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Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out, Emma admits they might need a man after all.
Y'all, I'm feeling kind of, sort of, a little bit caught up this week on the blog! YAY! I think I'll celebrate by reading books as I finish folding laundry... I'm wild like that. I'm very excited about the new release I'll be starting this afternoon!
Fans of Regency romance rejoice, there's a new author in town! I'm delighted to share my thoughts on An Elegant Facade by Kristi Ann Hunter.
If you've been following the blog for awhile, you may recall that I like to read multiple books at once. Since I finished two books yesterday, I'mย diving into a new one today... just as soon as I write those six backlogged reviews. *sigh*ย My writing skills pale in comparison to my reading aptitude, y'all! This blog is fueled by book-love!
Strong and adventurous Gwendolyn Barnes longs to be a knight like her chivalrous brothers. However, that is not an option for her, not even in the Arthurian-inspired Eden where she dwells. Her parents view her only as a marriage pawn, and her domineering father is determined to see her wed to a brutish man who will break her spirit.
Fans of Regency romance rejoice, there's a new author in town! I'm delighted to share my thoughts on A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter.
Though once a baron's daughter, Lady Merry Ellison is willing to go to any lengths to protect the orphaned children of her former village. Dubbed "The Ghosts of Farthingale Forest," her band of followers soon become enemies of the throne when they hijack ill-gotten gold meant for the king.
Twenty-year-old Ingeborg Strand is certain she is destined to be an old maid. She's had several suitors but none she deemed worthy of spending her life with. That is, until she meets a university student from Oslo, and feelings stronger than friendship begin to develop between them. But tragedy strikes, and the future begins to look bleaker than ever.
Miss Amelia Stalwood may live in London at her absent guardian's townhouse, but she's never actually met any nobility, and instead of aristocrats, her closest friends are servants. Quite by happenstance, she's introduced to the Hawthorne family and their close family friend, Anthony, the reformed marquis of Raeburn.
Julia Dare is trying to run her own business, raise her young son, Max, and help her widowed mother. Her biggest worry, though, is keeping Max's father from being a bad influence while still allowing the boy to spend time with his dad.
Faithfully Bookish 