A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick

Title: A Reliable Wife Author: Robert Goolrick Pages: Hardcover 291 Published: March 2009, Algonquin Books Why did I read this book: It was on the end cap of my library’s New Release section and the title sounded vaguely familiar. NOTE TO SELF: stop picking up books with no research! Set in 1909 Wisconsin the story opens in [...]

Black Silk, by Judith Ivory

Title: Black Silk Author: Judith Ivory (aka Judy Cuevas) Pages: 480 in paperback Published: By Avon in 2002 Series?: no, standalone Bought it myself Lovely Lusty Reader reader Christina suggested this title based on our mutual love for more old school romances (my list of my favorite 16 has 10 books published before 1995) even though Black Silk [...]

The Secret Heiress, by Judith Gould

Dammit my first guess was right, The Secret Heiress was HORRIBLE. As Scobberlotch commented the title was intriguing and doubled with the innocuous cover and the provocative back-cover summary I picked it right up at the library. EPIC FAIL in that the blurb was totally misleading… In fact the more I read the more I felt like [...]

Bet Me and Faking It

A two for one special today kids, a lightning review round of Jennifer Cruise’s Bet Me and Faking It. I read these both a few weeks ago and have been procrastinating with my reviews, mainly because I really thought I was going to love them both after reading all the snark-free, positive reactions to them [...]

The Prince Kidnaps a Bride, by Christina Dodd

As the owner and admirer of several of Christina Dodd’s Governess Series books, when I saw this title available in trade paperback at my library I checked it out without reading the summary. The title should have been a dead giveaway that it wouldn’t be one of my favorites as I am not a huge [...]

Size 12 Is Not Fat, Meg Cabot

This book came recommended by the younger sister of my bestie (let’s call her J) from college. We were having brunch at Circa before bridesmaid dress shopping for J’s upcoming nuptials! Selfishly I am super lucky that J picked Aria Dresses because she lives in NYC, found them online, and 1 of their only 3 stores is [...]