I really love this quiet, thoughtful, slow-paced (but never dull) novel. Technically, it is a historical fantasy romance, but the romance is only one facet of the relationship between the main characters, and only one facet of the plot. There’s also a bit of a mystery threaded throughout, although the book isn’t quite a mystery novel, either.
Rom-com meets action-adventure spy novel in The Blonde Identity. It’s full of danger, chase scenes, and action sequences, but it’s also funny and sexy and frothy in all the right ways. And it hits some familiar romance and spy novel tropes in ways that somehow feel comfortingly familiar and fresh at the same time.
Weaving Hope is a very gentle, very slow-burn closed-door romance set in magical 1920s Britain.
The Most Wonderful Crime Of the Year by Ally Carter Published by Avon Genres: Holiday, Cozy Mystery, Contemporary Romance Pages: 303 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Blonde Identity Knives Out gets a holiday… Read more »
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.)
A quick, fun romance with Krentz’s signature humor. It holds up fairly well considering it was written in 1990.
One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney Series: Fallen Angels #7 on orig. published June 1, 1998 Genres: Historical Romance Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Sometimes a Rogue, Not Quite a Wife, Not Always a Saint, The Last… June 8, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 1 ★★★★★
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
The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis Series: Sunrise Cove #3 Published by William Morrow on Jan. 17, 2023 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author:… January 16, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★½
Sleigh Bells Ring by RaeAnne Thayne Published by HQN Books on October 26, 2021 Genres: Christmas, Contemporary Romance, Small-town romance Pages: 341 Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise, Snow Angel… December 30, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★½
