[DEV SITE] - CBR16 TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT

Search This Site

| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Twitter
  3. Follow us on Instagram
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • About CBR
    • Getting Started
    • FAQ
    • CBR Book Club
    • Fan Mail
    • AlabamaPink
  • Our Team
    • Leaderboard
    • The CBR Team
    • Recent Comments
    • CBR Interviews
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donating to Cannonball Read, Inc.
    • CBR Merchandise
    • Supporters and Friends of CBR
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Follow Us

A truly lovely story of family that overwhelms the central romance

April 27, 2018 by Ellepkay 2 Comments

This is the third book in the Westcott series.  I skipped the first and reviewed the second here.  This third book was very good.  The overarching theme throughout the series of family and acceptance was at its peak here, and I loved it.  I always enjoy a series about a close family, but this takes it beyond the nuclear family to aunts/uncles/cousins, and it’s just wonderful to see people treating each other well. Alexander Westcott was happy with his life as a gentleman, but when […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Mary Balogh, Westcotts

Good enough to finish – bad enough to have forgotten already

April 24, 2018 by Ellepkay 5 Comments

The premise of the Westcott series (non-spoilers: this is all basically in the cover copy) is that an earl was secretly married and had a daughter, and then he married again and had three more children.  Upon the earl’s death the three presumptive heirs find that they are illegitimate and the orphaned child gets a huge inheritance.  The first book is about that orphan, and she and her new husband make a bunch of appearances in the following books.  I tried to read the first […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Mary Balogh, Westcotts

Recent Comments

  • Mswas Administrator
    on CBR Diversions: Holiday Season –Time To Give BOOKS
    can i make this comment
  • Emmalita
    on CBR Diversions: Holiday Season –Time To Give BOOKS
    Leaving a comment! As scheduled
  • Rochelle
    on CBR Diversions: Holiday Season –Time To Give BOOKS
    Great review
  • sam
    on Admin test of non book review
    another one
  • fred
    on Admin test of non book review
    subscriptin test
See More Recent Comments »

Want to Help Out?

CBR has a great crew of volunteers, and we're always looking for more people to help out. If you have a specialty or are willing to learn, drop MsWas a line.

  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • CBR11 Final Standings
  • AlabamaPink
  • FAQ
  • Contact

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo
  3. Google Pay

Copyright © 2026 · Minimum Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in