Regency

The artist and the scarred warhero

Last Night with the Earl by Kelly Bowen

November 11, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Eli Dawes, the current Earl of Rivers, has been presumed dead for several years after Waterloo. Before he defied his father’s wishes and went off to war, he was a handsome, popular and carefree nobleman; now he’s got all manner of scars, both physical and emotional, as well as a healthy helping of guilt for never letting his father know he survived the war. He returns to England for reasons (I don’t remember, it’s been like a month since I finished this), but instead of going to London, he returns to the country house in Dover, where he […]

11/11/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:96 |

My favourite thing about this was probably the doll funerals

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

October 15, 2018 by Malin 4 Comments

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 […]

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

Clothes Horse Meets Fashion Don’t

Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase

August 6, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

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 […]

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

The smuggler and the war hero – a marriage of convenience

Counting on the Countess by Eva Leigh

June 7, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

Christopher “Kit” Ellingsworth was given an Earldom for his bravery during the Napoleonic wars. It doesn’t really bring in any money, though, so Kit is pretty much penniless and mounting up debts living the life of a libertine upon his return to London, everything to forget his time in battle. Hence he is surprised when he is told his mentor wishes to leave him a substantial fortune…as long as he finds a wife within the next month. It doesn’t leave him very much time to find someone willing to marry him. Tamsyn Pearce has been an orphan since she was […]

6/7/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:43 |

Gambling to secure a future, winning a duke

My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden

March 17, 2018 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Sophie Graham is twelve when she is orphaned and left in the care of her arrogant grandfather, the Viscount Makepeace. Her father, his second son, eloped with an opera singer (Sophie’s mother) and was summarily disowned. Sophie spent her childhood travelling through Europe with her parents. When both her parents die from illness, there is no one left for Sophie. Her grandfather sends her to boarding school, where she befriends Miss Eliza Cross, the daughter of an industrialist, and Lady Georgiana Lucas. Sophie’s grandfather pays her tuition until she is 18, then she has to make her own […]

3/17/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:21 |

The duke and the headmistress

A Duke in the Night by Kelly Bowen

March 11, 2018 by Malin 1 Comment

August Faulkner, the twelfth Duke of Holloway is a known ladies man and ruthless business man. Very few people know how extensive his holdings actually are, though. He’s just bought the Haverhall School for Young Ladies and is planning a trip to Dover to persuade the current Baron Strathmore to sell the family’s struggling shipping company to him for a large sum as well. Then he discovers that Lady Anne, his beloved younger sister, has run away to spend the summer with the Haverhall School’s summer program, and decides to combine fetching her back with charming the Haywards into selling […]

3/11/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:15 |

Misleading title and cover, good novella

The Lady in Red by Kelly Bowen

March 8, 2018 by Malin 2 Comments

Lady Charlotte Beaumont has been overlooked and ignored by her family for her entire life. Generally isolated at a remote country estate, she’s had the opportunity to hone her artistic skills, way past the bland watercolours ladies of her station are normally allowed to paint. She’s also become quite a talented forger, and tries to use her skills to negotiate a deal with the infamous King of the London Underworld. He acknowledges her skill, but also calls her bluff. Nevertheless impressed, he agrees to help her, in return for the original painting she’s trying to sell him a forgery of, […]

3/8/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:14 |

I’m always happy to discover a promising new romance author

The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian

February 4, 2018 by Malin 4 Comments

Jack Turner and his siblings grew up in the slums of London and they have all worked hard to get out from under the criminal enterprises of their parents. Jack’s sister is a dressmaker, while his brother seems to keep very posh and rarefied company these days. Jack uses some of the skills he’s learned over the years to help women in trouble. He can locate stolen items, deal with blackmail claims, even make an unpleasant husband disappear to somewhere far away – his only rule is that the women who hire him not question his methods, and let him […]

2/4/2018 Malin's CBR10 Review No:7 |

Scootsa1000 on Cheating Death Never Ends WellLove your #scaryaf categorizing. I’ll need to remember to use that!
faintingviolet on If you find me mainlining a baguette in February, this is whyMy sister did this last January and was pleased with the "reset" she received and helped her make some meal planning practices more permanent for...
J on On one of the covers it says “you will be charmed” but I was not charmed, not at all.Between Teddy and Gabriel in Devil in Spring, I'm now cautious about the heroes in second-generation romances. Some of these sons are entirely too "perfect",...
J on If you find me mainlining a baguette in February, this is whyGood luck! I have a girlfriend who has done this with her family a couple of times, and she's always pleased with the results.
Scoots1000 on Window Books and Mirror Books (or Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose)I loved The Long Way Down but haven’t read these yet...I’m pretty sure we have them at work, so I’ll make sure to pick them...