Tag: #historicalromance

• Gabriela and His Grace Review

  As the youngest and most rebellious daughter of the overly protective Luna family, Gabriela Luna Valdés claws after her freedom in any way she can. This time, her hunger for adventure has led her aboard a windswept ship bearing for her homeland, away from a mob of fumbling British suitors. But Gabby can’t escape her…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 29, 2025

  Reviews

  #berkleyromance, #historicalromance, #latinas, #lianadelarosa, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #thelunasisters

• Think of England Review

  England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage. Curtis’s search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 5, 2025

  Reviews

  #edwardian, #englandworld, #historicalfiction, #historicalromance, #kjcharles, #mlm, #queerfiction, #thinkofengland

• Ranking The Wedgeford Trials

  Courtney Milan does it again! I wrote in my ranking for Milan’s Turner trilogy that Milan is a rare romance author who nixes the miscommunication trope that plague so many couples. Rather she subverts the status quo and has the couple communicate like mature adults while maintaining the suspense of internal/external forces threatening their coupledom.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 29, 2025

  Rankings

  #asianmcs, #avonromance, #courtneymilan, #historicalfiction, #historicalromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #thedukewhodidn’t, #theearlwhoisn’t, #themarquiswhomusn’t, #thewedgefordtrials

• Ranking Lively St. Lemons

  Lively St. Lemons is a small village with intense political rivalries between the Whigs and Tories. But that’s a side note to the intricacies of the population therein. 1. Sweet Disorder: Phoebe Sparks is such a unique heroine in the historical romance genre. She’s plus-sized, hot-tempered, has intense maternal desire, and a dirty mind. She…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 25, 2025

  Rankings

  #atasteofhoney, #falsepretenses, #historicalromance, #listentothemoon, #livelyst.lemons, #rachelreads&reviews, #roselerner, #sweetdisorder

• Ranking Feminine Pursuits

  To continue the journey of historical romances with non-traditional leads, Waite’s Feminine Pursuits trilogy celebrates women loving women, and the their fight for rights and respect in their occupations. It’s also interesting as these can be read as stand-alones rather than a trilogy. Sure, characters pop up from other books but it is not very…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 31, 2025

  Rankings

  #avonromance, #femininepursuits, #historicalromance, #oliviawaite, #queerromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #thecareandfeedingofwaspishwidows, #thehellion’swaltz, #thelady’sguidetocelestialmechanics

• Ranking Seducing the Sedgwicks

  I know, it’s been so long since I’ve done a ranking, but I’m glad to start the first ranking of 2025 with Cat Sebastian’s sweet and steamy Sedgwick trilogy. Lots of alliteration there. Much like Herrera’s Las Leonas trilogy, it dives into the forgotten bits of history aka gay people have always existed and managed…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 15, 2025

  Rankings

  #agentlemanneverkeepsscore, #avonromance, #catsebastian, #historicalfiction, #historicalromance, #ittakestwototumble, #mlm, #queerrep, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #romance, #seducingthesedgwicks, #tworoguesmakearight

• Book of the Month: The Viscount Who Loved Me

  We’re continuing the read through Bridgerton, and come to one of the better books in the series. Some may say the best- Anthony and Kate! I’ve already discussed my thoughts on the book in my previous Ranking the Bridgerton series post- see tags, and not much changed. I love the sweetness of the romance since…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 25, 2025

  Book/Author Highlight

  #bridgerton, #historicalromance, #juliaquinn, #rachelreads&reviews, #theviscountwholovedme

• Alice Murphy Interview

  Alice Murphy is the pseudonym of lecturer, disability activist and debut author of A Showgirl’s Rules for Falling in Love. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about her upcoming novel, forgotten history, non-regency romance recs, and more. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start at the beginning, share a bit of your writing history?  I’ve…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 3, 2025

  Interview

  #alicemurphy, #ashowgirl’srulesforfallinginlove, #gildedage, #historicalromance, #rachelreads&reviews

• A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke Review

  Physician Aurora Montalban Wright takes risks in her career, but never with her heart. Running an underground women’s clinic exposes her to certain dangers, but help arrives in the unexpected form of the infuriating Duke of Annan. Aurora begrudgingly accepts his protection, then promptly finds herself in his bed. New to his role as a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 2, 2025

  Reviews

  #adrianaherrera, #atropicalrebelgetsherduke, #avonromance, #historicalromance, #lasleonas, #latinas, #rachelreads&reviews

• Romance Novels: The Spice Factor

  Here’s another question that will hopefully spark some discussion. I’ve noticed as I read historical romances that the steam factor increases book by book. I’ll use Joanna Shupe’s Fifth Avenue Rebels as an example as it’s the series that I really began to notice the trend. The first book almost always features a virginal heroine…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 4, 2025

  Uncategorized

  #evaleigh, #fifthavenuerebels, #historicalromance, #joannashupe, #kink, #lastchancescoundrels, #mayrodale, #regencyromance, #romance, #sexinhistoricalromance, #sexinromance, #spice, #steam, #unionofrakes