Will she accept his offer before the clock strikes midnight? Sophie Beckett never dreamed she’d be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball—or that “Prince Charming” would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, […]
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1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, this author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London’s most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry.And in truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better…—Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1814 But this time, the gossip […]
For three years of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to fleeing slave and Freeman alike. Her formerly enslaved mother’s traditions and the name of a white father she […]
Hiya readers and welcome to another discussion post! Feel free to jump in at the bottom and leave your thoughts on this trope, which I’m sure many of us are familiar with! The Trope Itself The trope for “Asshole With a Heart of Gold” is essentially based around a character–usually a man, the male romantic […]
In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince—while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable… but […]
While Ellen has accepted her destiny as a spinster aunt, shuffled between her sisters’ families when needed to care for the children, it seems her cousin and friend have not settled on that themselves. In fact, they have schemed to set her up with her childhood friend Marcus. Marcus, for his part, has been issued […]
Anne has lived a rough life, the daughter of a slave stolen from the West Indies and a white man. Though her father was never cruel to her or her mother, she is still not left with anything upon his death. Her half-brother, determined to be rid of her, finds her employment in a household […]
Some minor spoilers for the novel Caribbean Jewel by Jayla Jasso Gabriel Marcano Who Gabriel Is Gabriel was raised in Spain by his father, despite his illegitimate birth, and eventually sent away to school. He didn’t complete his education, but turned to the sea when any hope of an inheritance was smothered. He briefly engaged […]
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Review: Caribbean Jewel by Jayla Jasso
On Crab Island, a young woman by the name of Jolie lives as the ward to a plantation owner. Jolie is disgusted by the use of slavery in the Caribbean, and concocts a lie that allows her to help slaves on Crab Island escape to freedom by stowing away on vessels leaving the island. She […]
Julia Devon continues to disappoint her father, and is thus banished from Kettering when her sister Christine marries before even having a London debut. Sent to her cousin, Virginia’s, in Bath, Julia is prepared to help her cousin through a most difficult time. Unexpectedly, she discovers that the physician attending to her cousin’s dying husband […]
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