Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

God forbid the beautiful, eligible daughter of a duke have hobbies

Lady Knight by Amalie Howard

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Nowhere Books Bingo 25: Book by an author you’ve never read Thank you to Netgalley and Joy Revolution for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Lady Zenobia “Zia” Osborn and several of her female friends have started a secret society, calling themselves Lady Knights, and at night, they dress up as highwaymen and rob the carriages of Lady Zia’s brother’s rich friends. They need to collect enough money to ensure the survival of their boarding school, not to mention the orphanage next door to […]

“Spite was honor when it was the only weapon you had against someone more powerful” – BINGO!

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

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4.5 stars CBR14: Rec’d (this has been recommended by multiple Cannonballers and pretty much every romance review blog I can think of) Edward Percival “Percy” Talbot, Lord Holland, returns to England after several years abroad in Europe to discover that his mother died in his absence, and his deeply unpleasant father hastily remarried, to Percy’s best friend from childhood, Lady Marian Hayes, who also had time to birth Percy a baby sister. Furthermore, Marian reveals that a blackmailer has contacted her with proof that the […]

I regret to inform you that ill-tempered women are as catnip to some men

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

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“Confounded kittens,” she grumbled. “What?” “Your eyes literally lit up. I’ve only read about that in books. I’ve never seen it happen.” “They did not,” he protested, but they probably had. He was actually pretty excited about the prospect of seeing kittens. ― Cat Sebastian, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes After reading a couple of reviews on CBR14, this looked like it would satisfy my need for a charming, low-stakes romance. The delightful cover art didn’t hurt either. I burned through the first book […]

Searching for highwaymen in the Lake District

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Lady Jane Cummings has been mourning her mother’s death for a long time when she’s finally allowed back into society. Before she gets much of a chance to enjoy the balls and garden parties, however, her brother Jason returns from his Grand Tour on the Continent and insists that she take their ailing father, the Duke of Rayne north to their summer residence in Merrymere in the Lake District. He’s terrified that someone in society will discover that the respected Duke is losing his wits […]



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