Lord Havelock’s List by Annie Burrows
A socially awkward hunk and a pragmatic heroine stuck in a practical marriage. Cute.
Category:Genre: Historical
The Gentleman Rogue by Margaret McPhee
Lots of melodramatic passion and intense secrets in The Gentleman Rogue by Margaret McPhee – the right ingredients for a book that is unexpectedly awesome.
Not Quite a Wife by Mary Jo Putney
Oh, an accidental pregnancy story. This is almost a return to former glory. Almost, not quite, and ain’t that a shame.
How the Scoundrel Seduces by Sabrina Jeffries
How cute, this one is patterned after the ramblings of a Tumblr social justice warrior.
Castle of the Wolf by Margaret Moore
Predictable Castle of the Wolf reminds me of better medieval romances. Still, nostalgia ain’t bad when there are hardly any such books around.
Bonnie by Ellie Macdonald
This one doesn’t know what it wants to be, so it ends up as something it probably never wanted to be.
A Lady’s Revenge by Tracey Devlyn
It’s a spy romance where nobody acts like a spy, a historical thriller without any thrills, with a talented spy heroine who spends all time needing rescue.
Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan
Two very interesting characters in an interracial romance set in Victorian England… alas, it just has to be a novella.
Sweet Revenge by Zoë Archer
Normally Zoë Archer can deliver a kick-ass story, but this one is flat. Still, the heroine is competent, and the hero can be charming for a big dumb lug.
The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
Suffragettes are tricky character to handle, but here, things are actually pretty good.