Review originally posted by Sheena on 6/27/2018. The Highlander’s Promise by Lynsay SandsHighlanders, #5Historical RomanceJune 26, 2018Avon There are some things that you just know. The sky is blue. 1 +1 = 2. If you use baking soda instead of baking powder in a recipe, you’ve fudged up BIG time, and if you write a bearded, scarred, reclusive Highlander with a heart of gold surrounded by glacier ice ad growlyness, if you dare build such a hero, Sheena will come. Sheena will come Continue Reading
Retro Review: An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles
Review originally posted by Mandi on 6/13/2017. An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles (Sins of the Cities #2)Released: June 6, 2017Historical M/M RomanceLoveswept Favorite Quote: “You – are the worst man – I have ever met.” Lazarus’s teeth scraped his shoulder. “And yet here you are, under me….” Guys, there is hot hate sex in this book. Do I need to say more? The Seer of London, Justin Lazarus, makes a living calling spirits from beyond the veil, gladly taking Continue Reading
Retro Review: Good Dukes Wear Black by Manda Collins
Review originally posted 4/25/2016 by Sheena Good Dukes Wear Black by Manda CollinsSeries: Lords of AnarcyHistorical RomanceReleased: April 5, 2016St. Martin’s Paperbacks Reviewed by Sheena A writer for the Ladies Gazette, Miss Ophelia Dauntry’s passion is her pen. So when she sees a fellow writer kidnapped before her eyes—and the trail of evidence leads to the Lords of Anarchy—Ophelia vows to find her friend and take down the notorious London driving club in her column. But before Continue Reading
New Release Spotlight- Remember When by Mary Balogh
Remember When by May BaloghRavenswood #4Historical RomanceJanuary 7, 2025- Berkely About the Book Discover the beauty of second chances at love and life in this heartfelt new novel from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh.The Dowager Countess of Stratton, Clarissa Ware, née Greenfield, has just presented her younger daughter to the ton, and the rest of her life belongs only to herself. She returns to Ravenswood, intending to spend the summer Continue Reading
Retro Review: Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt
Review originally posted in February of 2013 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth HoytMaiden Lane #5Historical RomanceOriginally published February 26, 2013 I’m not afraid to admit that this book wrecked me. I absolutely loved it, but my heart hurt for this couple so many times. Lord of Darkness is the fifth book in Elizabeth Hoyt’s much beloved Maiden Lane series and it was so very, very good. Godric St. John spends his days as a cold, separated aristocrat Continue Reading
Review: Ne’er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti
Ne'er Duke Well by Alexandra VastiHistorical RomanceJuly 24, 2024- St. Martin's Griffin Review by Angela I fell in love with this author after reading the Halifax Hellions series as free reads on her website. I've been saving this book as kind of a "break glass in case of emergency" read, which after the last couple of months and my resulting book slump seemed to be a good plan from past me. Peter Kent, the new Duke of Stanhope, recently arrived from Louisiana, desperately wants Continue Reading
Retro Review: Beauty and the Earl by Jess Michaels
Review originally posted in April of 2014 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Beauty and the Earl by Jess MichaelsThe Pleasure Wars #3Historical RomanceFirst Published- April 15, 2014 by SamhainRereleased- March 11, 2017 by The Passionate Pen The House of Windbury and the House of Rothcastle have engaged in a feud for generations. No one knows how it started or why, just that each family has been taught while growing up to despise the other. Then Liam, the Earl of Windbury, befriended Continue Reading
Retro Review: Pleasuring the Lady by Jess Michaels
Review originally posted in November of 2013 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Pleasuring the Lady by Jess MichealsThe Pleasure Wars #2Historical RomanceFirst Published- November 19, 2013 by SamhainRereleased- March 11, 2017 by The Passionate Pen It was real. It was not a dream. Her entire life had just changed with one foolish decision. Circumstances in Lady Portia’s life have left her a wallflower and spinster. With no hope that she will ever marry, she stays with her troubled Continue Reading
Review: The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long
The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne LongThe Palace of Rogues #8Historical RomanceOctober 22, 2024 by Avon Review by Angela I really love this series, but I have to say as soon as I heard this installment was a second chance, marriage in trouble romance I was all in and excited to read. The Beast Takes a Bride is the eighth installment of The Palace of Rogues series and follows a different couple in each book, but the two main couples, who own the establishment, remain an integral Continue Reading
Review: The Finest Print by Erin Langston
The Finest Print by Erin LangstonHistorical RomanceARCSeptember 24, 2024Self-Published Review by Melanie I am nothing if not consistent so it should really come as no surprise to anyone that I absolutely adored The Finest Print, the latest from Erin Langston. I wanted to devour it the second the ARC landed in my ereader but, and this might surprise those who know me well, instead, I savored it, parsing it out in small bite sized nibbles over the course of five days, luxuriating in the Continue Reading