So many genres, so little time
It got better, in time, though to be truthful it always felt more of a duty than a pleasure: a little like homework, satisfying when over, and done well, but never exactly enjoyable. But then nobody had ever suggested it could be otherwise. This was the view of Claudia Faraday, 1920s respectable wife and mother… Continue reading The Awakening of Claudia Faraday by Patsy Trench
She wants lessons in seduction Althea Stanwick was a perfect lady destined to marry a wealthy lord, until betrayal left her family penniless. Though she’s lost friends, fortune, and respectability, Althea has gained a scandalous plan. If she can learn to seduce, she can obtain power over men and return to Society on her terms.… Continue reading Beauty Tempts the Beast (Sins for All Seasons #6) by Lorraine Heath
Marriage…To the highest bidder Lady Lydia Barton cannot seem to avoid Owen Wolfe since he returned after being wrongly transported for stealing her family’s jewels! But Lydia has more pressing problems―like her impending arranged marriage. Until Owen makes her father a counter-offer for her hand. Is Owen purely after her society connections? Or does Lydia… Continue reading The Scoundrel’s Bartered Bride by Virginia Heath
She's all that's sweet...They call her Sugar Ellie, and she's sweet, sassy and sexy as all hell. She's also the pint-sized feisty madam of a cathouse in Rattler's Gulch, Colorado. Forced to escape her scheming family, Sugar turns to smooth talking gambler and fast gun Cole "Whisky" Mansfield.But Cole has his own demons to wrangle,… Continue reading Sugar Ellie (Soiled Doves Book 1) by Sarah Hegger
Falling for the manCressida Howe, the Archer, is a well-tuned weapon. But she’s also a woman captivated by a man—Eldric of Hawskmoor, the warrior knight her father ordered her to kill. Instead, for years, Cressida has simply watched him… Now she’s been captured by her formidable enemy, and her well-ordered world comes crashing down, for… Continue reading Captured By Her Enemy Knight by Nicole Locke
Protected by The Beast. Undone by the man. Racing cross-country pursued by danger, widow Lady Ellena Swein isn’t pleased to be taken back to her father’s castle. But with his knight Sir Braedan Leofric, also known as The Beast, as her captor, she has little choice! Ellena is surprised by his honourable and protective nature,… Continue reading The Warrior Knight and the Widow (The House of Leofric #1) by Ella Matthews
His heart is a fortress… And she’s trespassing!After losing all he holds dear in a horrific fire, Max Aldersley, Earl of Rivenhall, shuns the world—until he catches Effie Nithercott digging holes on his estate! He banishes the intrepid archaeologist and the unsettled feelings she rouses within him. But she returns even more determined and infuriatingly… Continue reading Redeeming the Reclusive Earl by Virginia Heath
Sebastian Sinclair, the Duke of Wessex, is not in love with Eliza Benton—nor anyone else, for that matter. But he must marry and produce an heir, and love is not required for either. His future duchess must be of high birth and good nature, a lady unlikely to snipe at him over breakfast. In short,… Continue reading The Duke’s Wicked Wife (Wicked Secrets #4) by Elizabeth Bright
This man was shadow and night. He was Darkness. Homeless Aliette is saved from punishment for stealing by a mysterious knight. To stay alive, she’s informed by this stranger that she must claim his child as her own. She should fear the dark knight’s power, yet it’s clear there’s more good to this man than… Continue reading Her Dark Knight’s Redemption (Lovers and Legends #8) by Nicole Locke
Beautiful, headstrong Madeleine of Elford has picked her husband. Unfortunately her family disagrees. When her father organizes a tournament to parade alternative suitors in front of Madeleine, she is outraged but determined to stay true. Childhood nemesis, Thomas of Draycott, arrives at Elford and from the moment they meet again, tests her resolve. A skilled… Continue reading The Betrothal Melee (Love & War, #1) by Sarah Hegger
Lady’s maid… To wedded Lady? Lady’s maid Jane Bailey’s life is turned upside down by the arrival of wealthy gentleman Robert Kendal. He’s come to take Jane to visit her long-lost, aristocratic grandfather. Traveling together, they succumb to a mutual attraction. Yet Jane knows a maid should not hope to love a gentleman, even if… Continue reading Rags-to-Riches Wife by Catherine Tinley
A reunion in Rome…Sparks an affair to remember! Responsible widow Lilian Fairclough is persuaded to travel to Rome for a hard-earned break and to let down her hair! She’s surprised to be reunited with passionate, cynical Italian duke, Pietro Venturi. He reawakens her sensual side and intrigues her with glimpses of pain beneath his rakish… Continue reading Lillian and the Irresistible Duke (Secrets of a Victorian Household #4) by Virginia Heath
Being so sinful never felt so sweet… Constance Campbell, the Duchess of Kilmaine, once believed that all she needed in life was a duke. But everything unraveled when she realized her perfect husband was a perfect monster. Now broken beyond repair, she hides her misery behind a perfect Society mask…even from her childhood friend, Alec.… Continue reading The Sinful Scot by Maddison Michaels
Miss Katherine Danvers has always been a wallflower. But now, with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she finds herself a desperate wallflower. To save her family, she'll do anything. Luckily, she has the perfect plan... She’ll impress the ton by simply announcing she is engaged to the reclusive and mysterious Duke of Thornton, Alexander Masters, and… Continue reading My Darling Duke (Sinful Wallflowers, #1) by Stacy Reid
Beauty and the Beast meets Taming of the Shrew in this laugh-out-loud and heartfelt Regency romance. Lord Nathaniel Harte, the disagreeable Duke of Beswick, spends his days smashing porcelain, antagonizing his servants, and snarling at anyone who gets too close. With a ruined face like his, it's hard to like much about the world. Especially smart-mouthed harpies—with lips better suited… Continue reading The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard
Miss Hannah Pendleton is nursing her pride after her childhood crush falls in love with another. Determined to break a few hearts of her own, she hurls herself into the exciting and hectic schedule of a first season. Hannah finds the glitter and malice of London and its society both intriguing and intimidating. Always clever… Continue reading The Earl of Darby (Wicked Earl’s Club) (Once Upon A Widow Book 4) by Aubrey Wynne
The Wicked Lord’s Mistress is set in the late Victorian period (1886) for fans of upstairs/downstairs dramas such as Downton Abbey and steamy romances. It explores the continuing love story between Lily, a lady’s maid at Torrington Hall, and a handsome, mysterious aristocratic hero called Lord Edgar Wilson. Lily is surrounded by challenges from all… Continue reading The Wicked Lord’s Mistress (The Lord’s Seduction Book #2) by Scarlett Jameson
Introducing the Bow Street Bachelors—men who work undercover for London’s first official police force—and the women they serve to protect. . .and wed? Shipping heiress Georgiana Caversteed is done with men who covet her purse more than her person. Even worse than the ton’s lecherous fortune hunters, however, is the cruel cousin determined to force… Continue reading This Earl of Mine (The Bow Street Bachelors, #1) by Kate Bateman
Welcome to my stop on the book blitz with giveaway hosted by Xpresso Book Tours. Waiting for one’s fiancé to set a date is never fun. Especially when it has now officially been years. Particularly when one is a veritable wallflower with little chance of anything better coming along. More so when said fiancé’s brother is… Continue reading Married to the Lord (The Wallflower Brides, #2) by Samantha Holt
The key to his past……lies with the enemy sharing his bed!Part of The Lochmore Legacy: a Scottish castle through the ages! Rory Lochmore had expected to wage battle, to claim land and finally secure his standing within his clan… Instead he won a wife. A McCrieff wife. Their convenient marriage could unite the two long-feuding… Continue reading Secrets of a Highland Warrior (The Lochmore Legacy #4) by Nicole Locke