Tag: Historical

Book Spotlight (+ a Giveaway): The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh

Book Spotlight (+ a Giveaway): The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh

Now available in Trade Paperback, THE FEVER TREE by Jennifer McVeigh (Berkley Trade Paperback Reprint; 978-0-425-26491-1; February 4, 2014; $16)!  When it was first released in hardcover last year, Oprah.com raved, “Debut author Jennifer McVeigh has created a fully realized sensory tour of 19th-century South Africa: You feel the grit of each dust storm, taste […]

Guest Review: How to Wed an Earl by Ivory Lei

Guest Review: How to Wed an Earl by Ivory Lei

Tracy’s review of How to Wed an Earl by Ivory Lei Having regained his fortune, Lucas, Earl of Ravenstone, has to marry in order to keep it. Luckily, he won’t have to search for a wife—he’s known her name since their marriage was arranged in their youth. To fulfill his duty, he travels far from […]

Guest Review: When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries

Guest Review: When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries

Jen’s review of When the Rogue Returns (The Duke’s Men #2) by Sabrina Jeffries. Victor Cale never imagined that his sweet, shy bride, Isabella, would use her talents for creating exquisite imitation jewels criminally. But there’s no denying that her handiwork was used in the theft of the Dutch royal diamonds– right after Isa disappeared […]

Guest Review: The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

Guest Review:  The Untamed Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

Gosh, when I started reading these Mackenzie novels I was sure, as I finished each succeeding one, that they couldn’t get any better.  Well, they just keep on keeping on, and this latest one is a surprising tale in many ways.  Featuring the illegitimate brother who is now a Scotland Yard chief detective inspector, the […]

Guest Review: Lady in Red by Maire Claremont

Guest Review: Lady in Red by Maire Claremont

Jennifer’s review of for Lady in Red (Mad Passions #2) by Maire Claremont The Victorian era was full of majestic beauty and scandalous secrets—a time when corsets were the least of a woman’s restrictions, and men could kill or be killed in the name of honor… Lady Mary Darrel should be the envy of London. […]