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Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

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WOOT the Tessa Dare run, here we gooo–definitely another #BlameMalin one here 😉 So the Castles Ever After series is tied together by the silliest and slimmest of plot threads: each of the main female protagonists are gifted a castle in some way or another, or are in possession of one despite being female, and there is a Duke or Lord or Laird or something or another who is either in the castle, thinks he should be in the castle, or flat out wants a castle and […]

And now, jump back hundreds and hundreds of years…

A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

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I read this, along with what feels like every other Tessa Dare book that people (Malin!) recommended, in a short span of time when I was sitting in India, where I had ended up after a very confusing day when we all thought my grandmother was going to pass away (she wasn’t! she is all fine! it was a hilarious expensive miscommunication!). What better way to spend an unexpected week away slash impromptu family reunion other than with a series of historical romances? The conceit […]

first up for Tessa Dare, but wasn’t the last!

Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

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Someone’s review says: “Charlotte unravels the mystery of Piers while he just unravels” and while I cannot remember this book very well, having read it almost two months ago I remember even at that time reading that line and thinking that it tracked very well. What can I say about this book? THIS IS WHY I NEED TO WRITE REVIEWS AS I FINISH BOOKS. But also, we’re being kind to myself, and so it’s okay that I got behind. A thing that makes me giggle: […]

“She unsettled him; he anchored her. Together, they could be more than they were apart.”

Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

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I had a good time with Do You Want to Start a Scandal, primarily because it does one of my favorite things by putting a good deal of emotional intelligence into a character who may not be expected to have it and then let them deduce the world around them. It is deployed to good use as Charlotte Highwood goes head-to-head with Diplomat turned Spy Piers Brandon, Lord Granville after they are caught together during the Parkhurst ball but are not in fact the couple […]

“Kate realized she had a grave problem. She was infatuated. Or mildly insane. Possibly both.”

A Lady by Midnight (Spindle Cove #3) by Tessa Dare

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I can always trust Tessa Dare to bust a slump, and as exhaustion is one of my last remaining COVID symptoms, I’m not so much slumped as I am distractible. A Lady by Midnight took care of it either way, and I enjoyed my evening with it so much that I’m rating it five stars, and I know that I am one of the few around Cannonball Read to do so. I get it, but I’m also keeping my rating as is. I am currently […]

Another strong book from Tessa Dare

The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke #3) by Tessa Dare

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Tessa Dare does a great job balancing humor and serious storytelling as a rule and this book is a very good example of that skill. Plot: We follow Lady Penelope Campion, my favourite of the gang, is a devoted animal lover and vegetarian. This has made her unpalatable to the men of London who for some reason don’t want to live in a house with a bunch of animals, including a goat. Gabriel Duke (not aristocrat, just named Duke, I see what you did there […]



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