This is book two in the Blackshear Family series, and follows shortly after the ending of the first book. Once again, Ms Grant has ventured into unconventional territory with the heroine of the story who is a courtesan and former prostitute. I know that Loretta Chase has written one book with a courtesan, but that character wasn’t still involved with another man the way Lydia Slaughter is here. Lydia is a young woman who had to make her own way in the world, which meant […]
A slow burn romance that is worth the wait
I’ve read a lot of historical romance over the years, and this book was so much more than I was expecting! It’s not the typical tale, and maybe the romance doesn’t fit the mold of the traditional genre but I devoured this in very short order and wanted more. Thank you narfna for your wonderful reviews of this series that prompted me to pick this up. This is book one in the Blackshear family saga, and tells the tale of Martha Russell, who is newly […]
Favorite book of this series. Loved it.
Please ignore the overgrown beefsteak on the cover of this book. I cannot imagine a worse dude to put on the cover to represent this lovely story. Okay, well, that’s a lie. I can imagine worse. But still! It is not representative! That is a LARGE MAN WITH UNREALISTICALLY LARGE MUSCLES. The hero of this book is a normal man with a more lean physique and probably very pale, because he is English in the 1800s and where is the sun? And also he is […]
Why has this author stopped publishing books? Her voice is so unique!
Okay, is there a legit reason why Cecilia Grant has stopped publishing romance novels? Because I read a lot of them, and both of the books I’ve read by her so far stand apart. It’s a little hard to explain, but her voice is so unique in the genre. 2013 is now five years ago (gross), and that is when she published her last book, so it is high time*. *Some Google-fu has revealed that her once-dormant blog is now semi-active, and she is apparently […]