The Prince Who Captured Me by Joanne Wadsworth

The Prince Who Captured Me False Marriage Thwarted by Kidnapping Lady Olivia, the heroine, met Anteros–a sea captain and gentleman’s club owner–at a ball a year-and-a-half before the book starts. We don’t get to see much of this backstory except in...

October Revenge by Merry Farmer

October Revenge* Spitfire Heroine Saves Her Man The author does a good job right at the start in setting a mood and a tone for the book. The hero, Mark, the Earl of Gatwick, is silently walking around his own home as if trying to vanish into the woodwork himself. Soon...

This Scot of Mine by Sophie Jordan

This Scot of Mine* Can an English Bride Break a Scottish Curse? It’s always fun when a romance starts with a curse! In fact, this book starts with a curse that impacts all men of the McLarin line; they will not live to see their firstborn draw his first breath....

The Viscount’s Promise by Joyce Alec

The Viscount's Promise* Fascinating Hero in This Regency Suspense What a dramatic beginning for this book! We are placed in a courtroom where a man is being sentenced for murder. On the dock, the accused man proclaims his innocence and asks his friend in the...

His Clandestine Bride by Tora Williams

His Clandestine Bride* Overcoming Complicated Pasts In this second chance at romance medieval story, Isobel is confronted by her past when Edmund, returned from the Crusades and now one of the king’s men, shows up in search of an enemy of the king. Six years...

Rejecting the Rogue by Riley Cole

Rejecting the Rogue* Delicious Victorian Romantic Suspense We’re in a slightly fantastical Victorian England. The heroine, Philomena Sweet, has done numerous despicable deeds with her cousins at the insistence of her father. She is now determined to make...