Catherine Bilson
Duchess by Deception by Marie Force
I’m going to start this review by saying that Marie Force is one of my favourite contemporary romantic suspense authors, and someone I...
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Historical Romance Book Reviews
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Catherine Bilson
Tempt Me With Diamonds by Jane Feather
Set in the glamorous world of London in 1903, this book follows Diana Sommerville as she returns to her native England from South Africa,...
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From Ash And Stone by Julie Daines
Set in the turbulent times of Henry VIII’s rebellion against the Catholic Church, From Ash And Stone follows Margaret Grey, a young woman...
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Wager For A Wife by Karen Tuft
I started off this story not liking the ‘hero’ William very much as he uses a wager won by his father to force the heroine into a...
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The Marked Lord by Sharon Ibbotson
Some scars aren’t visible on the outside. Sophy knows that all too well. Orphaned at eight, widowed at sixteen when her husband of a...
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Catherine Bilson
Never Say Duke by Erica Ridley
For the fourth Duke of Christmas, Erica Ridley gave to me… an autistic heroine. Yep. An honest-to-goodness historical romance heroine who...
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The Runaway Brides Collection from Barbour Press
This is a collection of stories from Christian publisher Barbour Press all themed around runaway brides and set in America in the latter...
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The Duke I Once Knew by Olivia Drake
Part of a charming series called the Cinderella Spinsterhood, The Duke I Once Knew tells the story of a pair of innocent teenagers forced...
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The Earl's Irresistible Challenge by Lara Temple
First in a new series called The Sinful Sinclairs, the three books are planned to focus on the three Sinclair siblings. Lucas, Lord...
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Catherine Bilson
A Christmas Courting by collected authors
This is a collection of four sweet romance Regency Christmas novellas by collected authors. As is usual when I review collections, I’ll...
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The Duke Of Kisses by Darcy Burke
I’ve really enjoyed earlier books in this series, so I was honestly disappointed when The Duke of Kisses fell kind of flat for me. Fanny,...
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The Bride Chooses A Highlander by Adrienne Basso
In 1335, Lady Katherine McKenna is a very rare woman indeed; beautiful, rich and the daughter of a powerful laird, she nonetheless has...
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The Duke's Suspicion by Susanna Craig
I absolutely adored The Companion’s Secret, the first in this Rogues and Rebels series, and I’ve been eagerly looking forward to reading...
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Boundless by Lynne Connolly
Sometimes when characters have a Deep Dark Secret, the reveal is so underwhelming that I feel annoyed with them for getting so het up...
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The Duke of Seduction by Darcy Burke
The Duke of Seduction is Book 10 of Darcy Burke’s Untouchables series, but don’t worry if you picked up this one first. You can read them...
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Love With A Notorious Rake by Karyn Gerrard
I’ve never read a historical romance which dealt with addiction as it being anything other than a thing villains had a problem with, so...
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A Scandalous Winter Wedding by Marguerite Kaye
The Matches Made In Scandal series have all featured women down on their luck through no fault of their own, offered a second chance by a...
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The Girl With The Sweetest Secret by Betina Krahn
There’s an absolutely amazing scene late in this book where the heroine Frances ‘Frankie’ confronts her social-climbing mother. Accusing...
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The Good, The Bad, And The Duke by Janna MacGregor
It can be quite a tall order to redeem a character who was a heel in an earlier book in the series - you have to make sure you don’t go...
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Catherine Bilson
Earl To The Rescue by Jane Ashford
Originally published in 1980 as Gwendeline, this… reads like a romance from the 1980s. There’s lots of action and not a lot of character...
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