4.5 stars Miss Emma Gladstone was a respectable clergyman’s daughter until a foolish indiscretion made her father condemn her and forced her to walk all the way to London during the winter. She lost a toe. Now she’s making a living as a seamstress, but will be fired if she doesn’t get paid for the extravagant and somewhat excessive gown she created for Annabelle Worthing, until recently betrothed to the Duke of Ashbury. To make sure she’s taken notice of, she dons the over the […]
Yes, I Did Picture Leslie Odom, Jr.
I am in the middle of struggling through a review of a graphic novel that I didn’t like. I didn’t hate it, so I don’t have hate fueling my words. I have 96 more words to find. With 96 words still eluding me, I took a break to read Mrs. Julien’s review of Wait For It, and now here I am, 24 hours later, writing my own review of Wait For It. Mrs. Julien, being the lovely human being and inveterate book pusher that she […]
Who Is This Romance Cover for Exactly?
Prostitution plots are the exception to my preference for marriage of convenience stories and Escorted features the first one I have read in long time. There are some interesting ideas in this contemporary romance novel, but despite the rounds of contemplation about the oldest profession it inspired in me, Escorted wasn’t really anything special. Lori is a bestselling romance author in her mid-twenties who, despite her facility for writing about it, has never actually had sex. Eager to get her first time over with, she has gotten […]
Let Us Now Praise Jessica Trent
On the recommendation of Malin and Mrs. Julien, I picked up Lord of Scoundrels over a year ago. I had a hard time getting past the prologue. Finally, with permission from Our Ladies of the Kissing Books, I skipped the prologue and a chunk of the first chapter. I was going through a reviewing slump when I read the book, so, um, it’s been a while. Here is faintingviolet‘s review. Somehow I shall endeavor to say different things, but this is what I would have […]