Reviews - Historical

Emma Langdon is desperate. Her mother is dead, and her father is ill and has disappeared in pursuit of a missing but cursed heirloom, the Pearls of Fire. Hugh Le Brecque should be the perfect person to help her find him.

Lord Simon Devere returns home from the Burmese War broken by the memory of his cousin’s death and unable to separate reality from nightmares. Nicknamed Lord Despair, he is in no position to take up his position as Earl. Jenny Blackwood’s family has been left nearly destitute after her father dies leaving more debts than income. Forced to take up a profession, Jenny assumes the name Mr.

Sweet Bitter Cane
G.S.
Johnston

Amelia is married by proxy to Italo, a sugar cane farmer in Australia. When Amelia leaves Italy for Australia, she wonders what Italo is going to be like. When she gets to Australia, rather than Italo being there to pick her up, Fergus is there instead. When Amelia meets Italo, he doesn’t exactly meet her expectations, but she marries him.

Duke of Depravity
Scarlett
Scott

Crispin Ashworth, the new Duke of Whitely, may have a grand title before his name but otherwise he’s a traitor. At least that is what Duncan, the Earl of Killross believes. He coerces Miss Jacinda Turnbow, a brilliant decipherer, to pose as governess to the Duke's two younger nieces to gain information on the Duke's traitorous behavior.

Accursed Abbey
Tessa
Candle

GOTHIC/REGENCY:  Miss Elizabeth Whitely has just lost her parents and is now under the guardianship of her Aunt and Uncle in Friuli, known as the wine country. She befriends a young lady also traveling to a new guardianship. They are thrown into a similar situation yet again, when they are left at the coach station waiting to be retrieved.

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