May is here and our book club will start up again on the third Thursday of the month. This month we’ll be discussing Cover Me by Catherine Mann. “Nobody writes to-die-for military heroes like Catherine Mann!” — Suzanne Brockmann, New York Times bestselling author of Tall, Dark and Devastating It should have been a simple […]
This month we’ll be discussing Lisa Kleypas’ Scandal in Spring. Scandal in Spring is part of the Wallflowers series. The series follows four very different young girls as they make their way from wallflower to married woman. The group of girls consists of Annabelle Peyton, Lillian Bowman, Evangeline Jenner and Daisy Bowman. Four young women […]
Yeah, I know. Our efforts in our very first book club didn’t go as well as we’d hoped but we’re not going to give up on it all together. We’re gearing up for next month’s book club discussions and getting a little more organized (and not letting real life get in the way) so that […]
One of the most prominent features in historical romance novels is the need for the titled to procreate. Duty dictates that they secure their line by having at least one son, though it’s preferable to have two (an heir and a spare). In The Duke and I, the issue of procreation is even more prominent, though for a different […]
When we first meet Simon Basset in The Duke & I, he’s a mother less child who is neglected by his father because he has a stuttering problem. His father expected perfection from the future Duke of Hastings and instead, he got Simon. As a young boy, the hurt and the desire to be loved […]