Tag: Romance

Love is in the air this month with it being Valentine’s Day and I typically lean toward more romances during the month of February! Earlier this year I really focused on reading more contemporary romances and cowboy romances, all of which were great but historical romances have my heart. There is just something that works so well in historical romances for me. I think part of it is that it feels like such a more refined era with wooing being more thought out and intentional. I just love historical romances.

Naturally I always keep my ear to the ground for new historical romances and this one popped up on my radar a few months ago. I haven’t read Michelle McLean before but I see she has written several historical romances and most have been really well received by readers! She is a USA Today Best Selling Author for a reason and that’s what made me excited about this one!

McLean has written three series that have different flavors, The MacGregor Lairds which appears to be a Highlander romance series, The Gunslinger series that looks like a historical cowboy romance series, and the Blood Blade Sisters series which seems like a buccaneer romance series. This latest novel focuses on a Duke so clearly McLean has a lot of range in her romance novels which makes me so excited to check this one out! If you love historical romances, I think you are going to enjoy this steamy novel!

I randomly picked up a Julia London book last year at Christmas time simply because I loved the dress on the cover! I ended up enjoying it, even if I didn’t LOVE it, I still liked it enough to add Julia London to my list of go to romance writers! London has written a number of romances and romance series which have amassed a large following of fans, so when I saw this latest book (which is first in a new series by the way!) I knew I needed to get it on my radar as well as others who might be looking for a new romance to read!

If you love the Hallmark channel you are going to love Julia London and her books. They are sweet, charming, and bring some great chemistry to the pages! And her speciality seems to be historical romances with a royal flair so if you love the royals this is an author you absolutely need on your radar this spring. Plus look at that cover! It’s so pretty and eye catching, basically I need it!

Today I am fortunate enough to bring a little excerpt to you guys from this lovely new book. I read it and love London’s charm and wit in the pages! I am so looking forward to a quick and easy read that will bring a smile to my face and characters I can cheer for and that seems to be this book. I am eager to read it a little later this spring but for now, I am here for the excerpt and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Full disclosure, I picked up the first book in this series last year after having pre ordered the book and eagerly waited for it to come, only to be horribly disappointed. I didn’t finish the first book and felt incredibly sad about that. By all accounts this series should be right up my alley. I had majorly high hopes for the first book in the series. There wasn’t anything that really stood out as ‘bad enough to make me DNF’ but it just wasn’t holding my attention and I just didn’t know why.

So why am I featuring this second book if I didn’t even like or finish the first book in the series? Because I believe in redemption. I have to take into consideration that not every book is for me, but this series should have been something I loved! I thought back to the time I read the first book and I wonder if I just wasn’t in the mood for a romance or if I just wasn’t in the mood for that kind of romance? The first book felt like a Victorian version of The Bodyguard movie to me and I just didn’t like it, it’s not really my troupe. But I do like the enemies to lovers troupe so much, which is why I want to give this series another go.

While I couldn’t work it into my review schedule, I ordered the book and am eager to dive into this one and see if I like this romance better than the first book. Sometimes a series is like that for me. I didn’t like the Bridgerton books when I read The Duke and I but I ended up loving the others in the series so I think it’s entirely possible to not like one book in a series but love the others. I will be sure to share my review of this one when I finish the book but in the mean time, I know this series has gained quite a big fan base since the first book released and since it’s the ‘month of love’ why not check it out and see if you find something to love in this one!