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I’m so glad your first historical romance in several years was actually GOOD, Ms. Long!

Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long

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From Goodreads: A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building. Delilah Swanpool, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring,” is a lot more interesting—and perfidious—dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero tracks a notorious smuggler to a London boarding house known […]

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6/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |

A Long Awaited Return to Historical Romance

Palace of Rogues: Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long

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Huzzah, Julie Anne Long has returned to Regency historical romances. Granted, the cover is displeasing, but the contents are not. Delilah, Lady Derring is not only recently widowed, she’s also discovered she is virtually penniless, and had the delightful experience of meeting her husband’s mistress, Mrs. Angelique Breedlove, immediately on the heels of the first two shocks. Showing disregard for the notion that they are competitors,  and demonstrating intestinal fortitude and chutzpah, Delilah and Angelique take the jewels they have from the erstwhile Earl Derring and invest them all in the only thing left to them – a derelict townhouse […]

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6/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

Really, a life of crime is not the primrose path it’s cracked up to be.

Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles

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I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I wasn’t expecting what I got from this book, and now I can’t believe I haven’t been reading KJ Charles for years. Any Old Diamonds is a fantastic read, part romance, part revenge plot, part heist. This is a tough book to talk about because it’s almost like a puzzle box. You can almost read it forwards and backwards. That makes it hard to avoid spoilers. Alexander Pyne-ffoulkes is the younger son of the Duke of Ilvar. The Duke is about to gift his second wife with an expensive set of diamonds. Alec […]

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6/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

Now That’s More Like It!

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleyas

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The Ravenels series by Lisa Kleypas series has turned into “Sebastian and Evie’s Kids Get Hitched” and I am not complaining, Devil’s Daughter has the trademark Kleypas elements of wit, charm, a compelling hero, and delightful smolder. I’m just going to  assume you are familiar with all of the books and characters that feed into this one. Readers first met Phoebe, Lady Clare, as squalling infant in one of my favourite Sebastian, Lord Saint Vincent moments from any of his appearances: “There, darling,” St. Vincent had been known to coo into the infant’s ear. “Has someone displeased you? Ignored you? Oh, the insolence. My poor princess […]

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5/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.”

Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

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I hope that my life continues to be full of K.J. Charles books that do not disappoint me. I know I’ve still got about half her back catalogue to go through, and I hope all those unread books are just as fun to read. This one is a romance, of course, but it’s also a heist novel featuring Alec, the estranged son of a duke out to make his father pay for the damage he’s caused Alec and his siblings, so Alec hires two notorious thieves to take priceless jewels from a practically uncrackable safe, in a hard to reach […]

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4/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

The best in the series so far. This is more like it, Ms. Kleypas

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas

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This is the fifth book in the Ravenels series. While you don’t have to have read the previous books in the series, it would probably enhance your enjoyment and make you more familiar with most of the cast of characters. While you also don’t NEED to have read it, you really should read Devil in Winter, because it’s a classic of the genre, and will give you more insight in some of the supporting characters here. Plot summary from Goodreads, because I finished this book over a month ago: Although beautiful young widow Phoebe, Lady Clare, has never met West Ravenel, she knows […]

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4/1/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:12 |

Yelling at Terrible Men

Mrs. Martin’s Incomperable Adventure by Courtney Milan

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Author’s Note: Sometimes I write villains who are subtle and nuanced. This is not one of those times. The Terrible Nephew is terrible, and terrible things happen to him. Sometime villains really are bad and wrong, and sometimes, we want them to suffer a lot of consequences. I received this novella as an ARC and this is an honest review. Mrs. Bertrice Martin is a wealthy widow of 73 who is bored and depressed. Miss Violetta Beauchamps is a poor spinster of 69 who has just been sacked. Mr. Robert Cappish is a Terrible Man who is the nominal reason […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:17 |

A dutiful duke and a beautiful courtesan – how will they make it work?

Dare to Love a Duke by Eva Leigh

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Thomas Powell has just become the Duke of Northfield and has to set aside his previously rakish ways to protect his father’s legacy and ensure a good future for his younger sister. She’s very much in love with the son of one of their father’s most trusted allies in Parliament, who clearly expects Thomas to continue supporting him, whether Thomas actually agrees with his views or not. Torn between duty and his own conscience, Thomas is struggling. The one place he feels at ease, the Orchid Club, is a deeply inappropriate hang-out for a duke. Lucia Marini has had to […]

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3/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |


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