Tag: historical (Page 5 of 22)

Review at Dear Author

July 24, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore. Fascinating true story of one woman’s fight for freedom from an asylum and from the control of her husband in the 1860s.

Review at AudioGals

February 3, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Gentleman Wolf by Joanna Chambers, narrated by Hamish McKinlay. Fantastic listen – highly recommend – but have the second book of the duet queued up ready to go as cliffhanger alert! (CW: torture, abuse, sexual assault)

Review at Dear Author

January 5, 2021 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with some thoughts on Susanna Kearsley, The Rose Garden and gleanings.

December Round Up

January 2, 2021 / Kaetrin

Monthly Mini Review

When She Was Naughty by Tessa Dare – A Tessa Dare sent a Christmas gift to her newsletter subscribers so I got this one for free but it’s only 99c from etailers. It’s about 50 pages and it’s such fun. It’s a Christmas bon bon of delight, a frothy funny confection which had me laughing out loud. Chloe Garland believes the Earl of Deverell, Justin Montague, does not like her and disapproves of her frivolity and enjoyment of life. She thinks he’s a stuffed shirt but he’s around her family all the time since his only relative, a beloved cousin married into the Garland clan. She convinces him the annual Garland Christmas Eve ball is one where all the men of the family wear “ugly Christmas waistcoats” in a nod to ugly Christmas sweaters.

Only Chloe is wrong about how the earl feels toward her and a frank discussion in the moonlight inspires her to rethink their past acquaintance. Continue reading

Review at Dear Author

August 27, 2020 / Kaetrin

I’m with Janine over at Dear Author with a joint review of Someone to Romance by Mary Balogh. Unlike previous books in the series, Janine and I disagree on this one. Spoiler Alert: I loved it.