Scandal Takes the Stage is the second book in the Regency Wicked Quills of London series and while it didn’t have the same personal allure for me as the first book, Forever Your Earl, it was every bit as well-crafted and sexy. Maggie Delamere is a playwright who hates the aristocracy. In all of her plays, aristocratic men are rakish villains. So, of course, she has no interest at all in the extremely rakish and … Continue reading Scandal Takes the Stage by Eva Leigh →
Christmas Yet to Come is a great stocking-stuffer of a novella. It mixes the darker elements of A Christmas Carol with a sweet romance and some suspense to surprisingly good effect. Jason is a banker who lives alone. He doesn’t socialize during Christmas and he gives all his servants the day off. He doesn’t decorate or anything because he figures there’s no point in celebrating by himself. On Christmas Eve, Jason is astonished to discover … Continue reading Christmas Yet to Come by Marian Perera →
Redheadedgirl and I adore Courtney Milan with an unprofessional amount of squee. We are so excited about her new series, which kicked off with Once Upon a Marquess. Once Upon a Marquess is a romance between Judith and Christian. Judith was once a Lady, but when her father and brother were convicted of treason, she was reduced to supporting her remaining siblings in genteel poverty (‘genteel’ in the sense that Judith swears by bird species … Continue reading Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan →
This was such a sweet little movie, y’all. It’s a romance on paper, but it’s really a meditation on immigration, homesickness, and what does “home” mean. Eilis Lacey is a young woman in 1950s Ireland, with no job and no real prospects. Her sister asks an Irish priest in New York to sponsor her immigration to America. She leaves her sister and mother behind, and moves into a boarding house, finds a job in a … Continue reading Movie Review: Brooklyn →
Bound with Passion is part of Megan Mulry’s erotic Regency Reimagined series, and it’s a good read for someone looking for more spice in their historical. Lady Georgiana Cambury is used to doing whatever she damn well pleases. She dresses like a man, rides like a hellion, and enjoys love affairs unconstrained by society’s mores. When the book opens, she’s returning to Derbyshire from North Africa with two beautiful horses in tow. Georgie relishes her freedom … Continue reading Bound with Passion by Megan Mulry →
I’m generally meh on Christmas romance because I’m kind of meh on Christmas itself. It’s a really busy, stressful time of year for me and at some point during our family Christmas celebration, I inevitably wind up in tears. Plus Christmas romance tends to be treacly sweet. When I saw A Pirate for Christmas I decided to take a risk on it because Scottish pirate! Plus–shit, it was 99 cents! This Regency novella takes place in … Continue reading A Pirate for Christmas by Anna Campbell →
Like most Jane Austen fans, I focused my Austen attention on her six fully completed books. I really thought I had my Austen down, but then I thought I better look at some of her earlier writing and OMG HAVE YOU READ LADY SUSAN? This is a book that Austen sort of kind of finished – I mean, it looks kind of done but it reads like she planned to do some major edits and … Continue reading Lady Susan by Jane Austen →
SW: This review is from Lara, who so loved The Diabolical Miss Hyde, she couldn’t wait to read the sequel. Because she discovered the series here (yay!) she asked to guest review The Devious Dr. Jekyll for us. Welcome, Lara! After reading Elyse’s review of the first book in Viola Carr’s Electric Empire series, I broke my no-impulse-buying rule and bought The Diabolical Miss Hyde. I loved it. LOVED IT! I soon began a countdown to the … Continue reading The Devious Dr. Jekyll by Viola Carr →
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 →
I haven’t made a secret of my love of Theresa Romain or my love of horses, and when Romain announced that her new series involved Regency horse racing, I declared that she had hit upon the perfect RedHeadedGirl bait, and if this is a plot to get me kidnapped due to being told that an ARC is down a dark alley somewhere, it’ll probably work. Please don’t, though. This is a novella to set up … Continue reading The Sport of Baronets by Theresa Romain →
I love any type of book that promises an immersive experience in another place, culture, or world that is different from my own. My desire for travel doesn’t match my travel budget any more than by reading desires are satisfied by my book budget, so books like this one are always tempting to me. Unfortunately, there were two parallel storylines in this book, and I didn’t like one of them. Genevieve is getting a divorce, and … Continue reading The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell →
