RECOMMENDED: Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched! Carrie really liked this book and gave it an A-:
This book succeeds because Nettie is such a compelling character. Nettie is incredibly vibrant, prickly, compelling, flawed, exciting, and interesting. She’s compelling because all her experiences and aspects of her personality and her sharp mind come together to create a complex person who you just have to root for.
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Reviewing Romain is a tricky proposition for me because her writing works so well on my brain, and on my emotions. I’ve talked about getting the “chest tingles” when a line or a piece of dialogue hits me dead center in the squishy feels, and this book had plenty of those. Romain excels at writing deliberate, careful moments between the characters so that a scene that seems unimportant at first later carries additional meaning and emotional … Continue reading Lady Notorious by Theresa Romain →
Beginner’s Luck by Kate Clayborn is 99c! Sarah gave this book a C- because she was hoping for some more depth in the book. However, I remember seeing the Bitchery recommend it in comments. This might be a Your Mileage May Vary situation. It also has a scientist heroine!
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Book 2 of the Romance of the Turf series! I HAVE BEEN WAITING (mostly) patiently for this book for (checks calendar) FOR OVER A YEAR. The heroine of this book is Kate, a daughter of the Chandler family. We met them in the series intro novella, The Sport of Baronets . She’s been widowed for two years, and the marriage wasn’t great. Her husband, an Irish earl, spent money like there was no tomorrow, and also … Continue reading Scandalous Ever After by Theresa Romain →
I really, really like Theresa Romain’s writing. She does this thing with tiny moments and actions that don’t seem significant until later, when after a few pages they become the type of detail that makes me press my hand to my chest, lest my heart be attempting to slide out through my ribs. Words are not wasted, characters are carefully, finely developed, and there’s a buffet of dialogue, too. An all-you-can-read style buffet of dialogue, with layers … Continue reading Passion Favors the Bold by Theresa Romain →
Sarah chats with historical romance author Theresa Romain about her two current series, one which was inspired by The Tollgate by Georgette Heyer, and another that is historical horse romance for horse-mad little girls who grew up to be romance readers. They also talk about what Theresa is reading, her very through knowledge of a specific silent film star, and the books that continue to inspired her writing.
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae is $1.99! This is a memoir with a lot of humor and even inspired Rae’s HBO show Insecure. Many readers found Rae’s essays to be self-deprecating and relatable. However, some readers had issues with Rae’s narrative style.
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I think almost everyone has felt to be the outsider at some point in their lives and I think everyone would love a second chance. In Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress, Theresa Romain brings together two outsiders who live in the shadows of the glittering ton during the Regency and gives them the opportunity for second chances. At the beginning of the story, heiress Augusta Meredith is posing as a cheerful and not wealthy widow … Continue reading Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress by Theresa Romain →
As the title suggests, we have three books with some historical element to them. So if that’s your bag, gird your book budget accordingly.
The newest Romain, though not about horse racing, involves a treasure hunt, a former courtesan, and a blind hero who does not magically become not-blind by the end of the book. A chest of gold coins has been stolen from the Royal Mint, and a large reward has been offered for their return. Charlotte Perry is in her hometown to find them (she needs the money to start a new life for herself that does not … Continue reading Fortune Favors the Wicked by Theresa Romain →
I said in the lightning review of The Sport of Baronets that Theresa Romain basically created a series just for me, and the first full-length book just confirms it. She reached into my head and found the references and plot that would make me happiest, and gave those thoughts a beautiful cover and said, “Here!” (Actually she threw out the NetGalley link and ran away and then Elyse and I tussled over it and I … Continue reading A Gentleman’s Game by Theresa Romain →
