Queen Takes Hook by Kirsten S. Blacketer Tracy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars Series: Pirates and Persuasion, #1 Release Date: April 23, 2024 When Princess Celeste of Nevarro learns of her father’s death, she is heartbroken and a bit suspicious of her Uncle’s story. She tries to ignore her instincts and be supportive of her sister Caroline, who will now be Queen. But when she overhears her Uncle plotting to kill her and her sister, she knows she can’t fight him alone and only knows of one man who can help her. The notorious Captain James Hook, a pirate with no allegiances and even fewer morals. She st ..read more

His Scandalous Lessons by Katrina Kendrick Tracy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Series: Private Arrangements, #1 Release Date: June 2015; Re-released August 2023 Anne Sheffield has finally decided to take charge of her life, her father is an MP and an awful man who uses her photographic memory to store information about his enemies, so he can blackmail them. He completely controls her life and has betrothed her to an equally awful man, the Duke of Kendal. But no more, she is done being her father’s puppet and she cannot even contemplate being married to Kendal. She carefully plans her escape from he ..read more

Barbara’s rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars Series: Electra McDonnell #4 Publication Date: 5/14/24 Period: WWII London Number of Pages: 272 I thoroughly enjoyed this book! While it isn’t as action-packed and suspense-filled as the last book was, it is a pivotal book for the series and the characters. We see the introduction of some new characters – will they stay? We also see a resolution to the relationship triangle, but not in the way you thought it might go. Plus, we get some exciting news and a cliffhanger that sets up the next book. Nicely woven through all of that is a spy story that has to be ..read more

The Last Duke She’d Marry by Anna Campbell Tracy’s Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Series: Scoundrels of Mayfair, #3 Release Date: February 29, 2024 Lady Juliet Frain, the daughter of the Earl of Portdown, was born to be a duchess, in fact she would have already been one if her betrothed had not died in an accident two years ago. As sad as that was, life goes on and Juliet, who is beautiful, rich and perfectly proper, soon finds a new ducal suitor in the form of Alaric Dempster, the Duke of Granville. But when her sister, Viola, creates a scandal with the Earl of Renfrew, Juliet and her other sister Po ..read more

Barbara’s rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Series: Lord Petteril Mysteries #5 Publication Date: 4/25/24 Period: Regency Number of Pages: 171 Do you remember Lord Petteril’s snobbish, privileged, rakeish cousin – Major Albert (Bertie) Withan? Well, he’s missing – in Lisbon, Portugal and Petteril and April have gone to find him. Of course, they have to pose as man and wife so they can travel together – and we all know how well those sorts of things work out don’t we? Bertie arrived in Lisbon on time, but never made it to his regiment on the front lines. Bertie may not be Petteril’s favorite relative ..read more

A Duke of One’s Own Summer, 1816. A notorious rebel is about to meet her match… Lady Georgiana Pendlebury is no stranger to breaking the rules of polite society. But when a so-called ‘friend’ invites her to a clandestine party, Georgiana is shocked to discover the event is more scandalous than even she could have imagined. So when a mysterious stranger offers help, she accepts, not realizing their encounter will turn her life upside down. Later that summer, Georgiana is invited to attend a house party at an infamous castle in Yorkshire. The gathering is a loosely veiled effort to arrange a m ..read more

Will the truth of the past destroy the hope of their future? How far will he go for vengeance? Brus Stone remembers nothing of his life before he was rescued at the age of five summers and brought to live as part of the Northern Watch. Having been told his mother abandoned him, he’s about as willing to give his trust to a woman as he is to hand his sword to his enemy during battle. So when he’s tasked with accompanying a group of highlanders through the treacherous lands he helps patrol and he encounters a bonny lass who proves to be as brave as any warrior he’s ever met, he’s surprised by hi ..read more

The Stranger I Wed by Harper St. George Tracy’s rating: 4 of 5 stars Series: The Doves of New York, #1 Release Date: April 23, 2024 When Cora Dove, the eldest of Charles Hathaway’s three illegitimate daughters, receives a letter from her father’s mother, filled with regrets and a promise of inheritance for her and her sisters, she is overjoyed and ventures to the home of her father. But her father changes the terms, making the money his mother promised to the girls a dowry that is contingent on his approval of their grooms and forbids them to marry anyone in the Northeast who might socialize w ..read more

My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long Tracy’s rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Series: Palace of Rogues, #7 Release Date: April 23. 2024 The jaded MP, Dominic Kirke, Baron Kirke takes a room at the Grand Palace on the Thames hotel when his house is nearly burned down by his now ex-mistress. Dominic just wants peace and quiet to do his work, but his first night is disturbed by his downstairs “neighbor”. He is surprised to find the neighbor is a lovely young woman, fresh from the country and set to spend her first season in London. Innocents are not his thing and he plans to steer clear of her, but than ..read more

Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday Tracy’s rating: 2.5 of 5 stars Series: Earls Trip, #1 Release Date: April 23, 2024 Archibald “Archie” Fielding-Burton, the Earl of Harcourt, along with his two best friends Simon Courteney, the Earl of Marsden and Edward “Effie” Astley, Viscount Featherfinch (heir to the Earl of Stonely) spend two weeks together each September on a “Earls Trip”, but this year’s trip is sidetracked when Archie receives a letter from his country neighbor, Sir Albert Morgan begging him to save his daughters, Clemintine and Olive. They find the girls quickly, but things will not go as p ..read more