Aminata is home. As we all know home is a place you can never go again, things are about to radically change. Arriving in Sierra Leone, Aminata discovers the British are once again long on good intentions and short on… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Historical
The Book of Negroes E5
Canada has a reputation in America as being a traditional safe haven. Slaves, draft dodgers, whatever, Canada is known as the land of polite refuge. E5 is here to blow that up. Aminata arrives in Nova Scotia pregnant, alone and… Read more »
The Book of Negroes E3 and E4
When we closed E2 all trust between Lindo and Aminata had been broken by his conspiracy with Appleby. Arriving in New York, Aminata is shocked to discover a community of free blacks. In addition to the shanty town, the inn Lindo… Read more »
The Book of Negroes E2
In Episode 2 Aminata Diallo is all grown up and attracting the master’s notice. (It’s going to be difficult to be vague about this episode because it sets up the major relationship arcs for the whole series.) In E1 we… Read more »
Awakening His Duchess by Katy Madison
You guys!! This is the best and worst book ever!! I can’t wait to talk about it in totally spoileriffic detail! Awakening His Duchess is Katy Madison’s update of the traditional I-Was-A-(Spoiler-Alert)-Plantation-Novel!! Can you see me waving my hands around… Read more »
The Fox and The Angel by Danelle Harmon
The Fox And The Angel is a low commitment read for readers new to Danelle Harmon. It’s a short novella that feels… short. Harmon was a 90’s auto buy for me but I was less than excited by this holiday tale. I… Read more »
The Duke’s Wager by Edith Layton
Every genre reader has a definitive author – an author that captures what they love most about romance. For me, that author is Edith Layton. Although I rarely re-read, the only book I read in December was The Duke’s Wager. As… Read more »
The Duke’s Wager by Edith Layton
Edith Layton’s family recently re-released this as an ebook, so I thought I’d post my review of the old Signet edition. Romance readers often talk about their “conversion kits” to refer to romances they’d recommend to their genre-critical friends and… Read more »
The Duke’s Guide To Correct Behavior by Megan Frampton
I’ve been trying to steer clear of Avon lately, but The Duke’s Guide To Correct Behavior slipped past my defenses. With a vague memory of reading Megan Frampton’s Signet Regency, I was hoping for a traditional historical romance. It was… Read more »
For Love And Liberty by Alyssa Cole, Kate McMurray, Lena Hart, Stacey Agdern
For Love & Liberty; Untold Love Stories of the American Revolution was recommended to me on Twitter. Overall, it was a good suggestion. Four different novellas make up the collection with a very attractive ebook price. I did not love… Read more »
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