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A Regency romance with a very foul-mouthed parrot

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

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Lady Penelope Campion lives quite happily alone in London, aided only by an old, pretty much deaf housekeeper and surrounded by her unusual menagerie of rescued animals. There’s a highland cow, a goat, an otter, several chickens, a dog with only the use of his front legs, a whole bunch of kittens and a particularly foul-mouthed parrot. Her friends dote on her and even politely try to eat her horrendous vegetable meat substitutes without complaining or making a fuss. So when Penelope’s aunt comes to announce are demanding Penelope’s return to the family estate in the country, she’s devastated. She […]

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9/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:66 |

She’s Not That Kind Of Goat

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

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This is the third of the Girl Meets Duke novels, which involves a group of four eccentric women friends.  Penny has already been introduced as the vegetarian animal lover who makes horrible sandwiches with meat substitutes. This one was a delightful and ridiculous romp in usual Dare fashion, and I preferred this one to the previous novel in the series (I liked the heroes in The Governess Game, but not the some of plot points). A self made man, Gabriel Duke, has bought the property next to Penny’s family’s London residence (she is the sole human occupant, sharing with two […]

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8/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:43 |

This time I also say Yes

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

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Dear Tessa Dare. I am sorry. I don’t know why I ever said I don’t like your book except that I was expecting my first Romance novel to read a certain way and yours did not and that vexed me. You are delightfully batty and I adore you. Several years ago I made Say Yes to the Marquess my first foray into Romance after decades of giving them side-eye because of cool girl brainwashing. Sadly, I was expecting something more akin to Austen and the utter fruitloop crazyness of it baffled me. I thought I would be served delicate lavender […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:12 |

Cute But Not Quite the Inspiration I Needed

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

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While I had intentions of re-reading a certain novel around Veterans Day, it didn’t quite pan out, and I instead took a break for a fluffy romance novel.  Tessa Dare is one of those romance authors I consider generally reliable, although she can be hit or miss for me.  I absolutely love a few of her novels while others are just fine.  From reviews, I saw that this one was generally entertaining but not necessarily hitting all the right spots for readers. And I have to say I concur.  I also think it was definitely my mindset going in and […]

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11/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:188 |

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 |

“When am I giving up? I’m not. I did not give up on myself then. I am not giving up on you now.” (CBR10Bingo)

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

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I love a fun, feminist, anachronistic romance novel and that is something that Tessa Dare delivers regularly. Dare writes what I fondly refer to as Historical Fantasy Romance. There is *some* historically accurate details running through her narrative but they are very thin and often bent to suit her plot needs. In the second outing in the Girl Meets Duke series we’re following Alex Mountbatten, introduced in The Duchess Deal, who makes her living by setting clocks to Greenwich Mean Time. Following a terrible, and hysterically inappropriate interview for a governess position she doesn’t realize she’s being interviewed for, Alex […]

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9/23/2018 's CBR10 Review No:46 |

“Her. I’ll take her.”

Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

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I realize upon rereading it that my last review was rather churlish about the topic of romance book covers. While I stand by the fact that I often dislike them, it was nonproductive to say so without getting into the reason why. I realize that I am new to the genre and probably an outlier regardless but I find them all confusingly similar and in the case of many historical romances, non-period to the point of distraction. I like my book covers to give a hint of the story I am about to read and I find many romance covers […]

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5/18/2018 's CBR10 Review No:9 |


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