I have been spending this year giving presentations on, and writing about, Mary Shelley, and when I haven’t been doing that I’ve been giving presentations about Jane Austen. Thus I was thrilled that the book Pride and Prometheus was coming out. I didn’t even read the book description. I just looked at the cover and thought: “This will fix everything.” Frankenstein, the novel by Mary Shelley, does not end well. The estimated body count comes … Continue reading Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel →
I am pretty certain that Leigh wrote this as RHG Bait, because she knew very well that I would be suffering just a liiiiiiiittle Poldark Withdrawl, so a Cornish heroine that is also the ringleader of a local smuggling ring is basically just what the doctor ordered. Kit is okay, too. We meet Kit, the hero, as he’s living a dissolute life. He’s a former soldier who was given an earldom, but an earldom without … Continue reading Counting on a Countess by Eva Leigh →
Hi there, everyone! It’s Wednesday Links time! This is where we discuss neat things we’ve seen around the internet and share them all with you. It’s also a great way to take a break during the the hump day slump. … First, I want to share an amazing Kickstarter I backed! It’s nearly halfway to its goal with two weeks left. It’s called Seventh Circle and is an urban fantasy visual novel. I love the … Continue reading Links: Yarn, Sandra Bullock, & Disney →
A Shocking Delight by Jo Beverly is $1.99! This is the fifteenth book in the Company of Rogues series, and the hero in this one is a character who showed up in previous books. So this may be a situation where it can be read as a standalone, but you might get a deeper reading experience if you’ve read the other books. What do you think?
Continue reading →
This review is for both the narrative and the audiobook of The Hanover Square Affair. I listened to this book after learning about the series during our SBTB Book Club Chat for Death Below Stairs, also by Jennifer Ashley/Ashley Gardner. This is the first book in the Captain Lacey mystery series: Captain Lacey is living a pale, uncertain existence following the Napoleonic wars. He’s not financially doing well, he suffers from depression and from the pain of … Continue reading The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner →
This HaBO request is from Francis and she’s trying to identity this historical romance: This romance is set in England. The hero, a lord and eldest sibling, has to stay home while the war is going on to take care of his people. And while the hero and heroine have known each other while growing up, she was always better friends with the younger brother. And their families are friends. She’s home for some reason … Continue reading HaBO: Historical Hero Would Rather Go to War →
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan is $2.99! Thanks to Nerdalisque for letting us know about this sale! This is the first in a fantasy series and was stuck in Elyse’s bookmas tree for a while. Readers loved the authors descriptive writing style, but felt they couldn’t get a good grasp on the characters.
Continue reading →
This HaBO comes from Cassio06, who is look for a contemporary romance with a paranormal twist: One of the first romances I read was a contemporary in which a Hollywood bombshell who had died young (in the ’50s?) begins haunting either the hero or heroine (I think the hero?). I don’t remember much about the plot, but the ghost was clearly supposed to be some sort of Marilyn Monroe type, and I remember her informing … Continue reading HaBO: Marilyn Monroe Ghost →
NB: Today, we have an incredible guest review on a sex ed book! This review come from Jennifer: Jennifer Prokop has been reading romance ever since she found a bag of remaindered paperbacks in her grandmother’s basement when she was a teenager. She writes romance reviews for The Book Queen and you can find her on Twitter @JenReadsRomance. … (CW: discussion of rape of background character) I’ll talk about sex in romance novels all day … Continue reading Guest Review: What Does Consent Really Mean by Pete Wallis & Thalia Wallis →
River’s End by Nora Roberts is $1.99! This is a romantic suspense novel that was originally published in the late-nineties. Readers enjoyed the emotional aspects to the mystery and romance, but others found the logistics of the actual mystery to require some suspension of disbelief.
Continue reading →
Let’s Talk About Love is a romance novel with an asexual heroine (specifically, a bi-romantic asexual heroine). Alice, the heroine, is a university student whose parents want her to become a lawyer, a career in which she has no interest. She has two best friends, Feenie and Ryan, who are engaged to each other, and she struggles with feeling like the third wheel. She also struggles with romantic relationships because she doesn’t want to come … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann →
