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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan
It would be an easy trap to fall into, when writing about people of colour in Victorian England, to focus on the struggles they must have...
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A Rogue to Ruin by Darcy Burke
This is the third book in Darcy Burke’s Pretenders series, but it’s also strongly connected with the world of her Untouchables and...
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The Duke's Runaway Bride by Jenni Fletcher
While a part of the Regency Belles of Bath series focussing on the ladies who run Belles Biscuit Shop, this one quickly leaves the...
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An Unexpected Earl by Anna Harrington
I haven’t read the first book in the Lords of the Armory series, but I don’t think it mattered particularly. It was easy enough to pick...
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A Match for the Rebellious Earl by Lara Temple
If you read The Return of the Disappearing Duke, you probably fell a little bit in love with Captain Kit Carrington, the maybe-a-pirate...
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The Viscount's Unconventional Lady by Virginia Heath
I’m delighted by this first book in Virginia Heath’s new series about three sisters: daughters of a famous artist and a celebrated opera...
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A Waltz with the Outspoken Governess by Catherine Tinley
When her father is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, Mary Smith is kicked out of the finishing school she is attending with nowhere...
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Unexpectedly Wed to the Officer by Jenni Fletcher
Though I know author Jenni Fletcher better for her medieval romances, I’m absolutely loving this first Regency series of hers. Shying...
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Forever Your Duke by Erica Ridley
With the 12th book in the 12 Dukes of Christmas series, Erica Ridley has absolutely hit this one out of the park. The exceedingly proper...
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The Heart of Doctor Steele by Colette Dixon
This is a combination of two genres you don’t often see together; medical romance and historical romance. Frankly, the state of medicine...
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A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe
On the eve of the French Revolution, the most brilliant alchemist in France is on the verge of discovering the fabled Philospher’s Stone…...
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Tudor Christmas Tidings
A set of three novellas all set at Christmastime at different parts of the Tudor era, I’m going to give each of these a separate review....
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Dawn with a Duke by Erica Ridley
I’ve read most of the books in this charming series by Erica Ridley, but it doesn’t matter if you haven’t read any of them; you could...
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