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I’m dying. I’m dead. Murdered by the puppy cannon!

The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

March 8, 2023 by ElCicco 3 Comments

CBR15passport recommended ‘You can address me by my preferred title: you idiot.’ I’ve seen references to “the puppy cannon” amongst romance novel fans here on CBR over the years. I never really investigated what it meant and in my head, for some reason, it was “the puppy canon,” like some kind of reference to a specific sub-genre of romance novel. It is not. It is truly the puppy cannon, and if there were to be some kind of puppy cannon canon, I would be all […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Suffragette Scandal

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Suffragette Scandal ·
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Too Much and Never Enough

The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

March 3, 2023 by ElCicco 8 Comments

CBR15passport recommended I know the Courtney Milan fans out there love this particular book (shoutout to Malin and Narfna) in the Brothers Sinister series and having now read it, I get it. It really is a fantastic novel with characters that I love and an historical set up that resonates still today. The Countess Conspiracy deals with matters of work/family, what “women’s work” is, and that feeling when you are both too much for people and still not enough no matter what you do. The […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Countess Conspiracy

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Countess Conspiracy ·
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If you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em!

The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan

February 25, 2023 by ElCicco 2 Comments

CBR15passport – a book you own I am making my way through the Brothers Sinister series and I have really enjoyed them all so far but this one might end up being my favorite because of its heroine. Jane Fairfield is a boss. She is life goals. The theme running throughout this novel is outsiders and how they function within power structures. The historical setting for this novel (1867) revolves around the mid-19th century franchise movement in England, that is, the efforts to expand voting […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, the heiress effect

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, the heiress effect ·
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So much for pacing myself

A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan

February 16, 2023 by ElCicco 6 Comments

After The Duchess War, I decided to take a break from Milan just so I wouldn’t finish the series too quickly. Yesterday, I started a novel that is good but kind of grim. Last night, I thought I would just take a look at the next book in the “Brothers Sinister” series, the novella A Kiss for Midwinter, and here we are. This is a holiday story that I know some Cannonballers like to reread at Christmastime, and, in the way of Milan, it offers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: A Kiss for Midwinter, CBR15, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: A Kiss for Midwinter, CBR15, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance ·
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Fathers and Children

The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

February 15, 2023 by ElCicco 6 Comments

The Duchess War, while listed as Book 1 in a series, is actually a sequel to the novella The Governess Affair. This novel picks up almost 30 years after the events of the novella and focuses on the next generation of characters. As with The Governess Affair, author Courtney Milan does a wonderful job of putting the reader in a specific historical period and includes fascinating information about the social and economic situation of the time, in this case, 1863 industrial England. I am officially […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Duchess War

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Duchess War ·
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A Cannonballer Fav

The Governess Affair: A Novella by Courtney Milan

January 28, 2023 by ElCicco 4 Comments

CBR15Passport Genre Romance I knew when I saw the “genre” category on the CBR15Passport that I wanted to have romance in there. It’s a genre that I feel like I have overlooked, even though I did start CBR15 with a delightful collection of Georgette Heyer stories. It occurred to me that I have been following Courtney Milan on Twitter even though I’d never read any of her books, so I put out a call on the CBR Facebook page for suggestions on where to begin […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Governess Affair

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR15, CBR15Passport, Courtney Milan, ElCicco, Fiction, Romance, The Governess Affair ·
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