Hidden in plain sight right alongside the human world of Regency England is a darker, edgier shadow world of powerful vampires and Jane Austen’s classic gets a blood infusion. A Pride & Prejudice Vampire Romance variation? I’m game. Tempt Me opens with Fitzwilliam Darcy, Master vampire on the hunt for a rogue vampire, Wickham, who […]
Illusion magic is an understood reality in the Glamourist Histories set in Jane Austen’s England. Two sisters are rivals in love and in talent among their English country society in Mary Robinette Kowal’s debut effort. Shades of Milk and Honey introduces the reader to a world where illusion magic colors all aspects of Regency life […]
Nostalgic backdrop reminiscent of Old Hollywood golden age detective movies with a zing of the paranormal make for a dazzling 1930’s Era backdrop to the latest Burning Cove romantic suspense. Snappy banter, sizzling attraction, and a twisting mystery captivated from cover to cover. The Bride Wore White is the seventh entry in the Burning Cove […]
A small village vicar’s daughter hides dark and dangerous secrets and the new owner of the neighboring estate is more than he seems. The bucolic countryside is roused when a local ne’er do well lord is found murder forcing shadowy truths to be revealed. I do love a good gothic-style historical fantasy so I was […]
Yours Truly, The Duke is the first book of the new Say I Do series by Amelia Grey, featuring one of my favorite tropes, a marriage of convenience. Fredricka needs a husband or she might lose her sister’s children. Wyatt needs a wife or he will definitely loose his grandmother’s inheritance. It seems like an […]
A real life royal rivalry at the center of a fictionalized alt-history gay enemies to lovers romance in twelfth century Europe is an enticing draw to Solomon’s Crown. When I was offered the chance to read this one, I didn’t take long to think about it. Phillip of France and Richard the Lion-hearted of England […]
The Heiress at Sea is set as a stand alone novel and can be read by itself but the heroine is Cassia McQuoid, sister to Myrtle McQuiod in The Duke Alone (sort of a historical romance meets home alone Christmas story). Cassia wants to have an adventure; she is three seasons in and no one […]
After the high praise I felt for the 1920’s era Will Darling Adventures trilogy, I couldn’t keep my anticipation under wraps when I spotted another KJ Charles series set in Regency Napoleonic era rural Kent with another pair of unlikely opposites from different classes. No surprise I devoured it in two sittings. The Secret Lives […]
The River Knows is a standalone written years ago but just come to audiobook. Amanda Quick is a well known author whose Historical Romances I’ve enjoyed reading from time to time over the years and The River Knows is another good addition to that list. Louisa is hiding in society; she has changed her name […]
A Match in the Making is the first book in the new Matchmakers series. Jen Turano is a new to me author and if the rest of her work is anything like this I will be working my way through her catalog soon. The story was fun, the characters interesting and the plot engaging. I had […]