Genre: Historical Romance

Review : A Gentleman ’til Midnight – Alison DeLaine

Review : A Gentleman ’til Midnight – Alison DeLaine

*I received a free ARC of A Gentleman ’til Midnight from Harlequin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Fun and outrageous are just two of the words I have to describe A Gentleman ’til Midnight! Strong female lead is another. My A Gentleman ’til Midnight review: Starting with a ship closing in on a man floating on a small piece of driftwood, unconscious and seemingly still alive, A Gentleman ’til Midnight caught my full attention. Even more so when I realized the captain of the ship – which might be a pirate ship – was a woman! And at first, she didn’t want to risk hoisting a sick man aboard, even if her ship was the only one […]

Posted 16 September, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: How the Scoundrel Seduces – Sabrina Jeffries

Review: How the Scoundrel Seduces – Sabrina Jeffries

*I received a free ARC of How the Scoundrel Seduces from Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* How the Scoundrel Seduces might just be my favorite Dukes Men story yet! Tristan is as wonderfully rakish and devilishly honest as I remember, and Zoe is one of the most pesky heroines I have ever encountered. My How the Scoundrel Seduces review: Sabrina Jeffries certainly continues to enchant me, because How the Scoundrel Seduces enchanted me, both the storyline, the plot and the characters drew me in from the first sentence, and I stayed glued to my kindle for all these pages, always wanting to know what would happen next. As usual, the language is really […]

Posted 13 August, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Review: Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom – Vanessa Kelly

Review: Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom – Vanessa Kelly

*I received a free ARC of Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom from Kensington Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom is very bold, a great historical romance, with a mystery, reluctant romance, and a very strong and capable heroine. My Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom review: Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom is delightful on all counts! There is a very strong female character, Justine, and I really enjoyed Griffin a lot too. He’s giving the whole ton his middle finger, by actually owning and working a brothel, even if everyone knows that he is of royal descent. Most of the ton also owes him money, and so, when someone delivers a baby to his […]

Posted 28 July, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 15 Comments
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Review: Written in my Own Heart’s Blood – Diana Gabaldon

Review: Written in my Own Heart’s Blood – Diana Gabaldon

Written in my Own Heart’s Blood is the 8th book in the Outlander series, and I, for one had been waiting impatiently for quite a while to finally get to read this installment. For once, though, I wasn’t completely swept off my feet, and as I start writing this review, I don’t even know how I am going to rate it yet. My Written in my Own Heart’s Blood Review: Written in my Own Heart’s Blood has several story lines, which is no problem for the fans who have been following the series from the start. We follow Jamie and Clare, of course, and we also follow Brianna and her kids, Roger and Buck, Fergus, Ian and Rachel, Lord John […]

Posted 23 June, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: Fair Play (It Happened at the Fair #2) – Deeanne Gist

Review: Fair Play (It Happened at the Fair #2) – Deeanne Gist

*I received a free ARC of Fair Play from Howard Books via Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review* Fair Play is a great fictional story about a female doctor in Chicago in 1893. The prejudices against women are very strong, and I thought that the story really made the point very well about how much women in those times had to work in order to be taken seriously. Billy has to work twice as hard, and she is definitely used to that. When she started her university to become a doctor, there weren’t many other women with her, but she managed to finish top of her class, and work in several well-renowned hospitals before she went to Chicago to […]

Posted 29 May, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 2 Comments
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Review: The Wicked Widow Meets her Match (Regency Rogues #6) – Stefanie Sloane

Review: The Wicked Widow Meets her Match (Regency Rogues #6) – Stefanie Sloane

*I received a free ARC of The Wicked Widow Meets her Match from Ballantine Books via Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review* The Wicked Widow Meets her Match is a delightful historical romance that dares to bend the gender roles, where true love is hard to believe, and a horrible band of criminals has to be fought and dismantled! Grace is a close to perfect historical romance heroine, because she is strong, resilient and intelligent. And while her life has been very hard, she has not hardened her heart in protection. Being married off to a horrible man to whom her father lost her in a card game, Grace had all possible reasons to be hard, so seeing a […]

Posted 9 May, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 5 Comments
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#COYER Review: Improper Arrangements (Improper #2) – Juliana Ross

#COYER Review: Improper Arrangements (Improper #2) – Juliana Ross

*I received a free ARC of Improper Arrangements from Carina Press via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Improper Arrangements is pretty improper! Twenty-six year-old Alice travels alone, and then finds herself a male guide for a week-long walk through mountain passes in the French and Swiss Alps… and Alice is not exactly innocent… Neither, of course is Eli, but it was always understood that men could behave any way they wanted to, whereas women were supposed to stay pure and demure. And the fact that Alice was not a perfect little lady is one of the reasons I enjoyed Improper Arrangements so much! She knew what she wanted, and went after it. At first, Eli thought nothing of […]

Posted 17 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 8 Comments
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Review: ‘Twas the Night Before Mischief (Daring Hearts #2.5) – Nina Rowan

Review: ‘Twas the Night Before Mischief (Daring Hearts #2.5) – Nina Rowan

*I received a free ARC of ‘Twas the Night Before Mischief from Forever / Grand Central Publishing via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* ‘Twas the Night Before Mischief is a very sweet historical romance novel set right around Christmas. Penelope has always felt a little out of place and almost invisible, but because she is such a good girl, she has never done anything to try and make herself more visible in any way. A good dose of suspense of disbelief is needed, but if you can manage that, you will enjoy this novella very much. Penny has always been good, but when a Scottish rogue starts paying attention to her, she will not listen to her father, […]

Posted 4 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: Defiant in the Viking’s Bed (Victorious Vikings #3) – Joanna Fulford

Review: Defiant in the Viking’s Bed (Victorious Vikings #3) – Joanna Fulford

*I received a free ARC of Defiant in the Viking’s Bed from Harlequin via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Defiant in the Viking’s Bed is very slow-paced, at least for a little over the first half of the story. Both Astrid and Leif are pretty strong-minded, but I really didn’t get to know either of them very well. There is a lot of information shared, but not all of it felt necessary in order to follow the story and the plot. I also thought the syntax was strange in places, as if changing the word order would somehow make it sound more viking-like. And while the word order in Old Norse or even Old English is quite different […]

Posted 13 January, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Review: When the Rogue Returns (The Duke’s Men #2) – Sabrina Jeffries

Review: When the Rogue Returns (The Duke’s Men #2) – Sabrina Jeffries

*I received a free ARC of When the Rogue Returns from Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* When the Rogue Returns is a great historical romance novel, filled with action, suspense, some hot scenes and – YAY – no quivering virgins! Victor and Isa are both very stubborn, and extremely protective of their hearts, which is completely understandable as their stories unfold. The Duke’s Men series is becoming one of my favorite historical romance series, both because it is a little unconventional and because the characters are so well done I want to hang out with them for real! Victor really wants to work with the Duke’s Men, and he is afraid they won’t let him, […]

Posted 1 January, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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