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REVIEW of The Murder in Mirth (Lord Trevelin Mysteries #3) by Heidi Ashworth
With a reputation as murky as pond water, Lord Trevelin (aka “Trev”) is used to being ignored, insulted, and given the cut direct. It seems like all of London society has swallowed the nefarious rumors spread about by his evil cousin Evelyn. When an invitation arrives for a country house party, Trev accepts it with…
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REVIEW of A Convenient Fiction (Parish Orphans of Devon #3) by Mimi Matthews
Ever since her father’s death, Laura Hayes has been forced to shoulder the burden of her invalid brother and the family finances. An unscrupulous lawyer holds the remnants of the family fortune, and in order to wrest control of her father’s property from his oily fingers, Laura must marry. Husbands are scarce in rural Surrey,…
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REVIEW of Suffering the Scot (Brotherhood of the Black Tartan #1) by Nichole Van
When Andrew MacKenzie’s grandfather dies, he finds himself in possession of an English earldom. But what will his stiff English relatives make of his uncouth Scottish ways? Irritated by the prejudice surrounding him, the new Lord Hadley dons a kilt and makes himself as Scottish as can be. Will his outragous behavior crack the brittle…
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REVIEW of The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep
When governess Eleanor Morgan rejects the advances of an English duke, she must take on an indenture to obtain hurried passage to the colonies. But when she arrives in Charles Town, she discovers that the backwoodsman who has paid for her passage is more interested in having a wife than a governess. Entrapped into a…
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REVIEW of The Princess Plan (A Royal Wedding #1) by Julia London
Eliza Tricklebank is not expected to make a brilliant match, much less a royal one. But when the private secretary of a visiting prince is murdered and her newspaper for ladies receives and anonymous tip about the culprit, she finds herself thrown unexpectedly into the company of Prince Sebastian of Alucia. Unabashed by his royal…
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REVIEW of The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) by Lauren Willig
Letty Alsworth is decidedly against the idea of elopement. When she discovers that her older sister Mary intends to run off in the middle of the night with Geoffrey Pinchingdale-Snipe, she throws a cloak over her nightdress and goes downstairs to expostulate with the crazed gentleman. In an unexpected turn of events, Letty finds herself…
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REVIEW of The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) by Lauren Willig
Grad student Eloise Kelly is in England researching the network of spies surrounding the English hero, the Pink Carnation, when dreamy Colin Selwick invites her to investigate the archives at his ancient manor house. In between trying to ascertain whether Colin is flirting with her and enduring the slings and arrows of outraged locals, Eloise…
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REVIEW of Bethlehem by Karen Kelly
A working-class girl married into an elite industrial family, Joanna Collier must bring her young children to live at her husband’s family home in the steel-town of Bethlehem. Lonely and losing herself into a listless existence, Joanna struggles to connect with her children’s grandmother, Susannah, and great-grandmother, Helen. Meanwhile, having taken over his father’s company,…
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REVIEW of The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
When Emily Dawson’s grandfather dies, he leaves her a plantation named Peverills on the faraway island of Barbados. Traveling to the land of eternal summer, Emily discovers that her new inheritance burned down years ago in a slave revolt. Unsure whether to sell the place or find a way to salvage it and cultivate sugar…
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REVIEW of The Portrait by Cassandra Austen
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