After Dark with the Duke by Julie Anne LongThe Palace of Rogues #4Historical RomanceNovember 30, 2021, by AvonARC Review by Angela The fourth book in The Palace of Rogues series features an opposites attract, age-gap romance that has to be one of my favorite books by this author to date. After Dark with the Duke had me running a whole gamut of emotions, from happiness to heartbreak and everything in between. I loved every minute of it. Mariana Wylde shows up at The Grand Palace on the Continue Reading
Review: Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday Contemporary Romance November 16, 2021 by Avon Reviewed by Kate Duke, Actually is an adorable follow-up to A Princess for Christmas. I will open with my main complaints, which are that I don’t love this cover (A Princess for Christmas is so much cuter) and I feel a better title would have been “Baron, Actually” but I do understand how that would not have been as enticing. And now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, we can start on my many Continue Reading
Review: All the Feels by Olivia Dade
All the Feels by Olivia DadeSpoiler Alert #2Contemporary RomanceNovember 16, 2021, by AvonARC Reviewer: Melinda Before I begin my full-on squeeing over this book, I need to add a disclaimer that Olivia is a complete auto-buy author for me. Once I read her self-published book, Teach Me, a few years ago I was all in and have never looked back. And beyond that, I consider Olivia a friend so you can consider that when reading this review for sure. Okay, but moving on to this actual Continue Reading
Review: The Devil’s Own Duke by Lenora Bell
The Devil's Own Duke by Lenora BellWallflowers vs. Rogues #2Historical Romance09/28/2021 by AvonARC Review by Angela The second book in the Wallflowers vs. Rogues series by Lenora Bell, reminded me quite a bit of the first. A heroine who wants to do her own thing versus be stuck in a loveless marriage of convenience, a hero who is not a titled gentleman, and a story that was pretty low angst given the storyline. Henrietta (Hetty) needs to marry her father off so he can father an heir. Continue Reading
Review: The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath
The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine HeathOnce Upon a Dukedom #2Historical RomanceSeptember 28, 2021, by AvonARCReview by Angela The Duchess Hunt is the second book in the Once Upon a Dukedom series. Readers first meet one of the main characters, the Duke of Kingsland, in Scoundrel of My Heart, when he was looking for a wife and decided upon Lady Kathryn Lambert... who later went on to wed Griffith Stanwick instead. Well, he's decided to plan another ball where he chooses a different bride to be, Continue Reading
Release Blitz: The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath
The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine HeathOnce Upon a Dukedom #2On Sale: September 28, 2021 Look for the Smexy review tomorrow morning! (I really enjoyed this one.) Blurb: New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath continues her Once Upon a Dukedom series with this lush love story of a duke who discovers what he desires in a wife may not be what he needs… Hugh Brinsley-Norton, the Duke of Kingsland, is in need of a duchess. However, restoring the dukedom—left in ruins by his father—to Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle and Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
The Royals Next Door by Karina HalleContemporary Romance08/31/21 by BerkleyARC This author is hit or miss for me, but I couldn't pass up a romantic comedy where the heroine's new neighbors are Meghan and Harry-inspired royals and her love interest is their bodyguard. That's just catnip for me as a reader. Piper Evans is a school teacher with a lot on her plate. When royalty moves in next door her life gets a whole lot more complicated. Despite living in a small town there isn't a real Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis: I’m Only Wicked with You by Julie Anne Long and The Scoundrel’s Daughter by Anne Gracie
I'm Only Wicked with You by Julie Anne LongThe Palace of Rogues #3Historical RomanceAugust 24, 2021, by AvonARC I know that Julie Anne Long is an author with at least one long-running historical romance series under her belt, but I still think she is massively underrated and overlooked. Simply stated, she rocks my socks off, and every single time I open one of her new releases I can't help but wonder why I don't see people singing her praises all over blogs and social media. I'm Only Continue Reading
Review: Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
Bombshell by Sarah MacLeanHell's Belles #1Historical RomanceAugust 24, 2021, by AvonARC Review by Angela I'm always excited for a new release by Sarah MacLean, especially if it's in a new series and features a heroine who readers have met before. This is Sesily Talbot's book and she is FIERCE. Sesily is one of the infamous Talbot sisters, referred to by the ton as the Soiled S's because of how their father gained his title. She is also the last remaining sister who hasn't yet settled Continue Reading
Review: Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas
Devil in Disguise by Lisa KleypasThe Ravenels #7Historical RomanceJuly 27, 2021, by AvonARCReview by Angela Lisa Kleypas is one of the few authors I've kept on my auto-buy list through the years. I simply adore her voice and find her writing to be some of the sexiest and most romantic in the historical romance genre. Devil in Disguise features Merritt, the oldest daughter of Lillian and Westcliff from It Happened One Autumn, and a brand new character who will take your breath away. Continue Reading