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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 The Winter Companion (Parish Orphans of Devon #4) by Mimi Matthews
A lady’s companion ought to blend in with her surroundings, but it’s impossible for Clara Hartwright to remain invisible. Forced into genteel service in order to support her brother’s studies at Cambridge, Clara yearns to be a student of natural philosophy in her own right. When her position takes her to the freezing winterscape of…
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REVIEW of Once Upon a Dickens Christmas by Michelle Griep
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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 The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden
Miss Elizabeth Black runs a proper school for middle class Victorian girls and writes proper novels approved by the proper sort in society. But what nobody knows is that she also moonlights as a penny dreadful author under the pseudonym Mr. King, writing breathtakingly melodramtic serials full of adventure and romance. Fletcher Walker used to…
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REVIEW of A Murderous Malady (Florence Nightingale Mystery #2) by Christine Trent
When Florence’s best friend Liz is attacked in her carriage while traveling through the dilapidated neighborhood of Soho, her coachman is killed. Victorian nurse-turned-sleuth Florence Nightingale is enlisted to find out who was involved and why. Liz’s father, a general in the Afghanistan War, seems to be hiding something, and his callous indifference to the…
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REVIEW of A Modest Independence (Parish Orphans of Devon #2) by Mimi Matthews
Following the marriage of Lady Helena, Jenny Holloway is no longer needed as a lady’s companion. Jenny receives a “modest independence” of five thousand pounds and determines to never give up that independence by marrying. She makes plans to travel to India to locate a longlost cousin, but when she alerts her solicitor, Mr. Finchley,…
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REVIEW of The Matrimonial Advertisement (Parish Orphans of Devon #1) by Mimi Matthews
For Helena Reynolds, a matrimonial advertisement in the newspaper may be her salvation. Constantly looking over her shoulder to make sure she isn’t followed, she takes the train to Devon to meet Justin Thornhill, the former army captain who owns Greyfriars Abbey and has advertised for a wife. He may be a complete stranger, but…
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REVIEW of The Viscount and the Vicar’s Daughter by Mimi Matthews
Estranged from his father, tearing through his allowance on wine, women, and cards, Tristan Sinclair, the Viscount St. Ashton, is at point non plus. But when he visits a notorious Victorian house party intending to drown his sorrows in drink, he runs across a diminutive and terribly-dressed female companion crying in the woods. His protective…
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REVIEW of The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews
Ostracized from polite society after her father’s suicide, Miss Sylvia Stafford takes up a position as a governess for a tradesman’s family, overcoming her misery with diligent industry. But when an aristocratic lady comes knocking, Sylvia agrees to go visit the lady’s brother–the man who rejected her three years ago. Scarred from a saber cut…
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