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From First Page To HEA

Historical, Inspirational, Low Heat, Review, unrated

Ashes On The Moor by Sara M. Eden

May 30, 2018 Leave a Comment

Ever since I read The Wake Up  I’ve been interested in the inspirational fiction genre. It’s this sort of “feel-good” fiction about characters on journeys of self-discovery and redemption.  I’ve never gone out of my way to check out inspirational romance or books described as “proper romance” because I’m always like–what does that mean? That all otherRead the Post

3.5 stars, Historical, Review

If I Should Ever Love You by Cathy Maxwell

May 6, 2018 Leave a Comment

 Rating: ★★★ +.5 | The Spinster Heiresses #1 | 368 pages  | Avon | Historical | 12/26/17 Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault Leonie Charnock is one of the three notorious spinster heiress–three best friends of marriageable age who haven’t been able to find a husband for a variety of reasons. Leonie’s father wants to hold outRead the Post

4 stars, Ex-Military, Genre, Historical, Review

No Earls Allowed By Shana Galen

April 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★★ | 354 pages | Sourcebooks Casablanca | Historical | 3/6/2018 In his nightmares, Major Neil Wraxall is still battling the violent war that took the lives of his men and his only brother.  He may have come home a war hero but as an illegitimate son, he is at the beck and callRead the Post

3.5 stars, Historical, Review

A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase

February 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★★+.5 | 388 pages | Avon | Historical | Difficult Dukes #1  | Buy Now ! Voted Most Boring Girl of the Season 7 years in a row, the bookish, bespectacled 26-year-old Lady Olympia Hightower was looking spinsterhood right in the face before the Duke of Ashmont  asked her hand in marriage. She should beRead the Post

4 stars, Historical, Review

Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath Review + ARC Giveaway !

January 25, 2018 Leave a Comment

Scroll down to enter to win an advanced reader’s copy of Beyond Scandal and Desire !  Rating: ★★★★ | 384 pages | Avon | Historical Romance | 1/30/2018 | Buy now ! *Trigger Warning: discussion of infanticide and sexual assault So first of all, Mick Trewlove is just about as uncommon a historical  hero name asRead the Post

2.5 stars, Historical, Review

The King’s Man (Welsh Blades #1) by Elizabeth Kingston

January 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

Rating: ★★+.5 | 326 pages | Self-Published | Medieval Romance | 1/1/2015 | Buy Now ! After almost two years of reading romance there are still a ton of sub-genre and tropes I’ve yet to explore and with The King’s Man I got my first taste of Medieval romance and the Girl Dressed As Boy trope. This bookRead the Post

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