Genre: Historical Romance

Review: The Major’s Faux Fiancée – Erica Ridley

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
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Review: How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy – Vanessa Kelly

Review: How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy – Vanessa Kelly

Fun, mysterious and very hot, How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy continues in the same vein as the other books in this series. I was a little annoyed with Evie at times, though, she didn’t really think things through. My How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy review: The beginning of How to Plan a Wedding… was pretty emotional, because Will was at the end of the battle in Waterloo, seeing all the dead soldiers from both sides of the war. He quickly became happy to be back in England, though, and even planned to give his notice as a spy for the crown. His Duke of a father had other plans, though, because one […]

Posted 12 May, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review: What a Lady Requires – Ashlyn MacNamara

Review: What a Lady Requires – Ashlyn MacNamara

What a Lady Requires is a great ending to the Eton Boys Trilogy, and I especially enjoyed Emma with her knowledge for numbers, even if she was not so good at mingling in society. My What a Lady Requires review: While I thought What a Lady Requires is a good ending to the Eton Boys Trilogy, it didn’t sweep me off my feet like it could have. The pacing was very slow, and while I enjoyed both Emma and Rowan, they were a little more reserved than the characters in the first two stories. I loved that Emma had such a head for business, though, and that she was able to share this with her husband, even if he was […]

Posted 27 February, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve – Tessa Dare

Review: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve – Tessa Dare

Spindle Cove is definitely the place to be, and Once Upon a Winter’s Eve cemented that feeling for me. My Once Upon a Winter’s Eve review: Violet is a very good female character to follow, but that is usually the case with this series! Once Upon a Winter’s Eve happens over the span of an evening and night, and then a few months later there is a very nice resolution. The women who go to Spindle Cove are quite unconventional, and they rather cultivate that during their stay. As such, Violet knows how to use a gun, and she’s very gifted when it comes to languages. Of course, my inner linguist totally loved that, and the fact that the man […]

Posted 17 January, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Review: Dancing with the Duke – Suzanna Medeiros

Review: Dancing with the Duke – Suzanna Medeiros

Dancing with the Duke is a short, sweet historical romance that whetted my appetite for more of the Landing a Lord series. My Dancing with the Duke review: With only 60 pages, Dancing with the Duke is a very short and quick read, but it still managed to have some tension, romance and a few misunderstandings over the span of the story. As usual when I read a novella, I really wish this story was a little longer, because it seems to me that both Alex and Charlotte are characters worth getting to know much better than Dancing with the Duke allowed for. The setting was great, the London season, and Charlotte was there to find a husband – but […]

Posted 10 January, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower – Erica Ridley

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
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Review: What a Lady Demands – Ashlyn MacNamara

Review: What a Lady Demands – Ashlyn MacNamara

What a Lady Demands is an amazing Historical Romance story, because Cecelia Standford is such an unconventional heroine – and that makes everything that happens even better. My What a Lady Demands review: If you are familiar with my blog, you know that I love reading Historical Romances, but that I kind of loathe reading about virgins… Kind of like an oxymoron, right? Apart from the fact that What a Lady Demands fulfilled my desires – beautiful historical romance story, with a very strong heroine, who is scandalously not a virgin. She’s twenty-three years old, and she knows her way around a male body for sure. Of course, just the fact that the heroine isn’t a virgin isn’t enough for […]

Posted 13 November, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 17 Comments
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Review: Tall, Dark and Royal – Vanessa Kelly

Review: Tall, Dark and Royal – Vanessa Kelly

Tall, Dark and Royal has mystery, chemistry and a very strong female character to make things interesting. My Tall, Dark and Royal review: Chloe and Dominic aren’t your usual HR characters, both because Chloe has pretended to be dead for a long time, and because they’re both older than the part of the ton who is out to get married and start a family. This certainly made Tall, Dark and Royal a very interesting read. Chloe is a very strong-minded woman, she has been on her own since she was fifteen, after her illegitimate son was taken from her, and she found work with an older woman. Helping other young women who found themselves pregnant but not married became Chloe’s […]

Posted 11 November, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 13 Comments
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Review: The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation – Erica Ridley

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 […]

Posted 5 November, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Lord Wastrel – Donna Cummings

Review: Lord Wastrel – Donna Cummings

*I received a free ARC of Lord Wastrel from Donna Cummings in exchange of an honest and unbiased review* Filled with Cummings’ trademark humor, her penchant for naughty heroines and converted rakes, Lord Wastrel hit exactly the right spot! My Lord Wastrel review: Delightful, humorous, filled with stubborn characters and a Goddess of Love who needs to seek amends, Lord Wastrel appealed to me on all levels. Very well written, in third person past tense, I got to know Felicia and Hugh very well, and the supporting cast of characters was amazing as well. Cummings always manages to tickle my funny bone, she has such a way with words, it’s just impossible not to fall in love with her characters, […]

Posted 3 November, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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