Another year has passed at the house in Mayfair, and this season brings the young and beautiful (and poor, and naive) Harriet Metcalf. She has inherited (sort of) her late neighbor’s daughters, who are barely younger than she is. In his will, she controls the estate until the girls are of age, and the dad specified in his will that Harriet was to take the girls to London for the season to marry them off. But here’s the thing. Harriet is beautiful. Too beautiful. And […]
Just As You Wished
You know the story: fencing, chases, escapes, quicksand, and true love. Now, you can read the story about making the story. But first, read my review of the story about making the story. Find it here.
A historical romance with double agents
I’m back! Did you miss me? I finally finished enough work to start catching up on my reviews. Brace yourselves for quite a few in the coming week. This is the fifth book in Joanna Bourne’s Spymasters series, but as the books are written out of chronological order historically speaking, and some overlap (for those who HAVE read the previous books in the series, there’s a really interesting blog post here explaining where the various books fit into the historical time line), it’s not actually that big […]
Starting a New Cannonball Read with Another Historical Romance. Watch Dr. Strangelove First.
I am going to review Grace Burrows’ historical romance Douglas: Lord of Heartache by posting spoilers and complaints. One of them is informative, yet icky. You have been warned. What is with Grace Burrows and precious bodily fluids? She’s not the only one who mentions them, but she is the only one whom I ever read that actually uses the term “mop up”. Is it for verisimilitude? Is it just her thing? It’s not that she discusses them more than others, but there’s an extra layer […]