I love this gentle romance, which explores how two people, through sheer politeness, respect, and upper-class British reticence, end up in a conventionally distant arranged marriage instead of the affectionate, loving union they both desire… and how they eventually find their way to the real marriage they long for (with a little outside help from an unexpected quarter.)
Lost Heart Series: Celta’s Heartmates #14.5 Published by self-published on April 16, 2016 Genres: Fantasy Romance Pages: 224 Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Heart Mate, Hearts and Swords Celta, a place of magic, telepathic… October 27, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★½
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal Series: Glamourist Histories #1 Published by Tor on August 3, 2010 Genres: Historical Fantasy, Fantasy Romance Pages: 304 Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also in this series:… March 21, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, From the Vault 3 ★★★★½
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Darwin’s annotated copy of On the Origin of Species goes to auction (The Guardian) John Lewis plagiarism row gives Christmas sales boost to… Read more »
Snowspelled Series: The Harwood Spellbook #1 on September 4, 2017 Pages: 166 Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop Add to Goodreads In nineteenth-century Angland, magic is reserved for gentlemen while ladies attend to the more practical business of politics. But Cassandra Harwood has never followed the rules… Four months ago, Cassandra Harwood… September 14, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★★★½
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts Series: Guardians Trilogy #1 Published by Berkley on Nov. 3, 2015 Genres: Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy Romance Pages: 315 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, The Collector, Night Moves, Whiskey Beach, Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the… May 5, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★
In the Dragon’s Eye is where I share the books I’ve got my acquisitive eye on: the ones I’m really excited about and hope to read and perhaps add to the hoard. I also link to “Waiting On” Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Cover links take you… Read more »
Heart Mate by Robin D. Owens Series: Celta’s Heartmates #1 Published by Berkley Publishing Group on Dec. 1, 2001 Genres: Fantasy Romance Pages: 340 Format: Paperback Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Lost Heart, Hearts and Swords All his life, Rand T’Ash has looked forward… Read more »
I’m excited to be participating in the blog tour for The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, by Emily Croy Barker, with a Q&A, a review, and a giveaway! Make sure you keep reading; my review follows the Q&A, and the giveaway is at the bottom. Q. Which of the… Read more »
