Holy Cadbury Eggs!!! Upcoming Historical Romance!!!!

February 25, 2022

Authors with an asterisk*, I'm picking up! Authors with **asterisks have either fallen off my radar or new to me, and I'm might read them this time around. Release dates mostly between March 15, 2022 and April 14, 2022. For more Upcoming Releases that aren't historical see HEY DELIA!!
 
Series indicates a series, spin-off, sequel, trilogy, brother/sister, secret society/spies, good friends who attended Oxford/Eton, vampire/werewolf - anything that has something continuing - even if written 20 years ago. Anthology/novella/short stories could be an anthology or a bunch of books in one print or novella - one tiny book or an anthology with a bunch of novellas - could be a short stories by one author, could be short stories by multiple authors - could be - I'm getting a headache. Ebook, only sold electronically for now. Debut - congratulations!

By the way, it is not my fault if a publisher changes the release dates - just so you know, they do not consult me. Let me also add this warning - since I am now using different sources, I am finding that one person's genre isn't necessarily another persons - sorry if your book is in the wrong genre.

 

Historical Romance

	Adele Clee http://www.adeleclee.com/ Your Scarred Heart, ebook Ladies of the Order March 28
	Alyssa Clarke https://alyssa-clarke.com/ Wrong Earl, Right Dare, ebook Wagers and Wallflowers March 17
	Amanda McCabe* http://ammandamccabe.com/ Winning Back His Duchess March 29
	Anna Harrington http://www.annaharringtonbooks.com/ A Relentless Rake Lords of the Armory March 29
	Betina Krahn* http://www.betinakrahn.com/ White Knight Needed Reluctant Heroes March 29
	Carole Mortimer** http://www.carolemortimer.co.uk The Wager, ebook Ruthless Regency Dukes March 31
	Chastity Bowlin https://www.chasitybowlin.com The Scandalous Elopement, ebook Dunne Family March 30
	Diana Quincy http://www.dianaquincy.com/ The Marquess Makes His Move Clandestine Affairs March 29
	Ella Matthews https://www.ellamatthews.co.uk/ The Knight's Tempting Ally      March 29
	Eloisa James* http://eloisajames.com How to be a Wallflower Would be Wallflowers March 29
	Erica Ridley http://www.ericaridley.com An Affair by the Sea, ebook Siren’s Retreat March 15
	Grace Callaway https://www.gracecallaway.com Fiona and the Enigmatic Earl, ebook Lady Charlotte’s Society of Angels April 7
	Helen Dickson https://www.hdicksonrnweebly.com/ Conveniently Wed to a Spy March 29
	Kerrigan Byrne* Christi Caldwell Amalie Howard Janna MacGregor Stacy Read Big Duke Energy Seasons of Sin Anthology, ebook March 29
	Laura Martin https://lauramartinromance.com/ The Marquess Meets His Match      March 29
	Linda Broday http://www.LindaBroday.com A Man of Legend Lone Star Legends April 29
	Madeline Martin http://www.MadelineMartin.com The Highlander’s Stolen Bride Highland Alliances March 29
	Marguerite Kaye* http://www.margueritekaye.com Lady Armstrong's Scandalous Awakening      March 29
	Martha Waters http://www.marthawaters.com To Marry and to Meddle The Regency Vows April 5
	Merry Farmer http://merryfarmer.net Let’s Face the Music and Dance, ebook The Unsuitable Brides March 25
	Scarlett Scott http://www.scarlettscottauthor.com The Playboy Peer, ebook Unexpected Lords March 17
	Sofie Darling https://www.sofiedarling.com One Night His Lady, ebook Shadows and Silk March 29
	Stephanie Laurens http://www.stephanielaurens.com/ Foes, Friends and Lovers, ebook Cynsters Next Generation March 17
	Sylvia Prince https://www.sylviaprincebooks.com/ Romanced by a Rake, ebook, Barrett Brides March 22
	Tamara Gill https://www.tamaragill.com Speak of the Duke, ebook The Wayward Woodvilles April 4
	Vanessa Riley https://www.vanessariley.com A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie Rogues and Remarkable Women March 29
	Wendy Vella http://www.wendyvella.com/ Protected by a Devil, ebook The Deville Brothers March 31

Historical Fiction

	Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa http://www.dahlmallanosfigueroa.com A Woman of Endurance April 12
	Debra May Macleod https://debramaymacleod.com Empire of Iron The Vesta Shadows March 29
	James Runcie http://www.jamesruncie.com/ The Great Passion March 15
	Rebecca Connolly http://www.rebeccaconnolly.com A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice April 5
	Reyna Grande http://www.reynagrande.com A Ballad of Love and Glory March 15
	Sheila Williams http://www.sheilajwilliams.com/ Things Past Telling March 15
	Simon Turney http://simonturney.com The Capsarius Legion XXII April 14

His Lessons on Love by Cathy Maxwell

February 14, 2022

 

Nice!!

https://cathymaxwell.com/

I needed a break from my glomming project, so, His Lessons on Love came along at the right time. This is the third book in Cathy Maxwell’s, A Logical Man’s Guide to Dangerous Women series. Let me be honest, I don’t think I read the two previous books in the series. Since Cathy Maxwell is an auto-buy for me, I suspect that I started to read them, but set them aside. I think I’ll go back and try reading them again…but I have my Heath glom I’m doing! Oh dear! A conundrum! Never fear, I shall work it out. Anyway, His Lessons on Love is a real treat, and I recommend it.

Our loving couple. There is the rake, profligate, opium-addict hero, Lawrence Grant Talmadge Eddington, Earl of Marsden, aka Mars. Matched to him, or against him is our heroine, Clarissa Taylor. Clarissa is a stiff-necked, judgmental, uptight, unlucky-in-love, woman. These two have never agreed about anything, they dislike each other immensely. They get on each other’s nerves – significantly. These two are well-written antagonists.

One day, while Mars is recovering from a night of overindulgence, one of his ex-mistresses delivers a surprise to his doorstep. His bastard daughter, Nora. This child comes as somewhat of a shock to him, considering that he was always careful as to where he flung his seed. But considering the opium, one wonders just how careful he could have been. Anyway, a number of things happen to him, he falls immediately in love with his daughter, and then panics because he has no idea how to take care of a baby! Mars’ introduction to the responsibility of parenthood was all very amusing. In fact, the whole fatherhood narrative in this book was charming.

Then there is Clarissa, the up-tight-heroine. She is such a direct opposite of Mars. I had so much fun reading about Clarissa and Mars as they circled each other. I loved the banter between them. The chemistry was strong, and the baby was adorable. Nothing better than a baby who coos.

The secondary characters were great! Not only were the aristocratic characters well-defined, the servants added some well-written narrative. Even the sort-of villain of the piece was interesting. And, let’s not forget Marsden’s mother-from-hell. She was a really nasty piece of work. I found myself wishing for more of her back story, but then this book was about her son, so I was happy with the vision of her I was given. Her character leads me to the one issue I had with this book…revenge.

Over the years I have developed quite a large amount of plot devices I’m not fond of, one of those being the revenge plot. In this case, Marsden wants to kill the man who is responsible for his father’s death. Or, at least that’s what he has always obsessed about. It has been the driving force of his life. So, I forced myself to grumble silently, and continue reading. I have to say, I was pleased with the solution to the revenge problem. I was satisfied that Ms. Maxwell didn’t wrap up the redemption of the characters with butterflies, and little fairies dancing in the sunshine. The problems didn’t magically go away, but we still had our HEA.

Overall, I recommend this story. There were light moments, funny moments, and poignant moments. Our hero and heroine were a good match, and I’m sure they will have a HEA. My one issue – revenge – not fond of revenge.

 

Time/Place: Regency England

Sensuality: Warm/Hot