Happy Freaking Monday! How’s tricks? Do anything fun this past week? My week was pretty bland…as usual. 🙂 I completely forgot to share a picture from the week before last. My youngest was in her 5th grade performance of “Internal Organ Hall of Fame” and she played the heart which got a Lifetime Achievement Award. […]
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 […]
The Duke and I is the start of the much beloved Bridgerton series. Daphne Bridgerton has been out in society for two years. Unfortunately, she hasn’t had many offers of marriage. It seems the men of the ton look at her as a little sister or a girl-next-door type. The ones who did offer for […]
This was a quick read for me. I was looking forward to reading it because Julia Quinn is one of my favorite historical authors. She writes the kind of historical romances that keep me smiling like a crazy person and laughing like a loon. And it wasn’t any different with this book. I really liked […]