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Anna Snow…or Snow White?

Someone to Love by Mary Balogh

February 23, 2021 by Catticus Finch 2 Comments

Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family—including the daughter no one knew he had… This is book one in the Westcott series, which I had to read after finishing book seven (wrong order, I know!).  The character of Avery Archer, Duke of Netherby, caught my interest in the other book so I had to find his story.  This one begins with Anna Snow, left at an orphanage in Bath at […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Mary Balogh, orphan girl inherits fortune, Westcott Series #1

Catticus Finch's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical romance, Mary Balogh, orphan girl inherits fortune, Westcott Series #1 ·
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Rather the opposite of splendid

Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn

February 22, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Lady Arabella Blydon is staying with her newly married cousin in the country when she runs into the brooding and mysterious Lord John Blackwood, a former war hero who turns out to be friends with her cousin’s husband. She quickly ascertains that he is just as attracted to her as she is to him, and cannot understand why he refuses to give in and admit his feelings. Frustrated that he seems utterly besotted by her one second and determined to stay away from her the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, Dancing at Midnight, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Malin, Regency, Splendid trilogy

Malin's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR13, Dancing at Midnight, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Malin, Regency, Splendid trilogy ·
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A good trilogy ender.

Enlightened (Enlightenment, #3) by Joanna Chambers

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I was hoping for a real firecracker with this one, just a really undeniably great closer to this lovely trilogy, but what I got was more what I actually should have expected, which was more like the slow burn of a hearth fire. This has been entirely a trilogy about quiet, inner emotions and inner growth, and not melodramatic, shout to the sky emotions. The more I reflect on how this series ended, the more I liked it. David has been recuperating for the last […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: enlightened, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, the scottish enlightenment

narfna's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Romance · Tags: enlightened, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, the scottish enlightenment ·
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An excellent middle book in this historical romance trilogy.

Beguiled (Enlightenment, #2) by Joanna Chambers

February 22, 2021 by narfna 6 Comments

This series continues to be the perfect blend of historical fiction and romance. Most historical romance authors use the historical setting as a backdrop and creator of atmosphere, or convert it into a sort of fantasy realm to explore other things, which can be really fun! But as I said in my review of the first book in this series, there’s just something so pleasurable about stone cold history being actually explored in this format. In the first book, it was the fallout from a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Beguiled, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, King George IV, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, Romance, the scottish enlightenment

narfna's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Beguiled, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, King George IV, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, Romance, the scottish enlightenment ·
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I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on your doorstep riding an elephant.

It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn

February 21, 2021 by Leedock 1 Comment

This book is trickier to conjure an analogous baked good for, but, of course, I’m gonna try. I do think this is more pie than cake, so…if book 7 in the Bridgerton series were a pie, it would be a Little Women filling with a Nancy Drew crust. Odd, yes, but so is our heroine here. The youngest Bridgerton child and last remaining single daughter, Hyacinth, poses a bit of a challenge to marry off for the exhausted Lady Violet. (Poor thing is sooooo close! Six down, two to go, Vi!) […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR13, Fiction, historical fiction, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Romance

Leedock's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR13, Fiction, historical fiction, historical romance, Julia Quinn, Romance ·
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