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It Takes Two to Tangle
RECOMMENDED: It Takes Two to Tangle by Theresa Romain is $1.99 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! This is the first book in the historical romance Matchmaker Trilogy. Elyse reviewed this book (Grade: B) and liked the heroine a lot:
If you’re a Regency fan who likes unconventional heroines, pick this book up for sure. If you like the Tragically Wounded Hero, like I do, pick it up. If you need your hero to really have his shit together, you may want to avoid it. Henry gave me heartburn sometimes, but the great conflict, and a kick ass heroine, kept me reading.
Wooing the Wrong Woman…
Henry Middlebrook is back from fighting Napoleon, ready to re-enter London society where he left it. Wounded and battle weary, he decides that the right wife is all he needs. Selecting the most desirable lady in the ton, Henry turns to her best friend and companion to help him with his suit…
Is a Terrible Mistake…
Young and beautiful, war widow Frances Whittier is no stranger to social intrigue. She finds Henry Middlebrook courageous and manly, unlike the foppish aristocrats she is used to, and is inspired to exercise her considerable wit on his behalf. But she may be too clever for her own good, and Frances discovers that she has set in motion a complicated train of events that’s only going to break her own heart…
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Never Deceive a Duke
Never Deceive a Duke by Liz Carlyle is $2.99! This is the second book in the Neville & Family Friends series, but it can be read as a standalone. Some readers felt the writing was too modern for the setting, while others liked the tortured hero. Also, some of the reviews mentioned that the hero is Jewish. It has a 3.7-star rating on Goodreads.
They call her the porcelain princess…
With her fragile beauty and regal bearing, the Duchess of Warneham knows how to keep her admirers at a distance. Twice wed and twice widowed, Antonia has vowed never again to marry; never again to surrender her freedom. But when her husband’s death is deemed suspicious, and his long-lost heir returns to seize control of the dukedom, she finds that fate has placed her future in yet another man’s hands—but not just any man.
They call him a cold-hearted bastard…
Deep in London’s docklands, Gareth Lloyd runs Neville Shipping with an iron fist. Unrecognizable as the starving orphan who was abandoned by his family and sent an ocean away from home, Gareth has put his troubled past behind him. That is, until the Duke of Warneham is murdered, and Gareth turns out to be the dynasty’s last living heir. Wrenched from his solitude, Gareth neither wants nor needs the honors and obligations of nobility—especially the Duke’s all-too-tempting widow…Or does he?
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Desiring Lady Caro
Desiring Lady Caro by Ella Quinn is $1.99! This is a historical romance with a Venetian setting. Reviews on Goodreads say this is a pretty fast-paced romance and that there’s a road trip element! Though trigger warning because it seems part of the heroine’s backstory includes rape.
Haunted by her past, Lady Caroline Martindale fled England for the solace of her godmother’s palazzo in Venice. But if Caro was hoping to escape the charms of marriage-minded men, she’s come to the wrong place. And she’ll resort to extreme measures to spurn the advances of a dangerously determined Venetian marquis…
Though most of his friends have married off, Gervais, Earl of Huntley, remains bent on eluding the parson’s mousetrap. But his convictions begin to falter when he arrives in Venice and meets his match in the alluring Lady Caro. What began as a hastily concocted lie to save her from the marquis may become a chance for them both to relinquish their fear – and embrace what they can no longer deny…
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Princesses Behaving Badly
Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie is $1.99! This nonfiction is all about…princesses behaving badly. Many thought this was a great premise, but it failed on execution, given that some of the princesses were more myth than reality. Have you read this one?
You think you know her story. You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But the lives of real princesses couldn’t be more different. Sure, many were graceful and benevolent leaders—but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe was a Nazi spy. Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian empire slept wearing a mask of raw veal. Princess Olga of Kiev murdered thousands of men, and Princess Rani Lakshmibai waged war on the battlefield, charging into combat with her toddler son strapped to her back. Princesses Behaving Badly offers minibiographies of all these princesses and dozens more. It’s a fascinating read for history buffs, feminists, and anyone seeking a different kind of bedtime story.
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@MirandaB: I really liked SIX WAKES. Completely unreliable narrators and, at first, I didn’t care for any of them. But it worked ultimately and evolved into something really interesting and unexpected.
Oh, hey, that completes my collection of that Romain trilogy! Now I can actually read something in order!
The third in the series, Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress, is still only 99 cents if you’re filling out a set.
@Darlynne: I’ve had it on my wish list for a while and grabbed it due to the price drop. I’m looking forward to reading it!
Ya know, my ass is ashamed to say it, but I’ve had Never Deceive a Duke on my bookshelf since I graduated high school. 2008, PEOPLE!!!!!
God I am the worst. It’s like, I see a book I want in the store and think, “OMG IT’S ABANDONED AND HOMELESS AND IF I DON’T TAKE THE BOOK WITH ME IT’LL HAVE A SAD!”
And then I end up going almost a decade STILL not having read it, despite wanting to! Sigh. Too many books, too much mortality.
Re: Princesses Behaving Badly. The last example stopped me in my tracks. “Princess Rani Lakshmibai” is just wrong. We can ignore “Princess,” I suppose, as an attempt to use an English title. She wasn’t born with a royal title, she gained it on marriage. “Rani” is the wife of a Rajah, in her case, the Rajah of Jhansi.
Behaving badly is really a unique interpretation. She went into battle to protect her country. Her husband died and the British decided to annex it, rather than allowing her son to inherit. (They claimed that because he was adopted he wasn’t a real heir, despite Hindu law and local precedent.) The Rani of Jhansi became a symbol of resistance during the Mutiny, and is considered a national heroine to this day.