Lady Serena Ravenshaw fell for one of her father's footmen and was told in no uncertain terms that they had no future together. Rather than be forced to marry some crony of her father's, she ran away and chose to to become a prostitute. One evening, a drunken young gentleman felt pity for her and ga...
*Not so much a book review as me blathering about my favorite themes and passages from the bookYou all did not lead me astray! This was really good, there were some pacing problems in the beginning for me, I like my main couple to be more centric and interacting with one another, but the second half...
Through sheer force of will, Ash Cohen raised himself and his younger brother from the London slums to become the best of confidence men. He’s heartbroken to learn Rafe wants out of the life, but determined to grant his brother his wish.It seems simple: find a lonely, wealthy woman. If he can get he...
***This review has also been posted on The Social Potato Marriage of convenience? A romance between people of the serving class as opposed to aristocracy? YES PLEASE. When I read the blurb for Listen to the Moon, I knew I needed this book in my life and was excited to read it especially since I love...
Disclaimer: I have the privilege of being friends with Ms. Lerner, which is even more a privilege on account of how much I enjoy her books. I love Ash and Lydia, how on some level they understand one another and on other levels it takes work to make things, well, work. I love the side characters, ...
I hold each and every book by Rose Lerner close to my heart. In For A Penny showed me how a tired marriage of convenience trope could be written with a fresh spin, that a debauched aristocratic lover of Gothic romance and a shy brewer's daughter/heiress/math whiz can find common ground and fall in l...
This book makes me feel like this:Elisabeth Lane and I discussed it over at the AAR blog fairly recently:AJH: I should probably warn you, I’m going to be useless for this. I have literally nothing to say about this book that isn’t ‘omg I loved that’.Elisabeth: Well, this is going to be a short revie...
{Disclosure: Rose and I are friends in non-internet life and often meet for happy hour in a spot with a lake view.} This is one of those books where every character gives you the feelings. Mostly you want to hug people -- hard-pressed heroine Phoebe Sparks, for instance, or war-wounded and elect...
A part of me is going:"You know this book wasn't perfect, right?" And the other is going: Because it was just so much fun. Not only the main couple are adorable, I quickly fell in love with almost everybody. That was also thanks to the fact that there was no real black and white division into...
A few months ago, I was very surprised and flattered when Rose Lerner emailed me to ask if I would like a review copy of True Pretenses. Having read and thoroughly enjoyed In for a Penny and Lily Among Thorns, I happily accepted. And hurrah! True Pretenses is a lovely book, and I can recommend it ...
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