Author: Erica Ridley

Review: Romancing the Rogue – Erica Ridley

Romancing the Rogue hit all the right spots, and I loved the forbidding castle in which Rebecca felt so at home. Story: Rebecca has been living hidden in a huge gothic castle ever since her parents passed away. Now, her uncle had passed away as well. And she was being sent on her way by the relation who inherited the castle. When she hears that Daniel is coming for the reading of the will, all kinds of memories assail her. He was the young man who humiliated her more than once in the past. And at the same time, she loved him very much. Once Daniel arrives, Rebecca wants to continue to hide, but he has other plans. When he […]

Posted 13 September, 2017 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments

Review: The Captain’s Bluestocking Mistress – Erica Ridley

The Captain’s Bluestocking Mistress was a fun read, where the heroine used everything she could to try to seduce the good captain… who would do anything in his power not to ruin her Story: I don’t even know where to start! I loved how Jane knew what she wanted, and that she did what she could to get it! At the perils of her being eligible for marriage, even. The Captain’s Bluestocking Mistress brought both romance and humor, and a very unconventional heroine I loved to get to know. And I can’t forget that darned cat, who both made things more difficult for Jane, and at times somehow better. Ridley’s Dukes of War series is so good, the heroines are […]

Posted 11 September, 2017 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 4 Comments

Review: Lord of Pleasure – Erica Ridley

Lord of Pleasure was a delightful read with masquerade balls, a scandalous rakish Earl and a mousy, but respectable lady. I had such fun reading this story, and can’t wait for more in this well done series Lord of Pleasure was a delicious treat to the senses! The masquerade balls were such a perfect opportunity for both Lord Wainwright and Miss Camellia to actually be themselves, not the person society had forced them into by labelling them. Wainwright showed up in the scandal sheets’ caricatures more often than he liked, and Camellia was starting to think that being the good sister wasn’t working so well for her. Not when her parents had decided to marry her off to a man […]

Posted 6 June, 2017 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 5 Comments

Review: Lord of Chance – Erica Ridley

Lord of Chance is a fantastic start to Ridley’s new historical romance series. I loved both Charlotte and Anthony, their vulnerabilities were so well hidden they hardly even noticed them anymore themselves. Lord of Chance showed the backside of the ton, of how it was to try to live up to the ideals of people who could change their mind on a whim. Anthony had fled London for Scotland to escape his creditors. An inveterate card-player, he owed much more than he could win back in time to escape jail. Charlotte was looking for an elusive laird, the one who had left his mother behind before he knew she was with child. And which has let Charlotte’s mother make ends […]

Posted 24 May, 2017 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments

Review: The Duke’s Accidental Wife – Erica Ridley

The Duke’s Accidental Wife had a lot of sweetness inside, even if there was quite a bit of sadness as well, because the protagonists didn’t really understand each other at first. The Dukes of War series is a really good one, and I loved getting to know Ravenwood better! He has been quite present in the prior books in the series, and I thought he was a stuck-up bore. Alas, I was wrong, he really proved that he has a big heart and a lot of sensibility in The Duke’s Accidental Wife. He wasn’t only honourable and firm, he was also very loving – and lovable – as he took on Catherine. Whom he thought was a scandalous airhead he […]

Posted 19 December, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 15 Comments

Review: The Pirate’s Tempting Stowaway – Erica Ridley

The Pirate’s Tempting Stowaway is delightful – filled with fun, adventure and an epic romance between two very unlikely characters. My The Pirate’s Tempting Stowaway review: I was taken on a great whirlwind of an adventure with The Pirate’s Tempting Stowaway! Think English lady, widow, living alone in the wilderness in America, and a ruthless pirate hired to bring her back to England, and lots of sparks and innuendos between Clara and Blackheart to make things more interesting. And because both of them already knew what it was to be intimate with another person, the level of their chemistry spiked high from the beginning, too! At the beginning of the story, Clara thought she’d die alone in her little shed, […]

Posted 9 December, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments

Review: The Major’s Faux Fiancée – Erica Ridley

The Major’s Faux Fiancée was filled with humor and longing. Daphne was a very resourceful woman, but she had some inner monologues that became slightly annoying because she kept on thinking no one would ever love her for herself. My The Major’s Faux Fiancée review: The Major’s Faux Fiancée follows Bartholomew and Daphne through their unlikely adventure as an engaged couple. Neither of them think they are good enough for the other, Bartholomew because he came back from Waterloo a broken man – with only one leg, and without his twin brother, he felt like he had become worthless, weak and should hide from society. Daphne on the other hand thinks she’s good for the poor, helping out the weavers, […]

Posted 2 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments

Review: The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower – Erica Ridley

Can true love conquer all? The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower has really sweet main characters, regency London and a despicable grand-mother. My The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower review: Oliver and Grace really weren’t meant for each other at all! Grace only needed to get married so that she could get her dowry and get on the first boat back to America to help nurse her mom back to health, and Oliver didn’t want to marry at all. The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower is filled with romance and really good chemistry anyway, though. When Oliver and Grace met at a ball, he was instantly attracted to her, even as she was trying to hide against the wall to stay away from the old rakes […]

Posted 26 November, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments

Review: The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation – Erica Ridley

The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation is the perfect ‘hors d’oeuvre’ to Ridley’s new series: fun characters, unlikely situations, a Christmas ball and romance are all neatly packed into this little story. My The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation review: Lady Amelia is an organizer, she plans for everything, even the unexpected. When she decides to help Lord Benedict to host his annual Christmas Ball, she does not take no for an answer, and she knows exactly which angle to play to make sure things happen the way she want them to. There is one little thing she hasn’t planned for though, and that’s falling in love with her co-host. The Viscount’s Temptation is a light-hearted historical holiday romance, and I enjoyed every word […]