As a politics major, I was so very excited to read about Minerva. I anticipated her romance ever since Celia's story. We seemed to share same ambitions, the very same itchings. However, our similarity ended there, or so I hope. I wanted to throw the bok and beat it badly, and I would have if Blak...
Lighthearted fluffy book with enough plot to keep me interested and short enough that I didn't get bored. It was quite amusing sometimes, and the main heroine didn't piss me off with her naivety (a rarity with historical virgins). She was quite resourceful. I also liked that she was neither beaut...
I am not sure who recommended this author, but I am glad they did. I really like Ms. Neville's writing style. I was immediately drawn into the story and the characters. This is the first book of the series which is based on Bibliophiles and their acquiring books, books, and more books. If you...
Miranda Neville is turning into one of my favorite authors. This was an unpredictable Regency, the two protagonists sufficiently different from the stereotypical hero and heroine that I was enthralled.First, Sebastian Iverley, once known as Owlvery to his cousin Blakeney, has totally ignored the ...
Humm... I enjoyed this book but I also found it a bit lacking in some areas. Set about 10 or more years after the terror in France Jacobin flees her uncles house after he bets and looses her in a game of cards. And later flees the position she had found in the palace as a patisserie chef when her...
I was a commitment phobe when I met my husband so I know where this woman is coming from. But I didn't like how it was handled in this novella because I wasn't convinced she really loved him. She didn't seem to have suffered overmuch by the 5-year separation and only seem to feel lust for him, wh...
He didn’t get another chance, and his regret didn’t merely arise from a lost opportunity to advance his plans. Anne Brotherton, in her rough maid’s clothing, her single-minded pursuit of knowledge, and her quirky temper, was getting under his skin. They settled into a routine, Marcus, his little ...
Judicious questioning of his coachman revealed that her daytime excursions tended to be innocent enough, mostly a vast amount of time spent at modistes, silk and furniture warehouses. Occasionally she ventured through the City of London to the Spitalfields area where Mr. Chorley had several facto...
Is this feat beyond even the powers of LA DIVINA?” The Examiner The day of her benefit Tessa did not speak. She hadn’t sung a note or uttered a word since running through her vocal exercises with Sempronio the previous morning. With two heavy roles to perform she had to preserve her voice at all ...