Genre: Historical Romance

🎧 Elizabeth Bennet’s Inheritance by Laraba Kendig #LarabaKendig @bellowsaudio #LoveAudiobooks @sophiarose1816 #KindleUnlimited #ThriftyThursday

In an intriguing plot twist, the author poses the question, ‘what if Elizabeth Bennet was as wealthy as Darcy, himself?’ Laraba Kendig’s Pride and Prejudice variation tale takes familiar characters along new paths as a result. Elizabeth Bennet’s Inheritance begins with Elizabeth Bennet learning that an older relation of her Aunt Gardiner whom Elizabeth kept […]

Posted March 17, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review, Thrifty Thursday / 12 Comments

🎧 The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt #VictoriaHolt @kittykelly1616 @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks @sophiarose1816

One earlier visit with a Victoria Holt tale on audio whetted my appetite for more. I was pleased to take up The Shivering Sands and listen in as new to me narrator, Kitty Kelly, took me back to Victorian times so I could savor a gently-paced gothic romantic suspense. The Shivering Sands opens with the […]

Posted March 13, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 10 Comments

Lovers and Ladies by Jo Beverley @JoBeverley @Berkley @BerkleyPub @sophiarose1816

Lovers and Ladies contains the final two books in the Lovers and Ladies series. This is a reprint of earlier separate UK editions of both shorter books that could read just fine as standalone Regency era romances on the sweeter side. The Fortune Hunter 3.5 hearts A young woman is determined to single-handedly restore […]

Posted March 3, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

Always Remember by Mary Balogh #MaryBalogh @BerkleyRomance @sophiarose1816

Remember Love introduced a shocking, heartbreaking situation that nearly destroyed the Ware family and then tells the story of them picking up the pieces and putting themselves back together as they find love. Remember Me continues with the Wares and introduces the Arden family into the mix for that romance. Now, Always Remember continues with […]

Posted February 21, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley @JoBeverley @avonbooks @sophiarose1816

The darkest, coldest, and most ruthless of them all with the most scandalous reputation is about to meet his match in a quiet, practical, sensible, but no one’s idea of a beauty in the mecca of foxhunting. A chance comical mishap introduces them and off they careen in a flirty opposites attract romance. Through the […]

Posted February 4, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 16 Comments

The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews @MimiMatthewsEsq @BerkleyRomance @BerkleyPub @Austenprose @sophiarose1816 #thelilyofludgatehill #historicalromance #newbooks #bookstagram #mimimatthews #booktour #austenprosepr

A storm has been building on the horizon in this series and it was the upcoming romantic clash of Lady Anne Deveril and Mr. Felix Hartford. Each of the Belles of London has presented a different style romance and in this case it’s a cross of second chance and enemies to lovers causing the very […]

Posted January 24, 2024 by Sophia in Blog Tour, Book Review / 14 Comments

🎧 A Sure Duke by Christi Caldwell @ChristiCaldwell @TimCampbellVO @BrillianceAudio #LoveAudiobooks #KindleUnlimited @SnyderBridge4

A Sure Duke is the third book in The McQuoid’s of Mayfair series following the siblings of a pretty unconventional family of the ton as they find their matches. You do not have to have read the previous books in the series to enjoy this one. So far we’ve had one sibling accidentally left behind […]

Posted January 22, 2024 by Robin in Book Review / 11 Comments

The Trouble With Friends by Kelly Miller @Kellyrei007 #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

A light, sparkling Pride & Prejudice variation exploring the fun of multiple suitors, misunderstandings, and true love finding a way. Kelly Miller has provided stories over the years that run the gamut from light to deeply emotional occasionally dipping into paranormal or suspense to add a further layer. In the instance of The Trouble With […]

Posted January 17, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 14 Comments

The Stolen Bride by Jo Beverley @JoBeverley @Berkley @BerkleyPub @sophiarose1816

A couple’s wedding celebrations in the country draw their friends and family to the estate, but also a mystery that might sabotage their romance for good. The Lovers and Ladies series represents some of the late and talented Jo Beverley’s earlier works and employs a blending of the historical romance and suspense genres for this […]

Posted January 3, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 16 Comments

Second Duke’s the Charm by Kate Bateman @katebateman @StMartinsPress @SnyderBridge4

The Second Duke’s Charm is the first book in Her Majesty’s Rebels, the series looks like it is going to follow three society ladies on their journey to find love and adventure. First up is Tess, a beautiful bell of the Ton she was basically sold by her father to the highest bidder on the marriage […]

Posted December 18, 2023 by Robin in Book Review / 6 Comments