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The best book in this series so far.

The Devil Comes Courting (The Worth Saga, #4) by Courtney Milan

July 9, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 19/30 The wait was incredibly worth it on this one. We waited years, and this is by far the best full novel in this series (the novella The Pursuit Of . . . is wonderful, too). First of all, according to the author’s notes of this book, Courtney Milan is literally the reason there is a dinosaur emoji. Second of all, she actually created the Chinese telegraphic code in the book (the theory of it, anyway). Like, whAt? (Those […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Courtney Milan, historical fiction, historical romance, m/f, narfna, Romance, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga

narfna's CBR13 Review No:99 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Courtney Milan, historical fiction, historical romance, m/f, narfna, Romance, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga ·
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Drop whatever you’re doing and read this book right now

The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan

May 20, 2021 by Malin 2 Comments

Disclaimer! This was an ARC granted to me by the author, which has in no way influenced my review. I had also pre-ordered the books many months ago, because Courtney Milan is an auto-buy for me, every time. Amelia Smith is a Chinese woman raised by English missionaries in China. When she was just a little girl, her birth mother, a woman fleeing during one of the many conflicts in the country, asked Mrs. Acheson, the woman who Amelia has thought of as her mother […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: BIPOC, CBR13, China, colonialism, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, Racism, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga

Malin's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: BIPOC, CBR13, China, colonialism, Courtney Milan, historical romance, Malin, Racism, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga ·
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Make Friends With Your Megalodons

The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan

April 20, 2021 by Emmalita 2 Comments

I love this book so much. By chapter two of The Devil Comes Courting, I was introducing Captain Greyson Hunter to the world as my new book boyfriend. By the end of the book I was curled in a fleece blanket crying and so happy that Greyson and Amelia finally pulled themselves together enough to stop being idiots and fully commit to each other. Courtney Milan is magical. Greyson is looking for someone called Silver Fox who he wants to employ to create a telegraphic […]

Filed Under: History, Romance Tagged With: China, Courtney Milan, historical romance, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: History, Romance · Tags: China, Courtney Milan, historical romance, The Devil Comes Courting, the Worth saga ·
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