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Historical Romance Book Reviews
Please note that I do not review JAFF novels as a general rule, nor am I accepting review requests at this time.
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A Yuletide Kiss by Madeline Hunter, Sabrina Jeffries and Mary Jo Putney
This is a set of three novellas connected by the fact that they are all taking place at the same time, in an inn where a group of...
Catherine Bilson
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A Reckless Match by Kate Bateman
First in a new series about two warring families who find their members falling in love with each other despite a centuries-long feud...
Catherine Bilson
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The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty by Marguerite Kaye
This intriguing Victorian novel isn’t so much a grumpy + sunshine pairing as a grumpy + grumpy. Disillusioned after leaving the army...
Catherine Bilson
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Kissing Under The Mistletoe Anthology
An anthology of novellas from three authors, all written with at least one scene where the main couple kiss under the mistletoe, though...
Catherine Bilson
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Mistletoe Christmas Anthology
A quartet of novellas all set at the same Christmas house party, the Duke of Greystoke’s infamous Revelry. But the Duke is ailing, and...
Catherine Bilson
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Lord of the Masquerade by Erica Ridley
Though this is the seventh in the Rogues to Riches series, I don’t think you need to have read the others to enjoy this - I haven’t read...
Catherine Bilson
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When A Duke Loves A Governess by Olivia Drake
Tessa James, milliner’s assistant, has just quit her job and applied for a position as governess to a duke’s wilful 4-year-old daughter...
Catherine Bilson
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A Fiancee's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman
This is the fourth in a late-Victorian era cozy mystery series centred on Frances, widowed Countess of Harleigh. I didn’t realise it was...
Catherine Bilson
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A Marriage Made in Secret by Jenni Fletcher
Isabella, Princess of France and Queen of England, known as the She-Wolf, will stop at nothing to regain her rightful place and stop her...
Catherine Bilson
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Castle Builders by Malcolm Hislop
If you don’t know a corbel from a buttress or a joist from a soffit, then this might not be the book for you. I spent an awful lot of...
Catherine Bilson
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Murder At Beaulieu Abbey by Cassandra Clark
With Western Europe in turmoil because of two warring popes, Hildegard of Meaux is sent to the royal abbey of Beaulieu with a dual...
Catherine Bilson
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Undercover Duke by Sabrina Jeffries
As the fourth book in the Duke Dynasty series about the children of a three-time Duchess, absolutely do not start here. You won’t have a...
Catherine Bilson
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The Wedding Night Affair by L.C. Sharp
I understand this to be a new pen name for historical romance author Lynne Connolly and I’m not surprised; Connolly knows the...
Catherine Bilson
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Jane Austen's Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd by Zöe Wheddon
This is a biography of a character many might consider of little importance to history, since she was neither titled, a producer of great...
Catherine Bilson
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Heiress In Red Silk by Madeline Hunter
I absolutely adored Heiress For Hire, the first book in this series, so when I saw this one come up for review, I jumped right on it. And...
Catherine Bilson
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The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton
Having read A Study in Murder, the first book in this series, and quite liked it, I was keen to see what Lady Amy Lovell and her sort-of...
Catherine Bilson
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The Deception of Harriet Fleet by Helen Scarlett
Harriet Fleet is desperate. Otherwise, on arrival at Teesbank Hall, discovering none of the locals will set foot on the property and her...
Catherine Bilson
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One Thing Leads To A Lover by Susanna Craig
I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series, Who’s That Earl, but don’t worry if you missed it; the main characters from that...
Catherine Bilson
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The Most Eligible Viscount in London by Ella Quinn
Why, in the year 2021, is a major publisher like Kensington putting out a book with MULTIPLE instances of a racial slur in it for no good...
Catherine Bilson
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Duchess If You Dare by Anabelle Bryant
I really like the premise of this series about the Maidens of Mayhem, four Regency-era women doing their best to right wrongs in London....
Catherine Bilson
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