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A kissing book with SCIENCE!

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

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4.5 stars #CBR11 Bingo: Science! One of the protagonists is a scientist and his scientific experiments plays an important part throughout the story. Official book description: Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that’s what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family’s crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence’s new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned upside down. Georgie Turner has made his life pretending to be anyone but himself. A swindler and […]

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7/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:46 |

My main issue with this book is that I just wanted more of it!

A Duke in Disguise (Regency Imposters, #2) by Cat Sebastian

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I’m having trouble with this one! On the one hand, I liked it. On the other, I thought it needed just a little something else. I never really cared the way I should have, the way I’ve cared about her other characters in past books. Verity Plum is a publisher and bookseller; John Ashby is an engraver. They have known one another for ages, and always a low-simmering attraction they’ve both ignored has been present. Both for different reasons have been scared to change their dynamic. But then a series of events occur that convince both of them to give […]

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6/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:63 |

I cannot think of a single damned thing to say that isn’t either a lie or a felony.

Hither Page by Cat Sebastian

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An English village mystery + spies + m/m romance. I received this as an ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review. If I have learned anything from the great British murder mystery tradition and Midsomer Murders, it’s that English villages are rife with scandal, secrets, and murder. Cat Sebastian, an avowed fan of Agatha Christie and her literary progeny, uses the British murder mystery tropes and stock characters as a back drop for a lovely romance between a war traumatized village doctor and the spy sent to cover up a crime. Leo Page is a spy and […]

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5/27/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:32 |

Double cannonball with a kissing book.

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (Seducing the Sedgwicks, #2) by Cat Sebastian

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Cat Sebastian is now six for six. Not a stinker among her published books so far (though to be fair, I haven’t *loved* all of them (Unmasked by the Marquess was fun, but didn’t hit me in my swooners). A Gentleman Never Keeps Score, though saddled with a truly execrable cover*, features more of what I love about her books: two fully realized leads who have good chemistry, and who are kept apart not by asinine plot machinations and outside forces, but by character flaws and life circumstances and their own stubbornness. And any time there is a miscommunication between […]

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8/28/2018 's CBR10 Review No:104 |

Getting Back into the Swing of Things with a Sure Thing

The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian

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I’ve been gone for a bit (no books read or reviewed in all of May), but I found my reading mojo once again. All I needed was a little break, and a kick start with a book very likely to be right up my alley. The Lawrence Browne Affair is the second in a series by Cat Sebastian. Like The Soldier’s Scoundrel, it is a historical m/m romance set in Regency England. This time around we’re following Georgie Turner, brother of Jack from The Soldier’s Scoundrel, as he is on the run from his underworld boss after having double crossed him. Jack sets him up with […]

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6/14/2018 's CBR10 Review No:19 |

A non-binary Regency romance.

Unmasked by the Marquess (Regency Imposters, #1) by Cat Sebastian

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Okay, so even if this is the first book of hers that hasn’t made me drool with unbridled enthusiasm, I still really enjoyed it, and it’s clear to me that Cat Sebastian is going to continue to publish books that I will enjoy reading. I think maybe I was just expecting a lot more from this than it was capable of giving? I don’t know. It’s also the first non M/M book of hers I read, but I don’t think that’s why I didn’t enjoy this one as much. So, the book. The first half of our couple is Robert […]

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4/27/2018 's CBR10 Review No:54 |

I’m always happy to discover a promising new romance author

The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

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Jack Turner and his siblings grew up in the slums of London and they have all worked hard to get out from under the criminal enterprises of their parents. Jack’s sister is a dressmaker, while his brother seems to keep very posh and rarefied company these days. Jack uses some of the skills he’s learned over the years to help women in trouble. He can locate stolen items, deal with blackmail claims, even make an unpleasant husband disappear to somewhere far away – his only rule is that the women who hire him not question his methods, and let him […]

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2/4/2018 's CBR10 Review No:7 |

“He couldn’t be serious and stern with a man who had ducklings in his hair.”

It Takes Two to Tumble (Seducing the Sedwicks, #1) by Cat Sebastian

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 I am basically trash for this author now. I have pre-ordered her m/f Regency romance that is out in April, so hopefully she’s just as good on that as she is with m/m. Fair warning, the next book in this series isn’t out until July and that is 1,000 years away. Also, this cover isn’t that bad (characters are way overdressed, and one should def be dressed like a vicar because come on, but it’s not ugly), and neither are the last two in her first series, but holy shit, the covers for her next two books are absolute eyesores. The dude […]

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12/30/2017 's CBR9 Review No:127 |


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