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My favourite thing about this was probably the doll funerals

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

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3.5 stars From Goodreads, because I’m a month and a half behind on my reviews: After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried—and failed—to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart . . . without risking her own. Like any self-respecting libertine, Chase lives by one […]

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10/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:86 |

Overall fun, but super tired of this trope. #CBRBingo

The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke, #2) by Tessa Dare

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I do love Tessa Dare, first off. I need to say that right away. Also, that as usual, I’ve had a great time listening to a book of hers. They are always tongue in cheek, silly, and completely anachronistic, and sweet. BUT. There’s this one thing she does that she’s done in her last three published books, and I’ve had enough of it. This book is about Alexandre Mountbatten, who we met last book as Emma’s friend who sets rich people’s clocks to Greenwich Mean Time. But something happens, and she finds herself switching careers out of necessity, to be […]

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9/28/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:115 |

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 |

Clothes Horse Meets Fashion Don’t

Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase

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Bingo Square: Brain Candy With this, I have now completed Loretta Chase’s Carsington Family series, even if I saved the first of the series for last!  This was another solid entry, though there is barely even a mention of Rupert in this novel beyond being lumped in as one of Alistair’s younger brothers (and the one with the grey horses). What can I say, Mr. Impossible remains my favorite of the series, and I am sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Rupert was basically like the Taika Waititi version of Thor. At least y’all won’t have […]

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8/6/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:146 |

They’re All Grown Up

Last Night's Scandal by Loretta Chase

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Peregrine and Olivia have known each other since they were children when his uncle and her mother fell in love in Lord Perfect.  Peregrine has spent most of that time in Egypt with Rupert (my favorite, be still my heart :p ) with only a few short trips home over the years.  As a result, Peregrine is rather surprised to discover that his dramatic, slightly awkward but lively friend has become the most beautiful woman in the room.  Olivia has always felt great affection towards Peregrine, and may have realized a more romantic leaning interest sooner than he did, but […]

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7/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:139 |

Animal Husbandry and Home Renovation

Not Quite a Lady by Loretta Chase

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This is the fourth of the Carsington Family novels, and focuses on the youngest and only remaining single brother, Darius.  His father challenges him to either take an old family estate that has finally been released from some legal restrictions and make it profitable within a year or settle down and marry a suitably well-dowered woman.  Darius considers himself the logical, unemotional brother though as the youngest, he also feels like there weren’t really many roles left to claim for himself.  While his father might not care for his work, Darius has actually made a name for himself with his […]

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7/29/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:132 |

“Fear must be challenged, I have found. It is a powerful beat if it is allowed the mastery.”

The Proposal (The Survivors' Club #1) by Mary Balogh

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I have finally taken my first trip to a Mary Balogh romance. I’m still surprised when I manage to miss an author completely, but it usually means that there’s a well-liked series with good reviews which is complete that I can dive right into. In the case of Mary Balogh that series is the Survivors’ Club which tells the story of seven people who survived great tragedy (whether physical or mental) during the Napoleonic Wars and formed a tight friendship while they healed for three years away from Society. The first book in the series, The Proposal, held my attention […]

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7/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:26 |

So this was a book that I read – the heroine has a pet skunk. I know, quirky, right?

Wilde in Love by Eloisa James

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2.5 stars Lord Alaric Wilde is the third son of the Duke of Lindow (although the eldest died in a tragic accident a few years back). He’s been travelling the world for years, having adventures and while he was gone, the books about his travels have become hugely popular, particularly because of a wildly successful play, portraying him as a tragic romantic hero. Alaric is rather taken aback by his overwhelming fame when he returns home. At a house party at his father’s, there are masses of young ladies who want to meet the tragic hero of Wilde in Love (where Lord […]

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7/15/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:55 |


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