Tag: Regency Romance

  • REVIEW of Secrets and Suitors by Joanna Barker

    REVIEW of Secrets and Suitors by Joanna Barker

    Nora Hamilton has no desire to go back to London for her third season. Her heart was captured a long time ago, by her neighbor and best friend, James Allen. But when James set sail for the West Indies six months ago, he made it clear that he considered her nothing more than that–a friend.…

  • REVIEW of The Bridge to Belle Island by Julie Klassen

    REVIEW of The Bridge to Belle Island by Julie Klassen

    After Benjamin Booker loses a London court case due to the wiles of a beautiful woman, he’s determined not to make the mistake of trusting easily once again. His episodes of vertigo generally keep him from traveling, but when the retired partner of his law firm is murdered, he cannot refuse the journey to investigate…

  • REVIEW of The Thief of Lanwyn Manor (Cornwall #2) by Sarah E. Ladd

    REVIEW of The Thief of Lanwyn Manor (Cornwall #2) by Sarah E. Ladd

    Julia Twethewey was too obvious with her interest in a certain dashing young gentleman, and when he becomes engaged to another, she shamefacedly leaves the neighborhood to avoid embarrassment. Her cousin Jane, wife to a deployed military man, is on bedrest at Lanwyn Manor in Cornwall, and Julia goes to attend her as a companion…

  • REVIEW of Courting the Countess by Donna Hatch

    Richard, the Earl of Averston, is used to getting his brother Tristan out of scrapes. But when Tristan trifles with the daughter of a duke, Richard finds the duke’s demands to be a higher price than he’s ever been forced to pay. Rather than Tristan marrying the socially compromised Lady Elizabeth, Richard must do the honors.  Although…

  • REVIEW of Suffering the Scot (Brotherhood of the Black Tartan #1) by Nichole Van

    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…

  • REVIEW of The Portrait by Cassandra Austen

    REVIEW of The Portrait by Cassandra Austen

    Catherine Claverton is determined to get back at her heartless father by marrying and producing an heir to her mother’s title. Relegated to her rooms for many years because of a deformed leg, she can now enjoy being an observer of society, and if she can find a man who will not spurn her, a…

  • REVIEW of Temptation’s Darling by Johanna Lindsey

    REVIEW of Temptation’s Darling by Johanna Lindsey

    Vanessa Blackburn has grown up in Scotland with her father, estranged from her mother and separated from her twin sisters. When she comes of age, she must return to England to have her “season,” and hopefully find a husband who doesn’t mind her independent spirit. Riding disguised as a gentleman, she falls into company with…

  • REVIEW of The Work of Art: A Regency Romance by Mimi Matthews

    REVIEW of The Work of Art: A Regency Romance by Mimi Matthews

    When the remarkable Phyllida Satterthwaite comes to town to stay with her uncle, she has the modest expectation of being treated to a London season and falling in love with a good man who won’t mind her lack of fortune. What she doesn’t expect is to be the talk of the ton on account of…

  • REVIEW of The Noble Guardian (The Bow Street Runners #3) by Michelle Griep

    REVIEW of The Noble Guardian (The Bow Street Runners #3) by Michelle Griep

    Abby Gilbert is finally leaving her hateful stepmother, cruel stepsisters, and henpecked father to marry the man of her dreams. Unfortunately, she must travel across England to get to his manor house, and with bad weather, bad luck, and highwaymen on the horizon, it’s anyone’s guess if she’ll make it to her own wedding in…

  • REVIEW of The Governess of Penwythe Hall (Cornwall #1) by Sarah E. Ladd

    REVIEW of The Governess of Penwythe Hall (Cornwall #1) by Sarah E. Ladd

    Driven from Cornwall by her late husband’s relatives, Delia Greythorne finds refuge as a governess, becoming devoted to her young charges. But when her new employer dies three years later, she finds that the children are being left in the care of their estranged uncle and that his estate of Penwythe Hall lies a mere…