When a Duke Loves a Woman
When a Duke Loves a Woman by Lorraine Heath is $1.99! This is the second book in the Sins for All Seasons series, though I believe it can be read on its own. Some readers found this one to be a charming and funny historical. However, others felt the plot was a bit farfetched. Have you read this one?
Gillie Trewlove knows what a stranger’s kindness can mean, having been abandoned on a doorstep as a baby and raised by the woman who found her there. So, when suddenly faced with a soul in need at her door—or the alleyway by her tavern—Gillie doesn’t hesitate. But he’s no infant. He’s a grievously injured, distractingly handsome gentleman who doesn’t belong in Whitechapel, much less recuperating in Gillie’s bed.
Being left at the altar is humiliating; being rescued from thugs by a woman—albeit a brave and beautiful one—is the pièce de résistance to the Duke of Thornley’s extraordinarily bad day. After nursing him back from the brink, Gillie agrees to help him comb London’s darker corners for his wayward bride. But every moment together is edged with desire and has Thorne rethinking his choice of wife. Yet Gillie knows the aristocracy would never accept a duchess born in sin. Thorne, however, is determined to prove to her that no obstacle is insurmountable when a duke loves a woman.
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The Red Tent by Anita Diamant is $1.99! Elyse wrote a very thoughtful piece after watching the miniseries adaptation:
What I took away from the miniseries–other than Dinah’s brothers fuck everything up for everyone–was the importance of what women pass down to each other.
The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider’s look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob’s daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. In a confiding and poetic voice, Dinah whispers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah–all wives to Jacob, and each one embodying unique feminine traits. As she reveals these sensual and emotionally charged stories we learn of birthing miracles, slaves, artisans, household gods, and sisterhood secrets. Eventually Dinah delves into her own saga of betrayals, grief, and a call to midwifery.
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Three Weeks to Wed by Ella Quinn is 99c! Redheadedgirl reviewed this book and wound up giving it a C-:
This is one of those frustrating books where there’s a good idea but it gets bogged down in a total and utter lack of tension or conflict. As a result, it’s an eye-rolling read.
In the first book of her dazzling new series, bestselling author Ella Quinn introduces the soon-to-be Earl and Countess of Worthington–lovers who have more in common than they yet know. The future promises to be far from boring…
Lady Grace Carpenter is ready to seize the day–or rather, the night–with the most compelling man she’s ever known. Marriage would mean losing guardianship of her beloved siblings, and surely no sane gentleman will take on seven children not his own. But if she can have one anonymous tryst with Mattheus, Earl of Worthington, Grace will be content to live out the rest of her life as a spinster.
Matt had almost given up hope of finding a wife who could engage his mind as well as his body. And now this sensual, intelligent woman is offering herself to him. What could be more perfect? Except that after one wanton night, the mysterious Grace refuses to have anything to do with him. Amid the distractions of the Season he must convince her, one delicious encounter at a time, that no obstacle–or family–is too much for a man who’s discovered his heart’s desire…
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The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched. I highly recommend checking out the other deals as there are some romances in there! I read this one and was expecting some kind of eerie cryptid mystery. And while the writing was beautiful, it definitely had more of a Gothic historical fiction vibe than the paranormal mystery I was hoping for.
Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890’s, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical discovery which defined the era, The Essex Serpent has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who fall for each other, but not in the usual way.
They are Cora Seaborne and Will Ransome. Cora is a well-to-do London widow who moves to the Essex parish of Aldwinter, and Will is the local vicar. They meet as their village is engulfed by rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming human lives, has returned. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist is enthralled, convinced the beast may be a real undiscovered species. But Will sees his parishioners’ agitation as a moral panic, a deviation from true faith. Although they can agree on absolutely nothing, as the seasons turn around them in this quiet corner of England, they find themselves inexorably drawn together and torn apart.
Told with exquisite grace and intelligence, this novel is most of all a celebration of love, and the many different guises it can take.
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Yeah, I was disappointed in Essex Serpent. The book was ok, but not what I wanted.
I loved “When a Duke Loves a Woman”. Farfetched? Yes. But aren’t most historicals? Lorraine Heath can pretty much do no wrong in my eyes, and I’m anxiously waiting for the next book in the series.
Thanks! Grabbed up The Red Tent, it is on my reading goals of 2019!
Back in 2000, my closest friends and I decided to form a bookclub – not so much to talk about books but because our lives were busy and we wanted an excuse to get together every 6 weeks. The Red Tent was the second book we read (the first was Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood). We all adored it – one of the few books we’ve read that we universally loved, and I’m happy to report that our bookclub is still going strong, 18 yrs later.
Like @JenM, I was in a book club in 2001 and we read The Red Tent. I stayed up late to finish it and sobbed (but the good kind). We all loved it and I’ve foisted it upon every book loving woman I know since. But men should read it too. It reminds me of Circe by Madeline Miller.
I thought Essex Serpent was compelling, and hope to read (or listen to) her next book Melmoth soon.
Weirdly enough, considering how long I’ve worked in libraries and bookstores, I’ve never gotten around to reading (or listening to) The Red Tent. I hope to fix that oversight soon.
I wasn’t wild about the Red Tent. I think the historical and cultural details were well done (I’m no expert). It certainly was well written. I liked the plot centering on women. Still, I wasn’t particularly interested in the biblical tale. Also, life was brutish and short, and not much fun to read about.