Celeste Bradley: Fallen

I have now been a fan of Celeste Bradley for about a year, so was pleasantly surprised when I picked up her debut novel Fallen at the office bookshare.
Here is the back synopsis: When Izzy went to bed, she never expected to awaken to disgrace. Of course, it felt wonderful…warm hands on her flesh, rough [...]

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NEW AUTHOR Katherine Greyle: No Place for a Lady

Perhaps it is my love of Charles Dickens and the gritty underbelly of my home away from home London around the industrial revolution, but the word rookery immediately caught my eye when perusing a new stash of freebie books at my favorite worktime hangout.  Or perhaps it was simply the ever present hunt for the [...]

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Candace Camp: The Marriage Wager

First in a series, The Marriage Wager by Candace Camp is a delightful tale that is very Heyer-esque in its uncomplicated plot and simple character driven storyline.
Here’s the skinny: Constance Woodley is of an advanced age as a result of tending to an ailing father during her “marriageable” years.  Her uncle inherits after her father’s [...]

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Anna Campbell-Claiming the Courtesan and Untouched

Trying to branch out into uncharted hist-ro waters, I picked up a new author Anna Campbell.  The first book I read, well tried anyway, was Claiming the Courtesan.  A noblewoman is forced to become a courtesan, and after years of success ends her last affair with an obsessed protector…who tracks her down and holds her [...]

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Mary Balogh: The Huxtable Family Series

I haven’t read Seducing an Angel yet, but I am going to be sure to pick it up on my next pilgramage to the book store.
Mary Balogh does it again, proving she has the hist-ro chops, in this wonderful character driven series about the Huxtable Family (three sisters and a brother).
We meet them in their [...]

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Georgette Heyer: The Regency Buck

For some reason, my husband found the title of this book hilarious.  Usually he doesn’t comment too much on the stacks of hist-ro on the nightstand shelf, or on the titles of my own novels.

Perhaps it didn’t help that the cache of Heyer books looked rescued from a library and had seen they’re better days [...]

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Georgette Heyer: The Nonesuch

So my favorite used bookstore must have scored from a library, because a trip this week landed me a cache of Georgette Heyer books.
The first I picked up to read was The Nonesuch, as I remember another reader saying it was her fave.

What a wonderful (as expected) read!  Full of fantastic, interesting characters and set [...]

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Kathleen Woodiwiss: Petals on the River

I have finally worn out my copy of Petals on the River.  Too many nights soaking in the tub while turning the pages tends to have that effect on a paperback.
Falsely accused Shemaine is shipped off from England to the wilds of America and sold into servitude.  Just her luck, she gets bought by the [...]

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Eloisa James: This Duchess of Mine

Oh, Eloisa.  Et tu?  Gone the way of Julia?
This was the internal dialogue halfway through This Duchess of Mine. 
Suffice to say, there was just something off about this book.  Like Julia Quinn’s recent releases, this one is just diced up by trying to set up the storyline for the next book.  Is this a new strategy from the [...]

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Victoria Alexander: The Virgin’s Secret

“Even the least sensible woman knew, upon meeting his gaze, that here was a man who was more than he might at first appear, who might steal the heart of even the most resistant woman. But oh, what a lovely theft!
Adventurer Nathanial Harrington would never steal another man’s discovery. And he’d never be so [...]

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