Bombshell is a Victorian age romance with a ton of pining, and a heroine who belongs to a girl-gang out to dismantle the patriarchy. One of them specializes in explosions. Objectively I can look at this book and say that some readers may have an issue with how much time spent on the girl-gang scenes versus the romance, but also ONE OF THEM SPECIALIZES IN EXPLOSIONS. I think part of this imbalance is to set … Continue reading Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne is $1.99! This is the first book in the Central Park Pact series and was released earlier this year. I’m a fan of Layne’s other series and found they balance great banter and sexy chemistry. However, some readers feel this straddles the line between chick lit and contemporary romance. Do you have any thoughts?
I am not in the mood for Christmas yet. Generally speaking, I’m not in the mood for Christmas on December 23rd even, but mid-fall is WAY too early. That said, my brain has been pretty tired lately and some Regency novellas sounded like the perfect way to unwind without investing in a full length novel. Since How the Duke Stole Christmas includes novellas by some of my favorite authors, I was willing to set aside … Continue reading How the Dukes Stole Christmas by Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan and Joanna Shupe
Well, that was just delightful. I loved every single minute of Brazen and the Beast, even the melodramatic bits. This historical is Book 2 in the Bareknuckle Bastards series and although I had no trouble starting here, I do plan to read the first book since they are closely connected. Lady Henrietta Sedley (Hattie) is still single at twenty-nine and determined to make this The Year of Hattie. It’s a four stage plan: Business, Home, … Continue reading Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean
The Scandalous Flirt by Olivia Drake is $2.99! This is part of the Cinderella Sisterhood series and it’s currently a finalist for a 2018 RITA in the Long Historical category. Readers loved the enemies to lovers, but within the first few pages, there is a magical g*psy character.
For those following Sarah MacLean’s Scandal and Scoundrel series, The Day of the Duchess is finally Seraphina and Malcolm, Duke of Haven’s, story. Malcolm was the one who got knocked ass-over-teakettle into a fish pond in The Rogue Not Taken and launched the whole series with his soggy duke-pants. Now, you don’t need to read the other books to read this one, but I do think the series works really well in order. That said, … Continue reading The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
Let me start by saying that The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean is my favorite book of hers to date. If you’ve read her, or know me, then you know that I just said a thing. I mean, there is a scene in this book where the hero sensually rubs honey on the heroine’s body while she dreamily describes the bookstore she’ll own one day. Damn. The Rogue Not Taken is the first in … Continue reading The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
RECOMMENDED: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean is $2.99 right now. This is MacLean’s first historical romance, and was an instant bestseller. It has a 4+ star average.
It won was nominated for (My mistake! Sorry!) the RITA® in 2011, and our RITA® Reader Challenge reviewer Diana wrote in her A- review, “This is one of those unputdownable books for me. One of those books that made me gasp/sigh audibly. One of those books that gave me those blasted butterflies in my stomach that seemed to turn pterodactyl-like in one of those heart-wrenching scenes.”
Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts is $2.50 at Amazon and Google right now. This is book 2 in the Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy, an Irish ParaNora that was published this year. The first book, Dark Witch, had been on sale for awhile, and the prices of books 2 and 3 have been fluctuating recently. This book has a 3.9-star average on GR. Thanks to MsBookJunkie for the heads up!
There was a tremendous amount of squee’ing here at the Bitchery when the eARC of Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover was released. Fans of MacLean, and of the Rules of Scoundrels series had been waiting for Chase’s story FOREVER and the big reveal at the end of No Good Duke Goes Unpunished made the waiting even WORSE. RedHeadedGirl and I dove right in. ATTENTION. SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST THREE BOOKS IN THE SERIES FOLLOW. … Continue reading Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean
In this episode, Elyse and Sarah interview Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author of historical romance. We talk about Billionaire Dinosaurs, but more about her upcoming book, Never Judge a Lady by her Cover, which comes out Tuesday, 25 November. We cover identity, the need for Regency pool boys, and the strange ways MacLean’s book has appeared as a sort of Easter egg on NPR. Here are the two links to the NPR blog posts about the Dunkin’ Donuts’ … Continue reading 116. Sarah, Elyse & Sarah MacLean: Historical Romance, Regency Pools and NPR
