Tag: #historicalromance
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Vanessa Riley’s Betting Against the Duke trilogy is more than your typical regency romance. Yes, there’s bastard fathers, compromised situations leading to marriage and marriage of conveniences, but Riley’s prose makes it feel like this is more a historical fiction novel than romance. The ensemble characters and their complicated family dynamics are given equal page…
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As I’ve previously stated Courtney Milan’s historical romance novels are a breath of fresh air. The characters act like adults who communicate. The third act breakup is usually not because of miscommunication but more compelling external/internal factors. Time passes. People evolve. It touches on serious issues but remain fun and romantic. Always look forward to…
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For those who want writers to be romanced as well as duchesses and wallflowers, this one’s for you. Temptations of a Wallflower: This was my top book because I related to Lady Sarah so much as a writer. Shy, dreamy, always concocting exciting scenarios in my head, but unable to put them into action. Also…
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Eva Leigh can always be counted on to showcase unique heroines, and in The London Underground trilogy, these women have some brooding secrets. 1. Couting on a Countess: Surprise, surprise, Leigh delivers on morally ambiguous heroines with Tamsyn, a smuggler on the Cornish coast who needs a rich, distant husband in order to keep feeding…
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It’s been awhile since I’ve read a good ol’ historical romance so why not start with one of the greatest romance writers in the good ol’ west. Tempest: From Reagan accidentally shooting her intended to Ben learning to stand up for the women in his life against his father, and dealing with his own discomfort…
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Lauri Robinson is a prolific author of historical romance from westerns such as Unwrapping the Rancher’s Secret to A Gilded Age Christmas to The Heiress and the Baby Boom, and many more eras in between. With over sixty books to her name, she graciously took the time to answer my questions about her writing journey,…
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It’s that time of year again, so in honor of the month of love, I finished my Harlequin romance reading. Plus a few others. Silks, Swords and Surrender by Jeannie Lin (Tang Dynasty) From USA TODAY bestselling author Jeannie Lin comes a tantalizing new five-story volume. Take a journey to Tang Dynasty China and join…
