Tattoos aren't just for heroes. What kind of amazing Historical Heroine has body art?

 

Find out! Here are some wonderful inked Historical Romance Heroines.

 

 

1. So Wide the Sky by Elizabeth Grayson 

2. High Seas to High Society by Sophia James

3. High Plains Bride by Jenna Kernan

4. The Devil to Pay by Liz Carlyle

5. Everything I Ever Wanted  by Jo Goodman

6. Master of Paradise by Katherine O'Neal 

7. Wicked Widow by Amanda Quick

8. The Scandals of an Innocent) by Nicola Cornick

9. The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin

10. Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase

 

Did I miss your favorite tattooed Historical Romance Heroine? Let me know!

 

To vote for the best of the best of the Inked Historical Ladies, go to the Goodreads list: Inked: Historical Romance Heroines with Tattoos.

 

If you would like to see some gorgeous tattoos, visit my Pinterest Board: Tattooed Lady: Great Heroines of Romance with Body Art 

 

Odalisque (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Bo... This book 3 of the Baroque Cycle follows the paths of the two fictional characters, Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and Eliza. Readers of the Baroque Cycle were previously introduced to Waterhouse in book 1 and Eliza in book 2. In this story they manage to encounter most of the leading historical figures of the day.

The story begins in 1685 with Dr. Waterhouse present at the death of King Charles II. Tension in England then rises because the new King, James II, has Catholic preferences and the core of English sentiments are Protestant.

Meanwhile on the Continent, Eliza is deep in the world of spies, counter spies and finance. She is a confidante of William of Orange (Holland) and Louie IV (France). Her adventures included witnessing the attempted kidnapping of William of Orange. Her travels also witnessed the beginning of French preparations for the invasion of Lorraine that signaled reduced pressure on the Netherlands. This allowed William of Orange to make his move on England that resulted in the so called Glorious Revolution of England.

The story includes descriptions of the advances in natural philosophy. Included are descriptions of the tensions between Leibnetz and Newton, development of calculus, development of the laws of gravity, and the development of the field of dynamics in physics.

The following quotation is an example of colorful and descriptive writing that caught my eye:
...he was one of those blokes who used peripheral vision for everything. Give him a spyglass, he'd raise it to his ear, and see as much as Galileo. His nose had been broken at least twice and he'd endured a blowout fracture of the left eye-socket, which made it seem as if his face were a clay effigy squirting out between the fingers of a clenching fist.


LINK TO Wikipedia article about the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.
LINK TO my review of Quick Silver (Bk. 1) by Neal Stephenson.
LINK TO my review of King of the Vagabonds (Bk. 2) by Neal Stephenson.
LINK TO my review of The Confusion (Bks. 4 & 5) by Neal Stephenson.
LINK TO my review of Solomon's Gold (Bk. 6) by Neal Stephenson.
LINK TO my review of Currency (Bk. 7) by Neal Stephenson.
LINK TO my review of System of the World (Bk. 8) by Neal Stephenson.

This steamy trilogy started slow but halfway through middle story it picked up and I really liked rest of book. 1) Divorced heiress Evelyn races her horse against Marquis of Vigne’s. 2) Sierra goes to Dr. Lange in Buenos Aires to help with her sexual problem. 3) Rich Colonel Brett marries childhood friend Venetia by proxy while in the army.