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Historical Romance

April 5, 2021 Brittany Reviews

[Brittany’s Review]: To Love and to Loathe (The Regency Vows #2) by Martha Waters

This was my first book by this author and I will most definitely be reading more of her work. If you love historical romance with steamy scenes and hilarious characters, I highly recommend this book. In the Regency-era book, we meet the widowed Diana, Lady Templeton. Diana is a beautiful woman who has achieved what […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: adult romance, enemies to lovers, Friends to Lovers, Historical Romance, Romance, romantic comedy

February 15, 2021 Stephanie McHail Reviews

[Stephanie’s Review:] A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

Dowry of Blood is a novella in length, dark gothic vampiric romance story by S.T. Gibson. Before opening the book you are presented with an unforgettable macabre cover of a shrouded women surround by skeletons by the talent artist Marlowe Lune and that just the beginning of the feelings as they start their way in. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: gothic romance, Historical Romance, horror, LBGTQ, retelling, Romance, vampires

September 6, 2019 Alexandra Reviews

[Alexandra’s Review] Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean

Lady Henrietta Sedley is tired of trying to meet society’s expectations. At twenty-nine, still a maiden, and yet an entrepreneur genius, she decides to take matters in her own hands and ‘ruin’ herself, according to society’s laws. Too bad that when she opens her carriage she finds tied and gagged none other than Whit, a […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: beauty and the beast, Historical Romance, Romance, Victorian Era

August 27, 2019 ideallysteph Promos + Giveaways, Steph Recs

Blog Tour // Author Q&A + Excerpt + Giveaway: How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne

Broody anti-heroes make my heart go pitter patter. And Kerrigan Byrne is the queen of writing the broodiest, most endearing, and absolutely loveable anti-heroes in historical romance. With How to Love a Duke in Ten Days, Kerrigan has once again given me a hero with the 2 B’s that I love: bearded and broody. *swoons* […]

Filed Under: Promos + Giveaways, Steph Recs Tagged With: Broody Hero, Historical Romance, Strong Heroine

August 27, 2019 Victoria Promos + Giveaways, Reviews

[Victoria’s Review]: How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan Byrne

*This is a Trigger Warning for the Content in This Book: Depictions of Sexual Assault Found Within* Wow. Wow-oh-wow. You guys…this book…how do I even go about writing this review? Kerrigan Byrne is a somewhat new-to-me author that I discovered pretty recently (approximately a year ago). I started with The Highwayman, which was the first […]

Filed Under: Promos + Giveaways, Reviews Tagged With: Adult, Archaeology, England, Female Friendships, historical fiction, Historical Romance, Romance, Travel, TW: Sexual Assault, Victorian Era

August 16, 2019 ideallyrachel Reviews

[Rachel’s Review]: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

All Annabelle Archer, newly enrolled Oxford student wants is a good education and a place of her own where she doesn’t have to work herself to the bone for her gross sexist cousin and is that really too much to ask? Unfortunately for Annabelle she also has the added pressure of making enough money to […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: duke, Historical Romance, political intrigue, Victorian Era

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