I’d been looking forward to reading this book ever since finishing “The Wicked Quills of London” series – sadly, the anticipation didn’t live up to the reality. Oh, it was well written and steamy, but I just didn’t feel the love for this one somehow. The main premise is based on a one night encounter two years previous for our couple, with the heroine disappearing at dawn before the hero awoke. Since that time, Alexander Lewis, Duke of Greyland, hasn’t been able to get her […]
Dangerous Duke Seeks Revenge, Finds Romance
This is the first book in a new series by Madeline Hunter, the Decadent Dukes Society, and it’s definitely a slow burn romance. It took me awhile to get into the story, but once I did I began to enjoy the relationship building that was a change from insta-lust that so often occurs. There’s also some drama of long standing family rivalries to deal with, and the mystery of the hero’s father’s death to be resolved. Adam Penrose, Duke of Stratton, is recently returned from France […]
A Knight Like No Other
This is a medieval era romance, set in the time of Henry II , written by the same woman who penned the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries. Candice Proctor is her real name, and she had written several historical romances as such before using the pen name C.S. Harris. Having enjoyed that series so much, I was curious to see what her older books were like. Lady Attica d’Alerion is nineteen and betrothed for political reasons to a fourteen year old boy named Fulk the Fat. […]
Much Ado About Harry
This is the first book in a series called A Society of Gentlemen, a Regency set trilogy about the lives and loves of a group of young men. The first one is somewhat of a take on My Fair Lady, with Harry Vane being plucked from the gutter to take his place in society as an heir to a fortune. His parents were radical reformists, and died for the cause, leaving Harry on his own. HIs grandfather had disowned Harry’s father for his marriage and his […]