I have an addition to the Things That Occur to Me While Reading Historical Romance Novels: LUST IS IMPERVIOUS TO COLD. Never mind all those times people in these books get down to their skivvies in drafty old manor houses, lust’s powers are even greater than I supposed. How else could a person wearing a …
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Spindle Cove Series: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare
Road trip! I first read A Week to Be Wicked about two years ago when I started devouring every historical romance I could get my hands on. It is a wonderful romp and an entertaining read. It hits on all of Tessa Dare’s best aspects as a writer: Smolder. Really, really, good smolder. Lisa Kleypas …
Spindle Cove Series: Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
Desperate for grandchildren and a Dower House, Her Grace the Duchess of Halford has gone to the trouble of drugging her son, Griffin York, His Grace the Duke of Halford, and bringing him to Spindle Cove. Familiar to Tessa Dare readers as the setting of her current series, it’s a convenient location for duchess hunting, …
Spindle Cove Series: Beauty and the Blacksmith by Tessa Dare
I’m not going to lie: I love the cheesy title. It sets just the right tone. Tessa Dare is one of five writers on my historical romance autobuy list and she earned her place there owing to sheer entertainment value. There are different ways for these books to be enjoyable, but Dare’s best books are of …
Castles Ever After Series: Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare
Tessa Dare’s latest Regency romance series is called The Duchess Deal and I would recommend its first book, Girl Meets Duke, over Do You Want to Start a Scandal? This crossover story between Dare’s Spindle Cove and Castles Ever After novels, features the youngest of the Highwood sisters and longtime troublemaker, Charlotte, who has both eldest sibling Diana’s desire for a loving home …
Tessa Dare’s Catalogue
EXCLUSIVELY HISTORICAL ROMANCES The Stud Club Trilogy: One Dance with a Duke – some structural issues, great characters and [fans self] smolder Twice Tempted by a Rogue – a much too literally tortured hero for my tastes Three Nights with a Scoundrel – Dare hitting her stride with a well-intentioned rake Spindle Cove Series: A Night …
Castles Ever After Series: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare
[stunned silence followed by vociferous string of profanity-laden expostulations] That was a change of pace. Well-written. It seems historical romance author Tessa Dare is going in a new direction, one more whimsiquirkilicious than I had anticipated. I have never given my Kindle the side-eye before. And I did, in fact, resist the temptation to throw …
The Prince’s Bride by Victoria Alexander
There is a prince, there is a bride, there is ACTUAL BODICE RIPPING! What more could a historical romance reader ask for? The Plot: Attempted murder. Marriage of convenience. Obscure European royalty. Jocelyn Shelton needs glasses and likes big words, plus her given name is one I am in no position to object to. As a child in genteel …
Mrs. Julien Presents 