Review: The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan

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Publisher: Self-published Where did you get the book: Purchased Release date: Out now This review contains minor spoilers Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she’s demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. But it’s not the duke [...]

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Review: Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal

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Publisher: Tor Where did you get the book: Review copy from Publisher Release date: Out now Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form [...]

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Review – Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick

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Publisher: Putnam Publish Date: Out now How I got this book: From the Publisher Evangeline Ames has rented a country cottage far from the London streets where she was recently attacked. Fascinated by the paranormal energy of nearby Crystal Gardens, she finds pleasure in sneaking past the wall to explore the grounds. And when her [...]

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Brook Street: Rogues by Ava March

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Publisher: Carina Press Where did you get the book: Netgalley Release date: Out now London, 1822 Two of London’s most notorious rakehells, Linus Radcliffe and Robert Anderson, are the best of friends. They share almost everything-clothes, servants, their homes, and even each other’s bed on occasion. The one thing they don’t share: lovers. For while [...]

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Review – Rake with a Frozen Heart by Marguerite Kaye

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Publisher: Harlequin Publish Date: Out now How I got this book: From the publisher via Netgalley Sussex, 1824 Waking up in a stranger’s bed, Henrietta Markham encounters the most darkly sensual man she has ever met. The last thing she remembers is being attacked by a housebreaker—yet being rescued by the notorious Earl of Pentland [...]

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No Longer a Gentleman by Mary Jo Putney

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Publisher: Kensington Publish Date: April 24th How I got this book: ARC from the Publisher Grey Sommers, Lord Wyndham, never met a predicament he couldn’t charm his way out of. Then a tryst with a government official’s wife during a bit of casual espionage in France condemns him a decade in a dungeon, leaving him [...]

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Review: The Duke’s Perfect Wife by Jennifer Ashley

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Publisher: Berkley Where did you get the book: e-ARC from publisher Release date: April 3rd Lady Eleanor Ramsay is the only one who knows the truth about Hart Mackenzie. Once his fiancee, she is the sole woman to whom he could ever pour out his heart. Hart has it all–a dukedom, wealth, power, influence, whatever [...]

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Review: A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

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Publisher: Avon Where did you get the book: e-ARC from publisher Release Date: March 27th Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove’s confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland. Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be… anywhere but Spindle Cove. These unlikely partners have one week to fake an elopement [...]

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Review: Brookstreet: Thief by Ava March

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Publisher: Carina Press Where did you get the book: e-ARC from publisher Release date: March 19th London, 1822 It was only supposed to be one night. One night to determine once and for all if he truly preferred men. But the last thing Lord Benjamin Parker expected to find in a questionable gambling hall in [...]

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Retro Review – A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

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  Ladies and Gentlemen, It is time for another retro romance review.  This is one that I read shortly after I discovered The Bride.  In fact it was the second adult romance I ever read.  I had to be a little more careful when I was reading this one because it wasn’t on the bookcase, [...]

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Joint Review: A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah Maclean

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Publisher: Avon Where did you get the book: e-ARC Release date: Out now A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London’s most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain his inheritance—including marrying perfect, proper Lady [...]

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