Mary Kingswood Blog
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Mary Kingswood is a British romance author writing regency dramas and romance titles. In her blog, You can find all the books she's read and her reviews on Goodreads under her pseudonym Pauline M Ross. She also posts details about her current novels shes working on and other trivia here.
Mary Kingswood Blog
1w ago
Another amusing and charming tale from Christina Dudley, the first in a new series following the impoverished Barstow family, their elderly and kindly benefactor and the various characters whose paths cross with them. Here’s the premise: the Barstow family has, through the death of the father and son, fallen on hard times. Eldest daughter Adela ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
1w ago
Another very strange read from this author. She really does like melodrama, and sometimes that works and sometimes… hmm, less so. A fine hero, but I’d have liked a bit less of the clingy dependency from the heroine. Here’s the premise: heiress Bethia Pepperell has been kidnapped, drugged and hauled from London all the way ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
1w ago
A strange book, which leaves me a bit uncertain what to make of it. There’s some truly dark stuff in the background here, and sometimes it feels as if the author threw in everything but the kitchen sink, but there’s also a wonderful romance (I love a man who knows precisely what he wants) and ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
1w ago
A fascinating and highly original premise, an appealing hero and heroine, some interesting side characters and with a mystery thrown in, to boot – what’s not to like? I tore through this in a couple of days. Here’s the premise: Demetrius, Lord Thorverton, is happiest raising horses on his Devon stud farm, but an impassioned ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
1w ago
The third part of this series, and the routine is well established now. An unlikely debutante is chosen to make her entrance to society under the aegis of one of six ladies who had no daughter of their own. Said debutante gets into a multitude of trouble, falls out with the hero (a relative of ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
1M ago
Another incomparable book from Jayne Davis, an author who always seems to come up with a unique look at the Regency era, without ever stepping outside the bounds of proper behaviour. Here’s the premise: Joanna Stretton isn’t looking for love, filling her days with caring for her sick mama and helping her papa, rather secretly ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
1M ago
Well, that was a slog, and no mistake. 673 pages, according to Amazon, and I felt every single one of them. And the worst of it is that nothing happens for most of them, it’s just Mary agonising about about herself, life and everything. There’s a little burst of action right at the end, but ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
2M ago
A fine read – why have I never come across this author before? There’s a lot of sex in it, but it’s appropriate for the story and the characters. Here’s the premise: Marina Winslow is the old maid of her family, at twenty-six, but when Justin Ransome, the Earl of Mortenhoe, calls on her brother ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
2M ago
This is the first of a series of novellas, but they’re so interconnected, with the same set of characters running throughout, that I’m going to review the series as a whole. Suffice to say that I practically inhaled these over a long weekend of travelling – they are near-perfect bite-sized Regencies. Here are the five ..read more
Mary Kingswood Blog
2M ago
A much better read than the first book in the series (The First Snowdrop, to which I gave three stars – for a Mary Balogh book!). This one has a vastly improved hero, and two possible brides for him, both trying to do their best in difficult circumstances. Here’s the premise: Jack Frazer has been ..read more