Tag: Historical

Review: A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare.

Review: A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare.

Rowena’s review of A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cover #3) by Tessa Dare. Hero: Colin SandhurstHeroine: Minerva Highwood When a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin . . . time is not on their side. Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove’s confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland. […]

#DFRAT Guest Review: Tempting by Hope Tarr

#DFRAT Guest Review: Tempting by Hope Tarr

Tracy’s review of Tempting by Hope Tarr Set in Victorian England, TEMPTING is the story of aspiring Member of Parliament, Simon Belleville, and Christine Tremayne, a former dairymaid whom dire circumstances have landed in the attic of a Covent Garden brothel. As Simon soon discovers, polishing this roughly hewn diamond into a gem of a […]

Guest Review: The Scarlet Bride by Cheryl Ann Smith

Guest Review: The Scarlet Bride by Cheryl Ann Smith

Judith’s review of The Scarlet Bride  (School for Brides #3) by Cheryl Ann Smith Notorious bad boy Simon Harrington, third in line for his uncle’s title, has finally conceded to settling down and finding a noble wife. Then he stumbles across a courtesan in peril on a dark London street, and his life takes an […]

Guest Review: The White Swan Affair by Elyse Mady

Guest Review: The White Swan Affair by Elyse Mady

Judith’s review of The White Swan Affair by Elyse Mady. London, 1810 . . . After the tragic death of her beloved, Hester Aspinall vowed never to be ruled by her passions again. Still, she is drawn to her landlord, handsome adventurer Thomas Ramsay—but she doesn’t fool herself that a man of his station would […]

Review: A Night Like This by Julia Quinn.

Review: A Night Like This by Julia Quinn.

Rowena’s review of A Night Like This (The Smythe-Smith Quartet #2) by Julia Quinn. Hero: Daniel Smythe-SmithHeroine: Anne Wynter Nora Roberts calls Julia Quinn’s novels, “Delightful.” The #1 New York Times bestselling creator of the irresistible Bridgerton family, Quinn offers historical romance readers new delights with A Night Like This—the second book (following the phenomenal […]