Book Review: Confinement
Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Jessica Cox is a fascinating look at topics typically...
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Mar 17
Book Review: A Grave Robbery
Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from...
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Feb 18
Book review: Sex, Lies, and Sensibility
Nikki Payne has a follow-up to Pride and Protest with a modern adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. I am SO glad I was asked to read an...
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Feb 4
Book Review: Never Blow a Kiss
In this first in a new series about a secret network of governesses who spy on the Victorian ton, a governess running away from her past...
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Nov 26, 2023
Book Review: Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain
Did the people in Georgian Britain live up to their stereotypes when it came to sexual behavior? Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain...
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Jul 23, 2023
Book Review: The Poetics of Passion
In 1872 London, Musa Bartham has been publishing steamy poetry under a pen name to support her family. But when Musa’s sister is offered...
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Jul 2, 2023
Book Review: Bookshop Cinderella
Bookshop Cinderella Scandal at the Savoy #1 by Laura Lee Guhrke available June 20, 2023 Evie Harlow runs a quaint bookshop in 1890s...
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Jun 4, 2023
Book Review: Murder in Postscript
Murder in Postscript (Lady of Letters #1) by Mary Winters. March 28, 2023 by Berkley When one of her readers asks for advice following a...
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May 28, 2023
Book Review: The Late Mrs. Willoughby
The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney reunited, and with another mystery to...
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Apr 30, 2023
Book Review: Before Mrs. Beeton
I research the Georgian era and have even tackled a few 19th century recipes, so the name Hannah Glasse came up often. Imagine my...
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Mar 7, 2023
Book Spotlight: A Sinister Revenge
Happy publication day to A SINISTER REVENGE (Berkley Hardcover; March 7, 2023) by Deanna Raybourn. I loved this series and I’m eager to...
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Mar 5, 2023
Book Spotlight: The Neighbor Favor
THE NEIGHBOR FAVOR brings together Black representation, the girl-next-door trope, friends-to-lovers, and the book publishing world to...
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Jan 5, 2023
Book Review: The Call of the Wrens
Last month, I finished The Call of the Wrens and it turned out to be one of my favorite reads of the year. Out now from Harper Muse by...
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