"Ten Kisses to Scandal" by Vivienne Lorret is a delightful second installment to her Misadventures in Matchmaking series. Briar Bourne is the youngest sister of the Bourne Matrimonial Agency and is determined to prove her worth to her siste...
4 StarsThomas Powell, Duke of Northfield, meets Amina, whose actual name is Lucia, at the risqué Orchid Club. After giving in to temptation, a shocking secret threatens to destroy Tom’s life. He and Lucia must decide if they’re willing to risk eve...
3½ StarsGwendeline Gregory is an orphan about to lose her home when Alex St. Audley, Earl of Merryn, steps in to rescue her. Honestly, I found the beginning of this book to be interesting a far as the predicament Gwendeline found herself in goes. T...
2½ StarsMiss Willa Reverly finds herself betrothed to the new Duke of Camberley, Matthew Addison, but she isn’t happy about it. She’s watched her friends marry for love and wants the same. Matt has no time to woo his would-be bride whenever his inh...
4 StarsNicholas Lyon is a self-made man beholden to no one when he inherits a title. Mina Thorne is his unexpected new steward. He wants to sell everything from the estate she grew up on and loves. The two soon clash over their desires until they...
3½ StarsWhile visiting a friend, Poppy Bridgerton is kidnapped and taken aboard Captain Andrew Rokesby’s ship for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Andrew works for the Crown and doesn’t have time to entertain the woman brought aboard his...
3½ StarsIn this historical romance novel we get Fiona Hartley. She is in desperate need of a husband so she can access her dowry. David Gray, Earl of Ravenport, is in desperate need of said dowry but doesn’t want another fiancé after being jolted b...
3 StarsMiss Adeline Black has a big dream of owning a dress shop one day and no man will stop her. Not even the newest duke in New York City looking for an heiress to save his estate, Brandon Fiennes. Part of me wondered if the first chapter showi...
3½ StarsLady Ida Howlett decides to take fate into her own hands and steals a carriage, not realizing that Bennett, Lord Carson, is inside. He refuses to allow Ida to continue on her journey alone to find her sister. On the way, they begin to fall...
5 StarsLady Christina Barclay is nothing more to her parents than a pawn to gain a fortune. When they attempt to force her engagement to an odious man, she turns to Oliver Hawkes, her reclusive neighbor. Oliver has no time for love or marriage but...
5 StarsBetween the pages of "Summer of Scandal" Madeleine Atherton and Charles Grayson, Earl of Saunders, are thrown together as she contemplates marriage to another man and he contemplates a proposal to his cousin. Each must decide if love is wor...
4 StarsHeiress Eliza Cross is a plain spinster who has accepted her fate to never be married. Hugh Devereaux, Earl of Hastings, has inherited a large amount of debt. Eliza’s father offers Hugh help to pay off the debt...if Hugh married his daughte...
3½ StarsAlexandra Mountbatten finds herself suddenly without a way to support herself just as Chase Reynaud, a ne’er-do-well unwillingly in charge of two young girls, offers her the position of governess. As Alex tries to reform him, he seeks to te...
4½ StarsGillie Trewlove is a tavern owner with an attitude who has no time for love. The Duke of Thornley is a jilted man searching for his bride when he’s attacked. After Gillie nurses him back to health, the pair sets off to find his would-be bri...
3 StarsCassandra Stewart visits her husband’s beloved ranch as a promise she made him on his deathbed. There, she meets his best friend, Raymond Wolf. Together, they begin to get past their shared grief and discover their mutual love for Cassandra...
4 StarsAdam Drummond is posing as the majordomo for Suzanne, the Duchess of Marsley, in order to prove her late husband was a traitor. Along the way, he and the duchess begin to discover their feelings for each other. So, this one is a tough one....
3 StarsAlyse Bell and Marcus, the Duke of Autenberry, are thrust together after Marcus purchases Alyse at a wife auction. On the journey to his estate, they learn what started as a mistake might just lead them to happiness. I was hooked on this st...
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