Musings of a Romance Author
Scandal & Scoundrel Book 1 Miss Sophie Talbot stows away in the carriage of Kingscote, the roguish Marquess Of Eversley, after causing another scandal for her family, newly elevated to the aristocracy. Kingscote, or King, is racing home to his dying father in order to complete his final act of vengeance against the man who … Continue reading My Review: “The Rogue Not Taken” by Sarah MacLean
Book 6 Maiden Lane Series Maximus Batten, Duke Of Wakefield fights against poverty and vice in parliament by day, while by night he does the same as the Ghost of St Giles. When Miss Artemis Greaves, lowly companion to her rich and beautiful heiress cousin, discovers the Dukes’s secret, she blackmails him to rescue her … Continue reading My Review: “Duke Of Midnight” by Elizabeth Hoyt
Book 5 Maiden Lane Series At the end of the last book we discovered there is more than one man who masquerades as the Ghost of St Giles. Godric St John is one of them. Godric St John married Lady Margaret Reading after he was blackmailed by her brother, Lord Griffin Reading (book 2). Lady … Continue reading My Review: “Lord Of Darkness” by Elizabeth Hoyt
Elle Burns, once a slave, is a spy for the Unionist cause. She has a photographic memory; a very useful gift. She returns to the south and goes undercover as a mute house slave to gather intelligence on the Confederates. Here she encounters Malcolm McCall, an undercover detective with Allan Pinkerton’s Secret Service. Elle is a … Continue reading My Review: “An Extraordinary Union” by Alyssa Cole
Ai Li, a nobleman’s daughter, is betrothed to a powerful warlord in order to form an alliance against threats to the Empire. She believes her betrothed is a traitor and she plans to escape on the way to her wedding. While trying to get home to warn her family, she meets western (Turkish) mercenary Ryam … Continue reading My Review: “Butterfly Swords” by Jeannie Lin
Today I crossed the winning line for NaNoWriMo 2019. To celebrate I thought I'd share what I've written. Again, it's been barely edited and don't forget it is the last few days of NaNo. It was all about getting the words down and across the line, so please be forgiving of its rough state. The … Continue reading I’m a NaNo Winner!
Bareknuckle Bastards Book 2 Lady Henrietta Sedley is desperate to prove to her father and the world that she can run his shipping business better than her brother, or any other man. Unfortunately, her brother makes the mistake of stealing from the Bareknuckle Bastards, kings of the criminal classes of Covent Garden, and they want … Continue reading My Review: “Brazen and the Beast” by Sarah MacLean
Book 4 The Maiden Lane Series Lady Isabel Beckinhall loves to tease the serious and devout manager of the children’s home she patronises, Mr Winter Makepeace. Isabel rescues the notorious Ghost of St Giles when she finds him injured in the streets. She becomes increasingly fascinated by both the Ghost, and Winter, and it does … Continue reading My Review: “Thief of Shadows” by Elizabeth Hoyt
Hamish MacHugh has reluctantly inherited a Dukedom he did not want. Megan Windham is being blackmailed into marriage. Hamish offers to help Megan to retrieve her compromising letters, and save her from an unwanted marriage. I really struggled to get into this novel. The plot and characters felt dull and did not engage me. I … Continue reading My Review: “The Trouble with Dukes” by Grace Burrows
Book 2, The Maiden Lane Series The very respectable Lady Hero Batten, saves Lord Griffin Reading from being discovered in flagrante delicto ...a compromising position...oh, you know what I mean, he was banging another man’s wife at Hero’s engagement ball. Thoroughly repulsed by his ungentlemanly behaviour, Hero is happy that she will not have to … Continue reading My Review: “Notorious Pleasures” by Elizabeth Hoyt