π₯π₯π₯π₯.5/5 When Kieran instigates a huge scandal for his family, his father threatens to cut him off unless he finally buckles down and finds himself a respectable wife. Β But these kinds of ladies are in short supply in Kieran’s life, he turns to his best friend’s sister, Celeste for help. In return for introductions to…… Continue reading The Good Girl’s Guide to Rakes
Tag: historical romance
Gentleman Seeks Bride
π₯π₯π₯.5/5 Thomas Sharpe must find an heiress to marry – and soon – Β to care for his family after his father made some bad investments. In London, he meets Lady Jane Capel. Cut off from her family after her fiance jilted her, Jane has been living with her half-brother, and Thomas’ best friend, and is…… Continue reading Gentleman Seeks Bride
The Lady Gets Lucky
π₯π₯π₯π₯/5 Shy heiress Alice Lusk is ready to take some drastic measures to attract a husband and get out of her mother’s household. Β She’s been secretly spending time in the kitchen to learn from a master chef and can’t wait to have her own household so she can spend her days doing what she loves.…… Continue reading The Lady Gets Lucky
Devil in Disguise
π₯π₯π₯π₯/5 The latest installment in the Ravenal Series, Devil in Disguise, gives us the story of Lady Merritt Sterling and Keir MacRae. Lady Merritt is the daughter of Lillian and Marcus, recently widowed and running her late husband’s shipping company. Keir is a rugged Scottish whiskey distiller, who would like nothing more than to get…… Continue reading Devil in Disguise
April Top 5
So many good books came out this month, but I got distracted and havenβt even finished them all yet. My TBR pile grows! I ended up reading 43 books this month. I absolutely crushed Kate Stewart’s Ravenhood series and it was hard to pick between the 3, but Exodus (book 2) just edged out Flock…… Continue reading April Top 5
A Wicked Bargain for the Duke
π₯π₯π₯π₯/5 Reluctant, dutiful Duke, Thaddeus, Duke of Hasford, knows that one of his first priorities as the new Duke needs to be to find a bride and provide an heir. When he sets his eyes on quiet, shy Lady Jane Capel, he doesn’t know that her more rebellious and vivacious sister Lavinia is hilariously determined…… Continue reading A Wicked Bargain for the Duke
One Thing Leads to a Lover
π₯π₯π₯/5 When young widowed mother of 2, Amanda, Countess of Kingston, finds herself in possession of a mysterious book, she finds her dull life thrown into chaos. Major Langley Stanhope, otherwise known as βmagpieβ for his gift of mimic, is assigned to retrieve the code book. But of course, nothing goes according to plan. When…… Continue reading One Thing Leads to a Lover
To Love and to Loathe
π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯/5 Allow me to gush about To Love and to Loathe for a moment. To Have and to Hoax was probably one of favorite debuts of last year and this is SUCH a fun follow-up, I was pretty much jumping up and down when I got the ARC. After an argument at a ball leads…… Continue reading To Love and to Loathe
The Heiress Gets a Duke
π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯/5 The cover of this book is so gorgeous, I was afraid it wouldn’t live up to the hype, but it was one of the best books I read this past month – and I read a lot of them (humble brag). August Crenshaw has ambitions, but only for her family’s iron works, not for…… Continue reading The Heiress Gets a Duke
March Top 5
March was such a long month. I read 42 books this month, which might be a new record for me! It made picking only 5 of my favorites seriously hard. I did a lot of comfort re-reading this month, so to make it easier on myself, I only allowed one re-read to make the list.…… Continue reading March Top 5