Ames’ review of The School for Brides by Cheryl Ann Smith. It’s never too late to live happily ever after… Miss Eva Black spent her life concealing her mother’s past as a courtesan. Now a spinster, her beauty hidden away under a dour disguise, Eva spends her days schooling courtesans to be suitable wives. But […]
Ames’ review of An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley. After leaving the army and falling out with his family, Catesby Burgoyne is drowning his sorrows when he comes across a woman being attacked by thugs. A fight is just what he needs, but little does he realize that the lady he rescues will change his […]
Judith’s review of To Tempt A Rake by Cara Elliott. Kate Woodbridge has spent most of her life sailing around the globe, acquiring expertise in botany, along with a few less ladylike skills. So when she comes to London seeking reconciliation w ith her grandfather, the imperious duke of Cluyne, her outspoken views and fiery […]
Although this was a good read (I even stayed up late to finish it in one sitting) it wasn’t as well done as her first release, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake. Lady Isabel Townsend is at her wits end. Her wastrel of a father has died, leaving nothing behind for her or […]
I really enjoyed Wicked Intentions. The characters were different and this book had a very dark feel to it. Temperance is a widow who runs a school for orphans in the worst part of London, St. Giles. Wicked Intentions opens up with Temperance returning to the orphanage with a sick newborn in the middle […]