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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 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 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 A Game of Hearts (The Cartwells #1) by Joanna Barker

Marigold Cartwell does everything perfectly. She loves her family fiercely, makes friends easily, and shoots at archery targets with the precision of Robin Hood. Her overly competitive nature is galled by one person in particular–Tristan Gates, an orphan who grew up alongside her ever since he came to their neighborhood as a ten-year-old. Marigold beat…

April 6, 2025
REVIEW of Lady Emily’s Matchmaking Mishap (Merry Spinsters, Charming Rogues) by Sofi Laporte

Emily and her sister Cissy are imposters. Ever since the tragic death of their father, they have been deceiving their way through society, pretending to be relatives of rich, aged women so that they have a place to live. But when fortune turns, Emily determines that they will return to the home they grew up…

March 8, 2025
REVIEW of Mrs. Merritt’s Remorse (Lord Dere’s Dependents #2 by Christina Dudley

The Barstow family returns in the second installment of Lord Dere’s Dependents. Now two years into the future, this book features the second daughter Jane, repentant widow of Roger Merritt, who keeps to the family cottage in guilt and shame for her foolish past. But when a new curate and his sister arrive in the…

March 8, 2025

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