I'm starting off 2020 with a bang and mini reviews for three fabulous books. Different genres, but all wonderful reads that I highly recommend. Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuireWayward Children #5YA FantasyJanuary 7, 2020 by Tor.comARC I really love this series. These aren't long reads, but each one touches on important issues and leaves the reader satisfied and eager for the next release. In Come Tumbling Down readers are reintroduced to Jack and Jill Wolcott, who we first met Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for Books by Alexa Martin, Eva Leigh, and Nalini Singh
A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini SinghMystery/SuspenseDecember 3, 2019 by BerkleyARC Stepping into the mystery/suspense genre Nalini Singh introduces readers to the small town of Golden Cove, New Zealand and a newly widowed, classical pianist home again after a long absence. This is very much a character driven story as Ms. Singh slowly introduces all the inhabitants of this small town and the intricate, and sometimes messy, way they fit together. When a young woman, full of joy and life Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Historical Romance Reviews for Books by Kelly Bowen and Amalie Howard
Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly BowenDevil of Dover #3.5Historical RomanceNovember 26, 2019 by Forever YoursARC Honestly? I had no idea who the two main characters were in this novella when I requested it for review. I only knew that it was part of the Devil of Dover series and was by Kelly Bowen. Turns out King, the hero of Night of the Scoundrel, was the mysterious bad guy smuggler from the third book in the series, A Rogue by Night. And he is exactly the kind of sexy, dangerous, Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: Angel in a Devil’s Arms by Julie Anne Long
Angel in a Devil's Arms by Julie Anne LongThe Palace of Rogues #2Historical RomanceOctober 29, 2019 by AvonARC I went into this book having already enjoyed the first book in the series, Lady Derring Takes a Lover, and excited to see Angelique Breedlove, the other proprietress of The Grand Palace on the Thames, finally meet a man worthy of her and find her happily ever after. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself positively enchanted almost from the moment Lucien Durand, Lord Bolt, walked Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman
This Earl of Mine by Kate BatemanBow Street Bachelors #1Historical RomanceOctober 29, 2019 by St. Martin's PressARC I picked this book up because this is a new to me author and the blurb sounded unique. Blurb: The first book in a new Regency romance series, an heiress and a rogue accidentally end up in a secret marriage of convenience.In a desperate bid to keep her fortune out of her cousin's hands, shipping heiress Georgiana Caversteed marries a condemned criminal in Newgate prison. Continue Reading
Sheena’s Thursday Tingles! Featuring: Dalliances & Devotion by Felicia Grossman
I'd love to greet you all and thank you for checking out this feature, but there is no time for that. No time! None! All of the minutes, seconds, nanoseconds I'm hording for the express purpose of sharing how FREAKING cute, bad ass, funny, sexy and enjoyable this book is! OHMYGOSHITSSODAMNFUN! First of all. Blurb. After two disastrous marriages, beauty columnist Amalia Truitt's life is finally her own—well, it will be if she can get herself back to Delaware and demand access to her share of Continue Reading
Angela’s Tuesday ARC Reviews: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie DunmoreA League of Extraordinary Women #1Historical Romance September 3, 2019 by BerkleyARC This was a pleasant surprise! I love it when a debut author exceeds my expectations and leaves me looking forward to the next release in the series. Bringing Down the Duke is set in the late 1800s, and features a heroine who has secured a scholarship to Oxford and is involved in the suffrage movement in England. She, quite by accident and without knowing his Continue Reading
Review: How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne
How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan ByrneDevil You Know #1Historical RomanceAugust 27, 2019 by St. Martin's ARCContent Warning: rape and sexual assault I adore this author, absolutely adore. Kerrigan Byrne writes the MOST emotional, chest-clenching, angsty love stories. Strong heroines and broody heroes who experience sweeping, sensual, all consuming passion for each other. I always think she can't out do herself yet again and she always does. How to Love a Duke in Ten Days is the Continue Reading
Q & A with Kerrigan Byrne
The team from St. Martin's Press provided this Q&A from Kerrigan Byrne about her newest release, How to Love a Duke in Ten Days, out now. Q: What inspired you to write How to Love a Duke in Ten Days? A: I’ve always been one of those women who have enjoyed fierce female friendships. I think that soulmates, even for heterosexual women, can be just as necessary with other women as with men, and a real hero must not just love and respect you, but also your tribe. I wanted to write a Continue Reading
Guest Post: Divorce in Historical Romance by Felicia Grossman
Marriage (and its flipside, divorce), besides being “what brings us together, today” is one of those odd topics where civil law and religion often blend. Fitting, because I’m both a lawyer and a fairly observant Jew. Even more fitting because I wrote a historical romance featuring a twice divorced Jewish heroine called Dalliances & Devotion. And while my books don’t talk a ton about religion (I mean where’s the space? This is the book has like ten tropes: second chance, bodyguard, Continue Reading