This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books.I really enjoyed this book. After listening to the first book in the series, Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark, I was pretty excited to get to this installment because I felt like Darkefell and Lady Anne had some unfinished business to ...
Donna Lea Simpson is a masterful storyteller. The first time I came in to contact with one of her historical romances I could not get over the easiness of the flow, the tender bond between the characters and the straightforward plots. She does throw in a few surprises along the way but it adds to ...
I received an eARC, from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.Jane Dresden just has her mother as her father has pasted. Jane's mother has set up for Jane to marry Viscount Haven. Jane who is around twenty-eight years old does not want to get married and if she does have t...
A Matchmaker's Christmas by: Donna Lea SimpsonBeautiful story of forgiveness and redemption. Twenty years ago Beatrice believes her actions contributed to the death of the wife of David Chappell who she was in love with. For this reason she has closed herself off from society and become a lady'...
I didn't much care for the writing style. It seemed to be trying too hard. Lady Anne was entertaining, but she also seemed to be trying a bit too hard in places. Lord Darkefell was meh. And the book just ended, practically in the middle of a sentence, with no real resolution of the romance arc.
It’s always fun to see a con artist getting conned. Getting the perspective of those who realize they’re being lied to and watching how they turn the lies around can be great fun in a story. It’s even more fun when the all the lies and plots are put aside to reveal a true romance. It was this kind o...
Don't pick this book up thinking it's a romance. It's mainly a mystery with romantic elements. At the time I bought it, I didn't know/realize it was the first book in a series. There might be a lot more romance in book 2. I liked the interplay between the MCs. It's similar to the Zebra gothics ...
I wouldn't call this a romance, but pretty darn sad how someone can waste their lives and wake up one day to see the wrong they do in their lives and wish to change. The big question that the reader have to ask themselves can someone truly redeem the wrongs they do to others?Free ebook @ Carina Pre...
It's 1850s London. A new scandalous novel called The Last Days of a Rake has become a sensation. The author, a Colin Jenkins, is a mystery; no one knows who this fella is. Until a story breaks one day that the author is in fact infamous rake Charles Jameson.This doesn't sit well with Collette Jardin...