Gentlemen & Gloves by Various Authors Tracy’s rating: 4 of 5 stars Series: Lords and Ladies of St. James, #5 Release Date: February 20, 2024 This fun new anthology features six new exclusive novellas by some of your favorite historical romance authors all featuring gentlemen and gloves. Here are a few of my favorite novellas, each with varying steam levels and tropes, but each an enjoyable read! In my opinion, this collection is worth buying, not only is the price amazing, but even if you only read one or two of the selections included in the anthology you will be delighted and know that i ..read more

A Duke Of Her Own by Stacy Reid Tracy’s rating: 5 of 5 stars Series: Wedding by Scandal Companion Series, #1 (Previously published in I Like Big Dukes and I Cannot Lie) Released: December 16, 2023 After a scandal that ruined her reputation and nearly two years of exile, Lady Francie Walcott has finally been called back to London by her mother to marry the elderly Earl of Beresford, in the hopes that the marriage will salvage Francie’s reputation. But before she leaves, she wants to see her neighbor and friend, Alexander Crawford one last time and hopes she will have the courage to ask him for ..read more

Snowed in with the Scoundrel: A Steamy, Ex-Childhood Friends to Lovers Historical RomCom by Kat Sterling Tracy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Series: Standalone Release Date: December 18, 2023 When budding photographer Imogen “Genie” Radford is very publicly jilted by her fiancé, she decides to take refuge in her family’s cabin, far from the prying eyes of Seattle society. She expects peace and solitude, with time to lick her wounds from both the jilting and a poor showing at a recent photography exhibition, but what she finds is a very naked man in her bed! It only takes a minute to realize that sh ..read more

Barbara’s rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Series: Everton Domestic Society Publication Date: 12/5/23 Number of Pages: 98 This was a quick and enjoyable read. I liked the characters but wondered why in the world he would think she’d just instantly like/love him when he had treated her so miserably while they were growing up. He knew what was in his mind – but she didn’t. So, he was gobsmacked when he inherited the title and she left. Ha! Silly man! Gwen grew up as the ward of the Duke of Stratham and she loved him as a father. She lost her father so young (5 years old maybe), that she never knew anyt ..read more

Tales of a Society Nothing by Shana Galen Tracy’s rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Series: The Royal Saboteurs, #5 Release Date: November 14, 2023 After eighteen months of intense training with the Royal Saboteurs, Margaret Vaugh is finally given a mission, but instead of working with another agent, she is sent to London to track down a missing agent, who also happens to be her estranged husband, Ambrose Holyoake, Viscount Holyoake. She hopes to find him quickly and return to the farm. But when she does find him it is clear that she won’t be returning to the farm anytime soon, because Ambrose is gravely ..read more

Christmas in Cumbria: A Regency Romance Collection by Various Authors Tracy’s rating (based on the two reviewed novellas): 5 of 5 stars Series: Anthology with ties to each author’s ongoing series Release Date: November 6, 2023 Let the Spirit of Christmas sweep you away! Christmas in Cumbria features THIRTEEN STORIES of love and romance from your favorite authors… Let these glorious stories full of Christmas magic and true love—with more than a hint of steam— sweep you away to a time gone by. Indulge yourself free of guilt with this collection from USA Today and Amazon bestselling authors. In m ..read more

A Witch of His Own: The Witches’ Ball by Nicole Locke Tracy’s rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Series: The Witches’ Ball, #7 Release Date: October 3, 2023 Since the death of her parents, Joan Holland, a white witch of Winterbarrow Hundred has had a problem. She is no longer willing to help the villagers of Winterbarrow, as she blames them for the death of her parents. Now she can no longer make decisions and feels angry, causing her to change, she fears she is changing into a grey witch – something that has never happened in her family. She is desperate to keep herself a white witch, something she is ho ..read more

All the Spells and Whistles by Ava Stone Tracy’s rating: 4/4.5 of 5 stars Series: The Witches’ Ball, #6 Release Date: October 3, 2023 Poppy Elstone, the eldest daughter of Viscount Halwell and her sister Laurel learn from their Great-Aunt Alora that they are the last of the Branwyck Witches and that at their father’s bidding their powers were withheld from them. Alora gives them back their powers and promises to teach them all they need to know, but warns them not to tell their father or stepmother of their powers. Sadly, Alora passes away in her sleep the same night, leaving the girls with po ..read more

Barbara’s rating: 4/5 Stars Series: Crime and Passion #3.5? Publication Date: 10/14/23 Period: Regency Number of Pages: 76 (Novella) I love this series, but I’m unsure which number in the series this one is. It was initially published as a part of the Dragonblade Publishing Anthology, A Midnight Requiem, in October 2022, and is now being published as a standalone novella. I hate that authors/publishers seem to be avoiding listing the series and the number within the series on their books. It makes it downright difficult for readers to find the next book in a series. Ghosties, goblins, and thin ..read more

Unmasked by the Earl by Anna St. Claire Tracy’s Rating: 3/3.5 of 5 stars Series: Witches’ Ball, #4 Release Date: September 12, 2023 Lady Charlotte “Charlie” Penrose along with her grandmother, the dowager Countess of Penrose, and her twin brother Caden, Viscount Penrose are on their way home to Bocka Morrow to attend the Witches’ Ball when they see two men being attacked and intervene. Charlie is immediately smitten with the handsome stranger and soon finds herself falling for him. Charlie comes from a long line of female witches and has guarded her secret from non-magical humans for her whole ..read more