wallis Simpson, his stammering brother George VI (“Bertie”) was thrust onto the royal stage. Bertie rose to the occasion, partnering with Winston Churchill to help win the war against the Germans. But what some might not know is that behind the king of England…
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REVIEW of Rakes and Roses (Mayfield Family #3) by Josi S. Kilpack (BLOG TOUR)

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REVIEW of The Peasant’s Dream (Hagenheim #11) by Melanie Dickerson

As the youngest daughter of the Duke of Hagenheim, Adela is never allowed to venture outside the castle walls alone. Disguising herself as a serving girl, she sneaks out to the marketplace where she encounters Frederick, the longsuffering stepson of a loutish farmer who aspires to one day be a woodcarver. Continuing to conceal her…
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REVIEW of Lakeshire Park by Megan Walker (BLOG TOUR)

Amelia Moore has one chance to achieve security for her younger sister Clara. They must go to Lakeshire Park and secure the matrimonial attention of the rich Sir Ronald before the death of their parsimonious stepfather leaves them penniless. Unfortunately, Amelia soon discovers that Peter Wood, another guest is putting forward his own sister as…
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REVIEW of The Solicitor’s Son (Serendipity #3) by Rachael Anderson

Red-haired Sophia Gifford has never been a great beauty, and now, with her father’s fortune fading away and her third London season unsuccessful, it seems that she will have trouble securing a husband. When her sister Prudence, the new Lady Knave, decides to throw a house party, Sophia is surprised to find that Hugh Quinton…
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REVIEW of Romancing the Rake (Brotherhood of the Black Tartan #2) by Nichole Van

Lady Sophronia “Sophie” Sorrow knows firsthand how despicable rakish behavior is. The product of one of her mother’s many affairs, she does not know who her own biological father is. Her scientific studies of flora and fauna have led her to conclude that the rake is a beast worth staying far, far away from, and…
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REVIEW of The Unreformed Mr. Darcy by Lin Mei Wei

Lizzy has an impossible choice before her. Her sister Jane, abandoned by Mr. Bingley (due to Mr. Darcy’s interference), has attracted an odious new (rich!) suitor whom Mrs. Bennet is pressuring her to marry. Unwilling to let her sister be the sacrificial lamb, Lizzy decides to accept Mr. Darcy’s insolent proposal at the Hunsford Parsonage.…
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REVIEW of Mr. Darcy and the Murder at Rosings by Lin Mei Wei

After Lizzy rejects Mr. Darcy’s haughty proposal, she looks forward to his immediate departure from Rosings so that the awkwardness can abate. A violent storm, however, traps all the inmates of Rosings (along with Lizzy and the Collins) at the house. When a footman is discovered murdered in the gun room, Mr. Darcy takes charge…