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Not a Christmas romance, despite the excessively wintery cover

I've Got My Duke to Keep Me Warm by Kelly Bowen

January 24, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

Buzzword Reading Challenge 26: Me/My Buzzword Cover Challenge 26: Wearable accessories (the cape!) Defeating the Goblin TBR: The Dusty Book (has been on my TBR since 2016) Monthly Keyword Challenge: Keep Everyone believes that Giselle Whitby, is dead. Four years ago, she had to fake her death to escape her sadistic, controlling and abusive husband, the Marquess of Valence. To make sure there was no doubt of her demise, Giselle made sure the boat she and her stepdaughter were on exploded, in sight of half […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Buzzwords 26, Buzzwords cover 26, cbr18, Domestic Abuse, Goblin TBR, historical romance, I've Got My Duke to Keep Me Warm, insta love, Kelly Bowen, keyword 26, Malin, ptsd, Regency, The Dukes of Worth

Malin's CBR18 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Buzzwords 26, Buzzwords cover 26, cbr18, Domestic Abuse, Goblin TBR, historical romance, I've Got My Duke to Keep Me Warm, insta love, Kelly Bowen, keyword 26, Malin, ptsd, Regency, The Dukes of Worth ·
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B***h Barbecues Bad Guys

Broken Luna (Broken Trilogy Book 1) by Paulina Vasquez

October 22, 2024 by Cymbalic Leave a Comment

I always like rags to rage stories. I wanted to read a Cinderella-ish female  vindication story (with werewolves and lots more blood and violence) without having to guess what happens next. Don’t give me plot twists or surprises. I want to be able to say: “…gasp…oh no…she just happens to be more than meets the eye.” I also, in this instance, need a stereotypical  “real” man who knows he’s a man, who acts manly and saves her from un-manly evildoers…but still respects her as a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: abuse, fated mates, insta love, Paulina Vasquez, Vengeance, Wolf shifter

Cymbalic's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: abuse, fated mates, insta love, Paulina Vasquez, Vengeance, Wolf shifter ·
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