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Julia Quinn goes Georgian

December 27, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Sibylla “Billie” Bridgerton has always been a tomboy. As a girl, she ran wild with the neighbouring Rokesby children, and it’s been long expected that she’ll end up marrying either of the younger sons, Edward or Andrew. She’s doesn’t really mind the idea herself, but marriage is the furthest thing from her mind, even after her best friend, Mary Rokesby goes off to marry her eldest brother George’s best friend. After all, if Billie gets married, whose going to oversee the running of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Because of Miss Bridgerton, CBR8, Georgian, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Malin, the Rokesbys

Malin's CBR8 Review No:129 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Because of Miss Bridgerton, CBR8, Georgian, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Malin, the Rokesbys ·
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Revolutionary era romance

June 3, 2016 by Beth Ellen Leave a Comment

So starting in 2013 I began my re-discovery of the romance genre. First with the master, Ms. Kleypas, but then continued further and Ms. Quinn was an early one. I overall quite enjoyed her Bridgerton series (and recently just discovered the second epilogues) so when I saw that she was starting a new series spun off of my beloved Bridgertons I had to get it from the library. This is the story of Billie (Sybilla) Bridgerton, aunt of all the previous series, and George, neighbor […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Because of Miss Bridgerton, historical romance, Julia Quinn

Beth Ellen's CBR8 Review No:28 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Because of Miss Bridgerton, historical romance, Julia Quinn ·
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