Catherine Bilson
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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Catherine Bilson
The Duke is Wicked by Tracy Sumner
This is the third book in the League of Lords series about aristocrats (mostly aristocrats) with paranormal abilities in the Victorian...
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Old Sins by Jane A. Adams
In the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, a rash of suicides turn out to be anything but as Detective Chief Inspector Henry...
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Catherine Bilson
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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The Virgin Who Vindicated Lord Darlington by Anna Bradley
In this gothic romance, Cecilia Gilchrist is sent by her mentor to look into the guilt (or innocence) of Lord Darlington, or as he’s...
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Always The Rebel by Emily EK Murdoch
This is the 10th book in the Never The Bride series, but it stands pretty well alone - I haven’t read any of the others and didn’t have...
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Bewitched By The Bluestocking by Jillian Eaton
American sisters Joanna and Evie Thorncroft are in London to search for a valuable ring stolen from them, not only the one thing which...
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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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Catherine Bilson
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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Her Banished Knight's Redemption by Melissa Oliver
When I read The Rebel Heiress and the Knight, the first book in this series, I enjoyed it but thought the conflict between the characters...
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His Unlikely Duchess by Amanda McCabe
Lily Wilkins is a ‘dollar princess’, a daughter of a wealthy American known as the Coal King, brought to London by her mother in order...
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Catherine Bilson
Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain by Mike Rendell
This is a thorough examination of the morals and mindset of Georgian Britons towards sex and sexuality, and it doesn’t shy away from any...
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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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A Family for the Titanic Survivor by Lauri Robinson
I have to admit I almost stalled out of this story on page 2, when we were blithely told about an Irishman, in Ireland in 1912, having...
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Rules for an Unmarried Lady by Wilma Counts
Returning from war to take up the guardianship of his orphaned nieces and nephews, Colonel Lord Quinton Burnes expects life to be simpler...
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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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The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman
This has been a very solid series about the Bow Street Bachelors, three war heroes who returned to England and found new purpose working...
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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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