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Historical Romance Book Reviews

Please note that I do not review JAFF novels as a general rule, nor am I accepting review requests at this time.

All of my reviews, including my contemporary romance and mystery/suspense reviews, can also be found at my Goodreads page and my Amazon reviewer page. Please feel free to follow me on either to keep up to date with what I'm reading at the moment!

Catherine Bilson

Redeeming the Reclusive Earl by Virginia Heath

Euphemia “Effie” Nithercott is a woman very definitely born in the wrong era. With an eidetic memory and a towering intellect, she despairs of ever even bein...

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Catherine Bilson

Highland Sword by May McGoldrick

https://books2read.com/u/38ZLo7 In this dazzling conclusion to the Royal Highlander series, a dedicated barrister fighting for reform falls for a rebellious ...

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In Bed With The Earl by Christi Caldwell

Kidnapped as a child and left to himself on the mean streets of London, Malcom North grew up to be king of those streets - or at least, the sewers that run b...

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The Bachelor by Sabrina Jeffries

I’m really enjoying this series about the children of a three-times duchess. Don’t forget to take a look at the family tree listed in the front of the book, ...

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An Unconventional Countess by Jenni Fletcher

Biscuit shop owner Anna Fortini is fed up of having to fend off gentlemen with amorous intentions toward her pretty young assistant Henrietta. When Captain S...

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Once A Fallen Lady by Eve Pendle

Once upon a time, Lydia Taylor was a respectable young woman who aspired to marry an earl. That was a long time ago, though, and the balls, parties and prett...

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Rags-to-Riches Wife by Catherine Tinley

A thoroughly enjoyable Regency romance which does a really deep dive into the gulf between the gentry and the servant class in the era. Lady’s maid Jane Bail...

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Lilian and the Irresistible Duke by Virginia Heath

While this is the fourth in a multi-author miniseries about a Victorian family, you don’t need to have read the other three to follow the plot of this one, t...

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The Woman in the Veil by Laura Joh Rowland

Sent to photograph a murder scene for the newspaper she works for, Sarah Bain is utterly shocked when the victim turns out to be not actually dead. She winds...

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The Inconvenient Elmswood Marriage by Marguerite Kaye

This is the fourth book in the Penniless Brides of Convenience series and possibly the one I’ve been looking forward to the most: Kate, Lady Elmswood, is the...

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Miss Amelia's Mistletoe Marquess by Jenni Fletcher

A charming and light-hearted Victorian romance, the story begins with Miss Amelia Fairclough finding herself in need of somewhere to shelter from a snowstorm...

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Anyone But A Duke by Betina Krahn

I’ve absolutely loved this series about the Bumgarten ‘dollar princesses’, four American sisters making their way and meeting their matches in Victorian high...

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Blog Tour and Book Review: The Princess Plan by Julia London

Princes have pomp and glory—not murdered secretaries and crushes on commoners Nothing gets London's high society's tongues wagging like a good scandal. And w...

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Blog Tour: The Lord's Inconvenient Vow by Lara Temple

Third in the Sinful Sinclairs series, there is very little referenced from the previous books in this one, and though both Edge and Sam were introduced in ea...

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Catherine Bilson

The Truth Behind Their Practical Marriage by Marguerite Kaye

I have to admit at about a quarter into this book, I couldn’t figure out what was businesslike about the marriage of this couple at all, because quite frankl...

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The Lady's Deception by Susanna Craig

In this third book in Susanna Craig’s Rogues and Rebels series, it’s the eldest of the Burke family, barrister Paris, who meets his match. Still suffering gu...

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Blog Tour and Book Review: This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman

Desperate to evade fortune-hunting suitors and hold onto control of her own property, Georgiana Caversteed marries the most convenient of all possible husban...

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Invitation to a Cornish Christmas by Marguerite Kaye and Bronwyn Scott

Two long novellas make up this duology, both set in the same Cornish fishing village in the winter of 1822. In Marguerite Kaye’s The Captain’s Christmas Prop...

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Catherine Bilson

Highland Jewel by May McGoldrick

Though this book is about a different couple to that featured in the first in this series, Highland Crown, you’re going to miss a lot of the underlying conte...

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Her Viking Warrior by Gina Conkle

While this is the second in a series about the Forgotten Sons, a small band of ferocious Viking warriors, it stands perfectly well alone. Bjorn is the hero o...

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Historical Romance Book Reviews

Please note that I do not review JAFF novels as a general rule, nor am I accepting review requests at this time.

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All of my reviews, including my contemporary romance and mystery/suspense reviews, can also be found at my Goodreads page and my Amazon reviewer page. Please feel free to follow me on either to keep up to date with what I'm reading at the moment!

Redeeming the Reclusive Earl by Virginia Heath

Highland Sword by May McGoldrick

In Bed With The Earl by Christi Caldwell

The Bachelor by Sabrina Jeffries

An Unconventional Countess by Jenni Fletcher

Once A Fallen Lady by Eve Pendle

Rags-to-Riches Wife by Catherine Tinley

Lilian and the Irresistible Duke by Virginia Heath

The Woman in the Veil by Laura Joh Rowland

The Inconvenient Elmswood Marriage by Marguerite Kaye

Miss Amelia's Mistletoe Marquess by Jenni Fletcher

Anyone But A Duke by Betina Krahn

Blog Tour and Book Review: The Princess Plan by Julia London

Blog Tour: The Lord's Inconvenient Vow by Lara Temple

The Truth Behind Their Practical Marriage by Marguerite Kaye

The Lady's Deception by Susanna Craig

Blog Tour and Book Review: This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman

Invitation to a Cornish Christmas by Marguerite Kaye and Bronwyn Scott

Highland Jewel by May McGoldrick

Her Viking Warrior by Gina Conkle

Catherine Bilson

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