Murder at Donwell Abbey is book 2 in Vanessa Kelly’s wonderful Emma Knightly Mystery series, and it was a fantastic addition to the series. The family is all together at Hartfield, when Emma’s father suddenly announces that he and Miss Bates will be marrying. After some discussion about the matter, Emma and George agree toContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly”
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ARC Review: Revenge, Served Royal by Celeste Connally
Revenge, Served Royal is book 3 in Celeste Connally’s series, Lady Petra Inquires, a Regency-era mystery series. Petra has been invited to Windsor Castle to judge a baking contest as part of a larger celebration for the king and queen’s wedding anniversary. There she reunites with a chef who once worked for her family, butContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Revenge, Served Royal by Celeste Connally”
ARC Review: To Heist and To Hold by Christina Britton
To Heist and to Hold by Christina Britton is the first book in her new Regency romance series, Wimpole Street Widows. To Heist and to Hold is not the usual Regency romance involving titled heroes and very young heroines experiencing the entertainments of London for the first time. Instead, the heroine Heloise Marlowe is aContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: To Heist and To Hold by Christina Britton”
ARC Review: A Tale of Two Dukes by Emma Orchard
A Tale of Two Dukes by Emma Orchard is a standalone (from what I can tell) Regency romance. Viola was 17 when she wed the Duke of Winterflood, a man about 30 years her senior, in order to provide him with an heir, and protect her family from penury. Her life is miserable until theContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: A Tale of Two Dukes by Emma Orchard”
ARC Review: The Forbidden Love of an Officer by Jane Lark
The Forbidden Love of an Officer is advertised as book 7, the final book, in Jane Lark’s The Marlow Family Secrets Regency romance series, but apparently it’s actually a prequel, and it’s not a romance. Seventeen year old Lady Eleanor believes herself in love with Paul, a twenty-one year old army captain, but her father,ContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Forbidden Love of an Officer by Jane Lark”
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