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mermaidsirennikita · 10 months

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What historical romance novels give you beachy/summer vibes?

Gooood question!

Of course, there's Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas. Conveniently the gateway to the Wallflowers series. I need to reread this one, but it's honestly quite good, if overshadowed by the next couple books in the series. There's the girl gang formation, the "rich self-made rough man/snotty poor girl" pairing, the Indecent Proposal of it all, the subtle foot fetish Simon Hunt absolutely has (what are you doing with those boots, Simon; what are you doing; why are you touching her feet). I also remember really liking the little honeymoon trip they take? It's good if you haven't read it yet (and if you can secure a paperback of the original copy before Lisa edited it... do that, the edits are so dumb, this book does not have any serious dubcon). Also, I feel like the scene where the girls play rounders in their underwear in the woods is SOOOO summery, especially when Westcliff shows up and falls completely in hate love with Lillian IMMEDIATELY.

Joanna Shupe's Fifth Avenue Rebels begins with The Heiress Hunt, which takes place largely at a house party in Newport. It's basically a Gilded Age beach trip, with friends, hookups, secrets, tennis. The next book, The Lady Gets Lucky, begins with an overlapping timeline at the house party, then moves back to NYC. The Bride Goes Rogue takes place almost entirely in NYC with a brief interlude in the Catskills, I think? But I'd still read it next because this series is best if read in order (though every book is technically a standalone) and it's EXCELLENT. Then the last book, The Duke Gets Even, goes alllll the way back to the house party and reveals things, and the leads literally meet while he's doing laps in the ocean and she's skinny dipping. There's a huge water motif in that one. A wetness motif, if you will.

I'm not 100% sure why, but I'm really feeling this vibe for Scoundrel of My Heart by Lorraine Heath, an excellent book--I belieeeve the leads fuck on the beach.

Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt takes place over the course of a road trip, essentially, when someone attempts to kidnap the heroine (who is blind, as a side note) and the hero, her bodyguard, has to spirit her away. Road trips often give me summer vibes, but they also do go to the sea at one point, and, yes, fuck on the beach.

The Hawk by Monica McCarty is a medieval you should check out--it's less "beach" versus the sea (though I believe there is at least one scene on a beach) and admittedly this shit takes place in Scotland and Ireland so like, what is summer, but the ocean stuff is so intense and it's so fun. The hero is like, a pirate but also a Scottish lord. At one point they fuck on a raft in the middle of a storm because she's scared and how else can she calm down???

The Duke in Question by Amalie Howard is such a fun ROMP of a book!!! And it begins largely on what is basically a cruise ship, which is why I recommend it. The heroine is like, an intrepid spy, and the hero is a spy too AND her brother's close friend, and they begin this game of cat and mouse. He takes her virginity while she's bent over and braced against a tree because he doesn't realize she's a virgin and she wants it SOOOO bad? And later he finds a handkerchief she used to clean up with her VIRGIN'S BLOOD and is like "OH MY GOD???? I DID THAT????" And then they go back on the ship and fuck some more. So fun.

A Daring Pursuit by Kate Bateman gives me summer vibes. Not 100% sure why, but they do a lot of sexy stuff like.... outdoors. At one point they fuck doggy style in the woods after a near bear attack. It's lots of fun, and so is A Wicked Game, the next book in the series, which may give you a similar vibe.

Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove series gives me serious summer vibes. It's basically set in this little vacation town by the water. The first book in the series has a "near sex while swimming" moment as well. When a Scot Ties the Knot also gives me summer vibes, but that may be because the English heroine going to Scotland gives vacation and because she's trying to sketch her pet lobsters as they fuck through the whole book, so I'm thinking.... water?

Ravished by Amanda Quick is a classic wherein the hero and heroine get stuck in a cave while water is rising (there's treasure involved, it's a lot) and he's like "well, I'm gonna have to marry you since we're spending the night in this cave, so we might as well fuck now". Fucks her right there in the beach cave.

A Rogue's Rules for Seduction by Eva Leigh is super summery to me! Hero left heroine at the altar a year before so they're angsty exes. Their friends and family basically trick them both into coming to this party on an island, and they're stuck there and have to talk it out. There's a hot moment on the beach. Not on the beach, he does in fact eat her ass. They're switches. It's great!

The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham begins with the heroine (a famous rakess) taking a sort of sabbatical to write her memoirs, and it's kinda giving eat pray love except she's just in this one small town (beachy?) area, and also she's way too messy to just have a normal eat pray love time. The heroine meets the hero, this widower single father, and sets out to seduce him. It's good and kinda subversive.

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris and An Island Princes Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera give girls' trip to me--the heroines are from what is now the Dominican Republic and have traveled to Paris. The first book has the rum heiress heroine entering into a marriage of convenience with a hot Scottish whiskey guy and getting fingered on the Eiffel Tower, while the second book is a sapphic romance with the the younger heroine getting entangled in this vampy older woman who wants her land and will do A N Y T H I N G to get it. Both are super good and super hot.

Something Fabulous and Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall give me summery vibes for some reason. It could be because they're just so fucking funny and zany, but this shit can't possibly happen during the winter...? The first book is a m/m roadtrip romance wherein this cold duke has to enlist his fiancee's twin brother to help him find said fiancee after she flees following his proposal. It's so funny, so entertaining, so good. The second book is a nb/nb romance with a genderfluid lead whose former lover enlists her help in getting the attention of a famous, sexy castrato soprano the former lover is into... But the soprano is more into our lead than her lover.

The Palace of Rogues series by Julie Anne Long is one series that just gives me summer vibes? The series takes place at a boarding house, so each book is about different guests (well, technically the first two books are about the owners of the boarding house, but still). It gives vacation-y romcom to me. The next book coming out, How to Tame a Wild Rogue (drops 7/25) has a pirate-y hero and a big thunderstorm keeping everyone stuck inside, which feels especially summery.

What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long also feels very summery to me, as a house party book. My favorite JAL. The hero is pushing 40 and decides to ruin this twenty year old virgin as revenge for her brother cucking him. She immediately catches on, but is using him to try to make this other guy jealous. It's so good. There's dry humping on a bench!!!

The Wrong Marquess by Vivienne Lorret has, again, a lot of stuff happening with people packed together in a house (as well as a very good sex scene that's water/waterfall-adjacent). I think there's a scene at a zoo, too? It's light and fun with just enough looooonging. The hero is the older brother of the heroine's new best friend, and he initially dislikes and is super rude to the heroine, which she believes herself in love with her childhood best friend (who's a duke). The moment when the hero realizes he's fucking obsessed with this girl... The yearning is INTENSE.

Never Seduce a Duke by Vivienne Lorret (same series actually, doesn't follow directly after but is about the above hero's sister) is a crazy fucking book that I love so much. It's very summery to me because the heroine is giving this last hurrah before she's officially a spinster and done with the season thing, and she's traveling Europe with these two spinster aunt types. She meets the hero, he thinks she's stolen an ancient cookbook from him (yes) he follows her through Europe, the flirting is intense, and....... well. Actions. Have. Consequences. It's SO good.

A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean gives me summer vibes, too; it's a roadtrip romance, it's wacky, it's sexy, the hero is an absolute rake and eats the heroine out in a moving carriage...

#romance novel blogging #book recs

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more-than-a-princess · 3 months

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Hi! Love your sonia characterisation and from your ooc posting, I see your tastes are great~ Can I ask the mun: do you have any recommendations for books or TV series? c:

Hi anon! Thank you so much for your kind words regarding my IC content and OOC ramblings, that's really nice of you to say. I'm happy to recommend some things (I admit I did a 'Stitch laughing maniacally on a pile of wreckage' when I got this ask because anon, I am not sure you know what you have asked to unleash!).

However, I wasn't sure if you were asking for recommendations for books/TV series that have directly inspired my Sonia portrayal, or recommendations of things I enjoy in general. With that in mind, I'm going to be sharing a long list of books, TV series, manga/webtoons, and story-based video games that I just happen to like.

If you're looking for media that has directly inspired my portrayal though, please send another ask and I'd be happy to narrow it down for you!

In order not to keep the dash tidy, everything is under a cut, with notes (some important, some just me making jokes) beside a few of them. I hope you find a new favorite book/series to enjoy!

Books:

General Notes: For book series where the first book title isn't the series name, I've indicated which book to start with, save for the historical romances because that's easier to find online and there's a lot of them. I hope that helps! Additionally, for all romance series, assume that there is some mention of sexual content in various degrees of description, aka. "spice." Depending on your comfort level of literary sex, I highly recommend checking out each title on https://www.romance.io/ for their spice level rating, at the very least. The site will also show you tropes found in each book as well as reviews.

Contemporary Romance:

The Time-Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

American Royals series by Katharine McGee

Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin Kwan (way, way better than the movie! It's a trilogy, followed by China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems. I'd highly recommend this if you are writing a modern wealthy character of East Asian descent. Yes it's romance, humor, and contemporary family drama, but it gives what's apparently a very accurate look at high society)

Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (if you are looking for contemporary romance with plus size heroines, you want to check out Olivia Dade! Also Mary Warren and for young adult romance, Kelsie Stelting)

Modern Royals series by Aven Ellis (start with A Royal Shade of Blue)

The Royal Runaway by Lindsay Emory

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (and its sequel, The Heir Affair)

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (this was better than Red, White, and Royal Blue, IMO)

Fantasy Romance:

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas

A note about SJM series: I highly suggest reading TOG or ACOTAR first, with the understanding the first three or so TOG books and the first ACOTAR books have a slower pace and are more about worldbuilding than anything else. Read Crescent City after these two (CC 1 is also a big, long worldbuilding book). You must read ACOTAR to read CC, but you do not need to read TOG to read CC (though you'll miss some of the references/easter eggs!).

The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros (Start with Fourth Wing)

The Shepherd King duology by Rachel Gillig (Start with One Dark Window)

The All-Souls Trilogy/series by Deborah Harkness (Start with A Discovery of Witches)

Historical Romance:

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma Alban

Love by Numbers series by Sarah MacLean (start with Nine Rules to Break While Romancing a Rake. If you finish this series and like her writing, move on to the Bareknuckle Bastards series and the Rules of Scoundrels series)

Spindle Cove series by Tessa Dare (start with A Night to Surrender. If you liked this series, move on to the Castles Ever After series and the Girl Meets Duke series)

pretty much anything by Lisa Kleypas (Bridgerton fans? This is how you get over your hangover/wait between finishing the books and/or Season 3. start with the Wallflowers or the Hathaways series, then move onto the Ravenels and the Bow Street Runners series. This is mostly historically the chronological order with crossover characters between the Wallflowers and Hathaways. Bow Street Runners is chronologically before Wallflowers but it's disappointing if you read it first, trust me!)

everything by Jane Austen. Just everything.

Series/books I'm in the middle of/currently on my TBR list so I can't recommend them fully yet but I'm actively reading them:

The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black (start with The Cruel Prince)

Letters of Enchantment duology by Rebecca Ross (start with Divine Rivals)

Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent (Start with The Serpent and the Wings of Night)

Hades x Persephone saga by Scarlett St. Clair (Start with A Touch of Darkness)

The Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (and Six of Crows. And everything else: I've yet to dive into Bardugo's series)

A League of Extraordinary Women series by Evie Dunmore (Start with Bringing Down the Duke)

Royals series by Rachel Hawkins (start with Prince Charming)

Infamous by Lex Croucher

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Deliciously Dark Fairytales series by K.F. Greene (Start with A Ruin of Roses)

TV series:

Downton Abbey (my love for this show runs deep. It changed my life!)

The Gilded Age (Carrie Coon deserves an Emmy for this at some point I s2g)

The Crown (Claire Foy is the best QEII, Elizabeth Debicki is the best Diana, Josh O'Connor is the best Charles)

Gossip Girl (original 2007 series, not the remake)

The Royals (the E! show)

Succession (Come for Brian Cox emotionally and verbally harass his children, stay for Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Matthew MacFayden, Conheads, and a Ludicrously Capacious Bag.)

The White Lotus (Tanya is ICONIC.)

Miss Scarlet and the Duke

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (If you like Miss Scarlet, I can almost guarantee you will like Miss Fisher. And vice-versa.)

All Creatures Great and Small (the remake)

Sanditon

Black Mirror

Skins (UK series only)

Sex Education

The IT Crowd (the creator is an ass. The show is eternal.)

The Great

The Sopranos

The Empress

The Fall of the House of Usher

Midnight Mass (arguably the best Flanagan series. Fight me.)

Marie Antoinette (2022 TV series)

Dickinson

Euphoria

Stranger Things

The Tudors

Versailles

Unforgotten

Endeavour (you don't need to have seen Inspector Morse beforehand but it helps contextualize where some of this cast ends up in the future! Endeavour is the best murder mystery show ever written, IMO. Unforgotten is a close contender for second place.)

Outlander

Sherlock

Mad Men

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

American Horror Story (earlier seasons are way better than the later ones)

Gentleman Jack

Ted Lasso

Emily in Paris

Pride and Prejudice (the 1995 miniseries with Colin Firth)

Books and TV (that is, read and watch both!):

Bridgerton (books by Julia Quinn)

Magpie Murders (books by Anthony Horowitz. One of my few book recs that isn't a romance! Horowitz is a wonderful contemporary mystery writer)

Webtoons/manga:

(Because some people prefer manga/webtoons to novels! I have read all of these on MangaKatana. Mostly fantasy romance and contemporary romance, several have been made into J or K-dramas)

Under The Oak Tree

See You In My 19th Life

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim?

Like Wind on a Dry Branch

Marriage of Convenience

Father, I Don't Want to Get Married!

We Are Not Ourselves Today

An Hour of Romance

Innocent (The sole historical drama over here. Every sex and violence trigger warning you can imagine applies to this manga. It is also one of the most beautifully-drawn and intriguing stories I've ever read. Rose of Versailles fans, this is for you: this is your fave but darker.)

Marry My Husband

Video games with excellent storytelling:

(mostly. These are primarily otome games, mystery visual novels, and horror visual novels):

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (there are three games in this series: 999, Virtue's Last Reward, and Zero Time Dilemma)

AI: The Somnium Files (There are currently two games in this series, AITSF and AITSF: Nirvana Initiative. Zero Escape and Somnium Files are basically required to play after Danganronpa. I said what I said: the storytelling is better)

Code: Realize (The best storytelling of all otome games, hands down. Do not watch the anime: it sucks. The first game is the best and really the only one you need to play. The other two games have okay side stories and are mostly romantic continuations of the first game's routes)

Collar x Malice

Cupid Parasite (mostly for the last two routes, though: if you're using a walkthrough guide. Generally much lighter than your usual otome...save for the last two routes that serve to break you.)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (you could watch both seasons of the original anime if you really want to, but the games are better)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Note: please keep in mind this was written 10+ years ago in Japan, especially when you get to the Big Reveals in the final game. There are Some Takes that would go over poorly today. Like Code: Realize, do not watch the anime: IT SUCKS.)

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Spirit Hunter: NG (You don't technically have to play Death Mark first but it makes one of the endings far more impactful if you do!)

Honorable mentions:

Hakuoki (so many routes, so very long! But if you like Japanese history around this time, you may like this)

Olympia Soiree (good on the more mature content, bad on some of the LIs giving me pause like 'this is not a good romance idea')

Amnesia: Memories (I'm not a fan of the female main character or two of the LIs. At all.)

Piofiore (Similar complaints as Amnesia.)

#more-than-a-princess answered #more-than-a-princess musings #(Doing a Munday post today for my daily queued offering!)#(I've wanted a place to write down everything I recommend to read/watch/play and this ask was a great place for it)#(Thank you anon!)#(I'll link this in my bio too for future reference)#(LMK if you end up loving anything from this list!)

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mediaevalmusereads · 7 months

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Romancing the Duke. By Tessa Dare. Avon, 2014.

Rating: 4/5 stars

Genre: historical romance

Series: Castles Ever After #1

Summary: As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities.

And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one.

Ugly duckling turned swan?

Abducted by handsome highwayman?

Rescued from drudgery by charming prince?

No, no, and… Heh.

Now Izzy’s given up yearning for romance. She’ll settle for a roof over her head. What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty-six year-old woman who’s never even been kissed?

This one.

***Full review below.***

Content Warnings: graphic sexual content, ableism, reference to bullying

Overview: I'm in a bit of a reading slump, so I figured I'd try to get back into things by picking up some Tessa Dare. I loved the Spindle Cove series, so I figured I'd try Castles Ever After. Overall, I liked this book more than I thought I would. Despite some pacing problems and a male love interest that is an archetype I dislike, there was something thematically satisfying about how everything came together in this novel. So for that reason, this book gets 4 stars from me.

Writing: Dare's writing in this book contains all the characteristic humor balanced with sincerity that an avid reader might expect from the author. There were moments that were silly alongside moments that were more serious, and it was a comforting reminder of why I enjoy Dare's work so much.

But what I really liked about this book was the way all the thematic threads came together. This book is concerned with a number of things: fairy tales (or fiction, more broadly) vs reality, feeling like one cannot live up to expectations, etc. All of them complimented each other and wove in and out of the individual character arcs in ways that I found incredibly satisfying.

Plot: The non-romance plot of this book follows Isolde Goodnight, the impoverished daughter of a famous children's author. After the sudden death of her father leaves her penniless, Izzy receives a letter from a mysterious solicitor, informing her that she has inherited a castle from an admirer of her late father. Izzy travels to claim the castle only to find that the previous owner - the mysterious and surly Ransom Vane, Duke of Rothbury - is still living inside. With both Izzy and Ransom unwilling to give up their claim on the castle, the two resolve to tolerate each other until the legal matters can be settled.

There were parts of this book that I found a little silly, but on the whole, it was charming and light and I got swept up in the fairy-tale dramatics of it all. I liked seeing the push and pull between Izzy and Ransom, and I think the theme of inheritance and fraud was interesting without being overpowering or distracting.

I do think, however, that the last 25% of the book or so was incredibly rushed. There was a moment when Ransom had a change of heart about Izzy's father and his stories, and from that point on, it felt like Dare was racing to the end. I think Random's change would have felt more natural if we had seen more of the process from his perspective. As it stands, the scenes are structured in a way so that Ransom pops off page for a while and comes back completely changed, and we learn of what changed him through expositional dialogue. As a result, a lot of important things are told to us, and the action being described is dramatic enough where I would have actually liked to see it play out.

But even so, the plot came together in a way that I felt did a lot of justice to the book's themes, so even with the pacing issues, the plot was crafted well enough to impress me.

Characters: Izzy, our heroine, is admirable for her stubborn refusal to give up on her security and for her refusal to back down from Ransom. I liked that she could outsmart Ransom and get the upper hand, and I liked that she often used that power to do things that benefited both of them. I also really liked that Izzy was inexperienced without being naive. Since she has never been kissed and has grown up on fairy tales, one might expect that she has unrealistic expectations of romance, but I found her down-to-earth (yet not too austere) attitude refreshing. I also very much respected Izzy's awareness about how appearances affect one's place in society and how not meeting people's expectations can damage relationships, especially between (for lack of a better word) celebrities and fans.

Ransom, our hero, is of an archetype that I don't enjoy much: he's grumpy and self-loathing in a way that feels too self-indulgent, and he's constantly telling the heroine how much of a dangerous monster he is. Given his background and the themes this book is playing with, I understand why Ransom is written this way, but even so, I've kind of had my fill of heroes like him.

Supporting characters were rather charming in that most of them were loyal, devoted supporters of either Izzy's father or Ransom's mother. I loved that Izzy was kind to people who were just a little too devoted to her father's stories, seeing them as well-intentioned and worthy of respect. I also loved the dedication and affection Ransom's valet, Duncan, had for his master and how he challenges the definition of "family" for Ransom's benefit.

Romance: The romance between Izzy and Ransom was entertaining in that they were constantly at odds with one another, trying their best to get the upper hand. It was amusing to watch them go toe to toe and for Izzy to almost single handedly be responsible for Ransom wanting to rejoin the wider world, learning that asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It made the emotional intimacy more powerful, and I felt like both characters grew together as individuals and as one half of a couple.

The only thing that irritated me was that there were a few moments when Ransom's forwardness felt a little too aggressive, though my observation might be based on personal taste. I'm not a fan of heroes who don't necessarily care for their virgin partners properly, and it seemed to me that there were times when Ransom prioritized his own pleasure over Izzy's comfort.

TL;DR: Despite some pacing problems and a hero who is a bit too broody for my tastes, Romancing the Duke earns a higher rating for its stubborn heroine and its effective exploration of complex themes. Though there were some things that I wish were different, overall, this book was fairly entertaining and did a good job incorporating various fairy tale and gothic elements without feeling too naive.

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stumbleonhometomycats · 9 months

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For the anon asking about spicy book recs: Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series (regency) is top notch porn with a pinch of plot, Jen DeLuca’s Well Met series (contemporary) delightful medium/slow burn with a heavy dose of porn, and Lyssa Kay Adams’ Bromance Bookclub series (also contemporary) is the perfect sweet and spicy combo!

MORE BOOK RECS!!!!!!!

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alrightsnaps · 1 year

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#regency romance #historical romance #romancelandia

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dhaaruni · 2 years

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This is going to sound strange, but do you know of any historical romance novels that are about the bourgeoisie or the petite bourgeoisie?

Hmmm let me think. Of late, historical romance writers are trying to be more nuanced in their depiction of class differences etc. and you can read the descriptions of books and usually get a good idea what they're about. A lot of these are interclass romances and may not be what you're looking for but you can pick and choose what works for you.

Sarah MacLean's Rules of Scoundrels series is about disgraced noblemen who open a gambling club and her Bareknuckle Bastards series is about like a band of brothers who literally fought bareknuckle to feed themselves.

Eva Leigh's London Underground series is excellent, and the third book in particular, Dare to Love a Duke is my favorite and the heroine of it is a sex club owner and former sex worker who's trying to open a school for underprivileged girls, and she's just so awesome.

Joanna Shupe's Uptown Girls series takes place in Gilded Age New York and it's basically about the Schuyler Sisters (from Hamilton) falling in love with downtown men, and the second book, The Prince of Broadway is particularly excellent since Florence is so smart and confident but is also just a total dumbass and the entire book is her getting herself into bad situations and everybody else going "okay but you had to know this was a stupid idea."

Lisa Kleypas has a lot of interclass romances like my favorite is of course Devil in Winter which is a marriage of convenience with the heroine basically being at the financial and emotional mercy of her family and marrying Sebastian St. Vincent, a major ~rake, to escape.

Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove series and her Girl Meets Duke series are all interclass romances and at least one party is often genuinely impoverished. Like, my personal favorite, Any Duchess Will Do, has a heroine that's a barmaid taking care of her disabled sister, and the hero's a duke with a legitimately sad backstory. The book made me cry and has probably one of the hottest sex scenes in any romance novel bar none lol.

Elizabeth Hoyt's Maiden Lane series is a thriller romance series of 13 books, and some are definitely stronger than others but my favorite, Duke of Midnight, has a hero that's a duke (and more...) and the heroine is the impoverished cousin of the woman he's courting. This book has also one of the most memorable sex scenes in any romance novel ever lmao.

The leads in Lorraine Heath's Sins for All Seasons are all bastards who are adopted by the same woman and while they marry into the nobility, they all work for a living and that's a huge part of the conflict in the books.

Hopefully that gets you started! Sorry if I wasn't able to be of more help, and sorry I keep repeating myself with the same books lol.

#answered #anonymous #romance novels #book recs

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sometimesrosy · 1 year

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Do you want to share some titles of your historical romance?

Some of the books I love? Sure. I'll try. I'm not great with names and titles (they start blending together imo), but these historical romances often go in series anyway.

So lets say you saw Bridgerton and loved it and wanted more. Definitely read Julia Quinn. I thought the first season was a good adaptation of The Duke and I, but there was no reason to add that awful sister-love triangle. The book was funnier, more romantic and less soapy. Although the casting is amazing. I like all eight of the books but the third (which they are skipping out of order for some reason) is actually my least favorite. Cinderella story but just a bit boring imo.

My first reintroduction to Historical (I read A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E Woodiwiss as comfort reading when I was a teen. It's old fashioned by our standards) was Lisa Kleypas, particularly the Wallflower series (Devil in Winter is famous [maybe infamous]) The Hathaways, and the Ravenels, which is still going. They all share characters and a universe but the Ravenels is the next generation.

Tessa Dare is more of a romcom vibe and her books tend to be a little lighter. Spindle Cove is about a little resort village full of spinsters, bluestockings and scandalized ladies. (A Week to be Wicked is on everyone's favorite list.) Also Girl Meets Duke and Castles Ever After series. Tessa hasn't put out a book since the quarantine so we're still waiting for the next Girl Meets Duke.

Courtney Milan is also a favorite. She's half Chinese and an ex lawyer and famously shut down the Romance Writers Association for racism the month before the quarantine. She's very active on twitter. I loved the Brother's Sinister (especially Countess Conspiracy and Suffragette Scandal) and... oh look I haven't read the other series but I did read two other books.The Devil Comes Courting, set in China with a Chinese engineer heroine and The Duke Who Didn't, with a half Chinese duke and a Chinese woman living in a little village full of immigrants.

Oh. Right now my historical romance book club is doing a season of Cat Sebastian, who mostly writes queer romances. Not mostly. She writes queer romances. Even her m/f pairings are queer. Bisexual, non binary, asexual, etc. A good portion of them are MLM and some are WLW. One of my favorites so far was Unmasked by the Marquess, where a house maid dresses as her charge's dead brother so she can get her a good marriage and ooops. Falls in love with the pan marquess.

You know. I could literally go on and on with this. So let me just end with some authors. I'll mark if they're on kindle unlimited so you can try them out without $$$)

Lorraine Heath

Elisa Braden (kindle unlimited)

SM LaViolette aka Minerva Spencer (kindle unlimited)

Eloisa James

Beverly Jenkins (Ms. Bev, she writes Black american stories)

Joanna Shupe (she mostly write Gilded Age american stories set in NYC)

Mary Balogh (not quite as spicy, lots of trauma healing, welsh)

Stacy Reid (kindle unlimited and hit or miss for me but I loved her latest The Wolf and the Wildflower [tarzan H+h who dresses as a man to be a psychiatrist it's bonkers]) Stacy is black but her characters are mainly white.

Sarah MacLean

Kerrigan Byrne (kindle unlimited)

I hope that helps. :)

#reading #historical romances #yes you can send me asks about historical romances

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Finalmente è disponibile in italiano il romance storico Romancing the duke di Tessa Dare

La mia recensione del libro Romancing the duke, di Tessa Dare, pubblicato in italiano col titolo INNAMORARSI DI UN DUCA

Link: https://amzn.to/4aKDGD7

Trama: Figlia di un famoso autore di favole, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight era cresciuta ascoltando storie di cavalieri coraggiosi e belle fanciulle. E non aveva mai dubitato che anche nel suo futuro ci sarebbe stata una grande storia d'amore. I libri di fiabe dopotutto offrivano infinite possibilità. Ma crescendo si è resa conto che nessuna per lei si era avverata. Il brutto anatroccolo è diventato cigno? No, era ancora il brutto anatroccolo. Rapita da un bel bandito? No. Salvata dal principe azzurro? No, mai successo. E così Izzy aveva rinunciato a tutti i suoi sogni romantici. Quello che sognava al momento era un tetto sopra la testa poichè stava per perderlo. Ma ecco che a 26 anni avviene il miracolo e erredita un castello. Un vero catello, proprio come quello delle principesse. Solo in rovina, e occupato da un duca burbero e sfigurato.... che si rifiuta di cederle quello che lui considera il suo castello.

Questo romanzo è il primo della serie Castles Ever After, composta dai libri:

1. Innamorarsi di un duca (Romancing the Duke)

2. Say Yes to the Marquess

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3. When a Scot Ties the Knot

Link: https://amzn.to/3vpcBFj

4. Un cuore senza scandalo (questo libro, in originale intitolato Do You Want to Start a Scandal, è anche il quinto libro della serie Spindle Cove della stessa autrice che lo ha inserito in sue due serie, perciò è già stato pubblicato in Italia diversi anni fa).

Link: https://amzn.to/38irICm

Se questo video vi è piaciuto vi piaceranno anche:

Video dedicato agli altri libri della serie Castle ever after: https://youtu.be/0gRWmzCZfrg

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readtilyoudie · 1 year

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No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean

Not The Kind of Earl You Marry by Kate Pembrooke

Notorious Ladies of London by Scarlett Scott

Once A Gunslinger by Diana Bold

Once Upon A Promise by Nicola Davidson

One Good Earl Deserves A Lover by Sarah MacLean

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

Pennyroyal Green Series by Julie Anne Long

A Pirate Romance Duology by Opal Reyne

Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James

Pride and Pleasure by Sylvia Day

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

Rebel Rising by Beth Revis

Regency Christmas Brides by Aileen Fish

The Regency Rogues Series by Amalie Howard

Rogues Rush In by Tessa Dare, Christi Caldwell

Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger

Rules of an Engagement by Suzanne Enoch

The Rules of Scoundrels by Sarah MacLean

Scandal and Scoundrel by Sarah MacLean

The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare

Scandals With Bite Series by Brookyln Ann

Secrets, Scandals, and Spies Series by Maddison Michaels

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Silk Is For Seduction by Loretta Chase

Sinful Suitors by Sabrina Jeffries

Spindle Cove Series by Tessa Dare

Sunflower Season Anthology

Surrey SFS Series by Nicola Davidson

Tartans and Titans Series by Amalie Howard

Temptation’s Darling by Johanna Lindsey

Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean

To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt

The Townsends by Lily Maxton

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara

Unfit to Print by K.J. Charles

Villain I’d Like To F... Anthology

What I Did For A Duke by Julie Anne Long

When Beauty Tamed The Beast by Eloisa James

When She Was Naughty by Tessa Dare

Wicked Husbands Series by Scarlett Scott

The Widow’s Auction by Sabrina Jeffries

The Wild Wynchesters Series by Erica Ridley

Worth of a Lady by Tarah Scott

#ARCHIVE POSTS #work in progress #blog maintenance

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Review: Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare

I adore Tessa Dare, but I hated this novella. I couldn't deal with the male main character at all. If you're reading Spindle Cove for the first time, definitely skip this one. See why in my full review:

Once Upon a Winter’s Eve Tessa Dare Publisher: Samhaim Publishing Publication Date: November 15, 2011 Series or Standalone: Spinde Cove #1.5 Links: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Goodreads – StoryGraph Rating: MY REVIEW CW: Violence; sexual harassment I somehow skipped this novella when I did my last reread of the Spindle Cove series. Now, normally I adore Tessa Dare’s work – she writes some…

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I’m not sure if it’s the absolutely abysmal weather where I live or what but I am feeling super depressed (the kind where you’re like huh my life has no meaning and everyone else has everything figured out and I’m so alone…) Anyway I want to treat myself to a new historical romance and I’ve been eyeing Beauty Tempts the Beast by Lorraine Heath - which I know I’ve seen you recommend. All this to say I love Lorraine’s books but they’re not always what I would call upbeat so do you think that one would be a good choice or can you recommend anything better given my situation? I also realize after writing this that it may be time to book another session with my therapist!

Well, first off, I'm sorry you're down! I promise you everyone else doesn't have it figured out because I don't lol, but I've felt this way quite often in my life (... like from June to October last year with no stop) so I get it. I hope that it cools down soon. I love therapy and it's always something I'd recommend.

Re: Beauty Tempts the Beast--I definitely wouldn't call it one of Lorraine's darker books, and I don't think it would've made mY mood worse if I was down, but I also have a very high tolerance for sad fiction and I also feel that I seek out that stuff sometimes when I'm down, on like a weird sympathetic level.

Things I'd give a heads up about:

--the entire conceit of Sins for All Seasons is that the Trewloves (all but one) are not their mother's biological children; rather, they were all illegitimate, with different bio moms, and left at a Ettie Trewlove's doorstep. She was a baby farmer--basically, this is a thing where women would take illegitimate children on for a fee. They were either paid to care for the kids, often in subpar conditions, or they were paid to like... quietly kill them. Ettie basically got besieged by guilt/lost her kids after quietly letting two babies die (.... yeah ..... I was never... 100% on board with Ettie, even though she was humane about it lol) so she took on the Trewloves and raised them on her own. (They love her, it's fine.) So while I wouldn't say this has a HUGE dark shadow over Beast's (the hero) backstory it is a thing... to be aware of. I mean, Beast finding his bio parents is a huge deal, but the whole baby farmer thing is more of a shadow over the series.

--Beast has a physical abnormality that people made fun of him for. It's not super visible with the way he presents himself, but it was hard on him and I was very "oh baaaaaby :(((" about it.

Overall, definitely lighter than, say The Scoundrel in Her Bed (the darkest Sins for All Seasons book but also my favorite lol). Definitely lighter than say, Between the Devil and Desire. But angsty enough.

For lighter stuff, I would always recommend, of course, Tessa Dare. Her Spindle Cove series is so fun, especially A Week to Be Wicked. I also love Any Duchess Will Do, though the hero does have a very sad backstory (no spoilers, but it's not abuse-related). When a Scot Ties the Knot and Goddess of the Hunt are also books of hers I'd recommend. They're funny and sexy and overall lighthearted, though not without emotion.

Stephanie Laurens writes a hilarious book. They're older and they're usually wacky, often with a funny mystery plot that's like, glaringly obvious and an alpha male hero who has A CONQUEROR'S SPIRIT. A Rake's Vow is a ridic cozy mystery vibe in which our hero Vane goes to a house party, some shit gets stolen, they're like "VAAAANE YOU'RE SO GOOD AT FIIINDING" and he's like yes I am I shall find the culprit (it takes him the entire book even though it's very clear but the mystery is just a framing device lmao) and in the meantime this fatherless teen boy starts idolizing him, but the teen boy's sister Patience is like NOOOO VANE IS SUCH A WHORE MY BROTHER CAN'T BE LIKE HIM!!! And Vane is like "True! But hurtful!" However, by then he's already decided she's The One so he begins a hot pursuit.

Scandal's Bride is another great one, though of course heads up the heroine drugs the hero for their first time (her first ever lmao) because she wants to get pregnant by him without him remembering (it's a long story). His reaction to this is just "freaky; I'M ABOUT IT" and they spend the rest of the book fucking like bunnies in Scotland while a MYSTERY is afoot. I'm not even gonna lie, this is a new favorite of mine. I don't care. Richard and Catriona are FREAKS and they're perfect for each other.

A Secret Love is another funny one wherein the heroine disguises herself as a veiled widow in order to get the hero to help her out with a financial fraud mystery. Which is ridic because they were childhood friends, but because they grew up and got horny they started hated each other (as they want to rip each other's clothes off). Wild. Insane. They fuck without him knowing who she is. At least twice. Love it.

Vivienne Lorret writes a really cute, light, sexy time! I'd for sure recommend The Wrong Marquess (best friend's brother, dislike to lovers), How to Steal a Scoundrel's Heart (mistress contract, "cold" hero), and Never Seduce a Scot (cat and mouse across Europe, duke with glasses, a big WHOOPS).

Alexandra Vasti's Halifax Hellions books are soooo fun. They're technically three novellas about the Halifax siblings, Margo (on a roadtrip chase with my brother's best friend who's secretly in love with meeee), Matilda (secretly kinky and on voyage with a kinky duke I drew porn about), and Spencer (I have a SECRET WIFE AND NOBODY TOLD ME????).

Alexis Hall has a duo of super lighthearted queer historicals--Something Fabulous (m/m, stern grumpy proposes to a woman and when she flees, starts chasing her with her sunshiney frivolous twin brother, ass eating and RIDICULOUS DUELS ensue) and Something Spectacular (genderfluid lovelorn lead is supposed to help her ex gf hook up with an nb castrato soprano, only for said rockstar soprano to go mmmmm I'd rather fuck yooooou; they also accidentally inspire a gay poetry orgy).

Elisa Braden's Midnight in Scotland series is so fun. Some heavier stuff happens (check TWs), but I would say that tonally she is much more lighthearted than Lorraine, and the books are quite hot.

#romance novel blogging #book recs #romance novels #i hope this helps!

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@healingwords asked: 👀 - Name a series you've recently started!

Munday Questions meme

Possibly the most dangerous question on this list (for infodumping at least!). In short, when I’m not writing here, taking part in a few hobbies, or working...I’m likely reading or watching something. Partly for work and partly because I’m addicted to manga sites and my kindle, I’m never not starting, in the middle of, or finishing a series. Video games are easy though: like every other otome fan with a Switch, I’m on Piofiore 1926 and Amnesia Later x Crowd.

That said, here’s a few things I’m currently into or have just started:

Books:

Bow Street series and Gamblers of Cravens series by Lisa Kleypas (might as well go through all of her historical romance series at this rate)

Rokesby series/Bridgerton prequels by Julia Quinn (Please be better than the Smith-Smythe series!)

Girl Meets Duke and Spindle Cove series by Tessa Dare

The Selection (series) by Kiera Cass

A Court of Thorns and Roses (series) by Sarah J. Maas (my friends are convinced this is a fantasy series I will actually love! So I’m giving book 1 a shot)

I’m also waiting on a few other series to drop some updates/next editions in their respective series, too. But the above is what I’m actively reading.

TV:

She-Hulk (haters to the left, this is an incredible series and Jennifer Walters & She-Hulk have been my favorite Marvel characters for years), What We Do in the Shadows (Just finished Season 4!), The Bear, Miss Scarlet & The Duke Season 2, Rings of Power, Sandman, Never Have I Ever, and I need to start Andor. Some of these I watch with my fiancé and we are very slow at catching up.

I also have my super guilty pleasure show of Real Girlfriends in Paris no don’t look at me like that, I hate almost everyone on it but I get sweeping shots of Paris and that’s what counts

I’m waiting for a lot of new series updates to drop after seeing what Netflix/Tudum is offering, including but not limited to: Bridgerton, Bridgerton: A Queen Charlotte Story, The Crown, You, Elite, Stranger Things, Castlevania, Emily in Paris, Wednesday, Lupin, Squid Game, and 1899. Someone yell at me to finally start and finish Enola Holmes and The Umbrella Academy, too.

And for Hulu...I need Season 3 of The Great. So much.

Manga:

I read a lot of josei and historical manga/manhwa, mostly! I need to get caught up with the new chapters that just dropped of Father, I Don’t Want to get Married!. I’ve also just started Is It Fortune or Is It Woe? and I just finished What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?.

Everything else I either need to start from the beginning or I’m waiting on new updates.

#more-than-a-princess answered #more-than-a-princess musings #(Munday Questions meme)#healingwords #(Thank you for the ask!)#(Also I'm so sorry: bulk listing fandoms is a weakness of mine)#(But yeah I watch/read a lot. Probably way too much.)

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A Night to Surrender. By Tessa Dare. Avon, 2011.

Rating: 4/5 stars

Genre: historical romance

Series: Spindle Cove #1

Summary: Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men; it is a haven for those who live there.

Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. So far as he can tell, there's nothing in this place but spinsters... and sheep. But he has no choice, he has orders to gather a militia. It's a simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna Finch—a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the invasion of Bram's makeshift army.

Susanna has no use for aggravating men; Bram has sworn off interfering women. The scene is set for an epic battle... but who can be named the winner when both have so much to lose?

***Full review below.***

Content Warnings: explicit sexual content, internalized ableism, medical trauma, blood, description of a physical injury

Overview: I realized I started at book 2 and read this whole series without going back to the beginning, so here we are. I very much like Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove series, as a whole, and the first installment is a good setup. While there were things here and there that didn't quite gel with me, the book was overall a solid romance novel, so it gets 4 stars from me.

Writing: The writing in this book is about what you would expect of a Dare novel. It's quick, it's humorous, and readers will have no trouble following the action. Dare also does a really good job of weaving her themes together and setting up ideas at the beginning of the novel, bringing them together once again towards the end. It made the book as a whole feel carefully planned and coherent, and for that, I think Dare deserves a lot of credit.

Plot: The non-romance plot of this book follows Victor "Bram" Bramwell, a lieutenant colonel who finds himself "promoted" to Earl of Rycliff following a wartime injury. He is tasked with running a volunteer militia to prove his fitness for war, and if he does well, he may be given back his military post. The problem is that the only major settlement on his lands is Spindle Cove - a seaside retreat for gently-bred ladies.

Susanna Finch is the daughter of a famous gunsmith, and before Bram came to town, she was the defacto figurehead. Now, with Bram and his militia threatening the peace and safety of Spindle Cove, she must figure out a way to get Bram what he wants without risking the way of life the women have built for themselves.

What I liked most about the plot was the exploration of what it meant for men to have "purpose" and why women's spaces are so threatening to the patriarchy. For a large portion of this book, Bram and his companions maintain that the Spindle Cove way of life has emasculated the men living there, but the more we read, the more clear it is that patriarchy poses a threat to all. I will admit, I wasn't wholly on board with this plot at first; there were some instances where it felt like Susanna and Spindle Cove were being asked to carve out a space for men, even though the village itself was set up as a haven for women to escape patriarchy. Over time, I came around, in part because the message was less about male and female spaces but more about making a space where everyone felt comfortable.

Characters: Susanna, our heroine, is stubborn, independent, and wonderfully spirited. It's easy to be on her side because she cares so desperately for her friends and for Spindle Cove as a whole. I found her struggle with her relationship with her father to be compelling and complicated, and her history as a healer to be moving. If I had any complaint, I would say that Susanna is a bit too easy to forgive, especially after the men come barreling into the local tea shop and almost kill someone. In my view, Susanna could have taken Bram and the others more to task for insisting on masculine spaces when doing so causes so much hurt and destruction. It would have been a good opportunity to explore questions of why women-centered spaced are important, but Susanna doesn't quite go far enough.

Bram, our hero, is fairly easy to sympathize with due to his abundance of internalized ableism and associating self worth with "action." Bram is single minded in his pursuit of returning to his old life, but his injury is such that he will never be physically the same as before. Thus, a large part of his arc involves learning to build a new life and find a new purpose, and that's something I think a lot of people can understand. I do think, however, that Dare should have leaned harder into him for his thoughts about gender. While Bram does change and does end up softening his stance, he also goes into Spindle Cove with rigid ideas about men and women. While Dare does a good job challenging this in some places, I think more of these rigid ideas could have been taken to task.

Supporting characters were fun and enriched the story. A lot of them will figure as protagonists in subsequent Spindle Cove books, so if you'd like a more in depth assessment, feel free to check out my other reviews. But suffice it to say, the secondary characters made for both a charming community at Spindle Cove, and even Bram's companions (bull headed as they are) grew on me.

Romance: The romance between Susanna and Bram was fine. I really liked the trust and intimacy that they built later in the book, and I enjoyed their battle of wills that made the two of them rivals (to lovers). Bram's hunger for physical touch was endearing, and Susanna's insistence on giving Bram what he needed (versus what he wanted) made for some compelling emotional intimacy. The only thing that wasn't quite my jam was the speed at which their lust developed. I personally find it preposterous when the hero and heroine have such raging lust for one another from the get go, and Bram and Susanna's physical attraction was a little ridiculous at first. Over time, though, their physical longing felt balanced by their emotional longing, so things got better as their relationship developed.

TL;DR: A Night to Surrender is a strong introduction to the Spindle Cove series, pitting to stubborn, headstrong protagonists against one another while also exploring the gendered expectations of "purpose." While there were things here and there that weren't to my personal taste, overall, I found the concept of Spindle Cove intriguing and I look forward to reading more Dare novels.

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Do You Want To Start A Scandal: Book Review

I'm happy I finally got to finish up this series, maybe not in a timely manner, and technically not in its entirety (I skipped the novellas, though I'm sure they were cute.), but still I'm marking this one as finished up. With that said, let's get on with my thoughts, feelings, and rambles on...

All Charlotte wanted was to avoid scandal. Instead, she was caught in the arms of a mysterious, handsome lord...and he's not letting go. On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. Was it Lord Canby, with the maid, on the divan? Or Miss Fairchild, with a rake, against the wall? Perhaps the butler did it. All Charlotte Highwood knows is this: it wasn't her. But rumors to the contrary are buzzing. Unless she can discover the lovers' true identity, she'll be forced to marry Piers Brandon, Lord Granville--the coldest, most arrogantly handsome gentleman she's ever had the misfortune to embrace. When it comes to emotion, the man hasn't got a clue. But as they set about finding the mystery lovers, Piers reveals a few secrets of his own. The oh-so-proper marquess can pick locks, land punches, tease with sly wit . . . and melt a woman's knees with a single kiss. The only thing he guards more fiercely than Charlotte's safety is the truth about his dark past. Their passion is intense. The danger is real. Soon Charlotte's feeling torn. Will she risk all to prove her innocence? Or surrender it to a man who's sworn to never love?

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This novel started out so entertaining, and I definitely loved the banter between Charlotte and Piers, as well as their meet-cute. The little mystery that Dare wove was fairly fun as well, and of course she gave you plenty of her regular charm. That being said, for me, this didn't exactly stick the landing. I've learned, that in this series at least, Dare is going to make her couple have an argument or a misunderstanding fairly close to the end, and honestly I feel like it doesn't leave a lot of time for forgiveness and understanding to feel believable. I suppose at times, it feels rushed.

Now, the ending wasn't terrible by any means, but it did almost go up in... flames. The hero is someone you can like and root for during a majority of the story, but as soon as the L word comes out it's like he turns into a complete ass. He's also not just an ass in his emotions, but his actions as well, considering he stages a fire in the heroine's bedroom, burning up some of her belongings, putting her in even worse social ruin, and causing a strain on one of her dear friendships. I'm all for working through issues, but damn, nearly burning a bedroom down is almost too close to being a psychopath for me. Still, everything gets worked out in the end, as it always does in a romance novel. Piers also isn't the worst hero I've ever had to experience, but I just wish we had been given a little more time to work out the fact that he literally set her bedroom on fire.

There was also the fact that I wish we'd had more time with Delia and Charlotte's friendship, and I'd be interested to read Delia's story as well. One final look at all of our Spindle Cove girls would have been nice as well, but all things considered, this was a decent enough send off.

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Trigger Warnings: Poisoning, Slut Shaming, Mentions of Suicide, Fire,

Heat Level: 4/5 (or does the fire make it 5/5?)

#romance novels #historical romance #regency era #do you want to start a scandal #tessa dare #spindle cove series #book reviews #romance novel #romancelandia #romance community #book review

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