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Lit Wallflowers Podcast

179 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings

Lit Wallflowers is an official, unofficial Historical Romance book review podcast presented by Toni Rose and Wendy Woo. Every week they take themes from a Historical Romance and relate it back to how it can be applied to life in modern times! Then they Pot-Tail with a whiskey of the series and discuss all things Bookstagram and Romance! For more content, giveaways, and bonus material follow @litwallflowerspodcast on Instagram and Facebook, and @Lit_Wallflowers on Twitter!

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Hell's Belles - Bombshell + Adriana Herrera's A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

September 02, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

Another Hell’s Belles released, but first we revisit Sesily and Caleb’s love story “Bombshell” by Sarah MacLean.  During our Pot-tail Pondering, we cover another daring woman and her Scotsman in “A Caribbean Heiress in Paris,” book one of the Las Leonas series by Adriana Herrera! Check out our initial review with friend of the pod Natalie @kissandletmetellyou, Season 3 episode 30 During our second review with Natalie, we interviewed Sarah MacLean, Season 3 episode 35 Join us as we discuss...

Awakened by a Kiss - A Duchess by Midnight

August 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

Drewsmina Trelayne meets her future birdwatching partner in “A Duchess by Midnight” by Charis Michaels, book three of the Awakened by a Kiss trilogy! The former mean stepsister waits to be called to see the Prince and her stepsister.  While she waits with other visitors, birds get loose and chaos ensues.  She does not want the birds harmed so the mysterious, handsome hooded man breaks a window to restore order. The hooded man waits to be called by his friend the Prince to find out exactly ...

Awakened by a Kiss - When You Wish Upon a Duke

August 13, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

Isobel Tinker believes big adventures are behind her until Jason Beckett starts lurking around her workplace in “When You Wish Upon a Duke” by Charis Michaels, book two of the Awakened by a Kiss series! Isobel lived a wildly adventurous teenage life throughout Europe.  Her last adventure left her separating herself from her crowd, “the lost boys.”  She uses her knowledge and language skills in a travel agency hoping to one day start her own business. The Duke of Northumberland aka North wi...

Awakened by a Kiss - A Duchess a Day

August 05, 2022 18:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

It is fairy tale time, but with a twist!  The Huntsman from Snow White falls for an apple orchardist in “A Duchess a Day” by Charis Michaels, book one of the Awakened by a Kiss series! Declan Shaw was wrongfully imprisoned when Snow White went missing on his watch.  He receives a get-out-of-jail card and money if he agrees to be the groom of the duke’s fiancée, makes sure she does not run away, and the marriage happens. Lady Helena Lark wants to run away to her apple orchard.  She continue...

The Palace of Rogues - You Were Made to Be Mine

July 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Lady Aurelie Capet escapes France and former spymaster, Mr. Christian Hawkes, traces her to London “You Were Made to Be Mine” by Julie Anne Long, book five of The Palace of Rogues series! Aurelie emerges in London as Mrs. Gallagher and hides in the Grand Palace on the Thames.  She enjoys her time there, but she plans to sail to her brother in America. All leads point Hawkes to TGPOTT to find the Earl of Brundage’s fiancée who inadvertently would help him with his personal mission against a...

The Palace of Rogues - After Dark with the Duke

July 23, 2022 21:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MB

The Duke of Valkirk wants peace and quiet to write his next book, but the arrival of Mariana Wylde threatens his haven in “After Dark with the Duke” by Julie Anne Long, book four of The Palace of Rogues series! Mariana Wylde escapes her residence in the dead of night and seeks refuge in The Grand Palace on the Thames… if Dot lets her in after curfew hours.  With barely any funds, Mariana’s reputation as a great talent helps to strike a deal with the proprietresses, Delilah and Angelique.  M...

The Palace of Rogues - I'm Only Wicked with You

July 15, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB

Mr. Hugh Cassidy snitches and gets Lady Lillias Vaughn adult grounded in “I’m Only Wicked with You” by Julie Anne Long, book three of The Palace of Rogues series! Lillias has not been herself for the past two months and two days.  Her latest life experience was smoking a cheroot.  Hugh has to tell her father the earl out of concern because he would not want his own sister to be smoking in unfamiliar places. Hugh has been off on his leads to fulfill his mission as soon as possible.  He has ...

The Palace of Rogues - Angel in a Devil's Arms

July 08, 2022 03:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

The first official guest at The Grand Palace on the Thames finally arrives in “Angel in a Devil’s Arms by Julie Anne Long, book two of The Palace of Rogues series! Mrs. Angelique Breedlove interviews Lucien Durand, the supposedly unalive Lord Bolt.  What should be an innocent process has Angelique turning red and Lucien intrigued. Lucien has revenge on his mind.  On his to do list is to own the property next door, the same property Angelique and Delilah would like to acquire.  Also on his ...

The Palace of Rogues - Lady Derring Takes a Lover

July 02, 2022 18:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

We will be riverside this series at The Grand Palace on the Thames starting with “Lady Derring Takes a Lover” by Julie Anne Long, book one of The Palace of Rogues series! Lady Delilah Derring finds out that her late husband left her with keys to a building he won in a wager and with the newly discovered secret that he had a mistress, Angelique. Mrs. Breedlove was at her trusty pub when Delilah visited her building, but decided to appease her growling stomach next door first.  Instead of sh...

Happy Zaddy Month - Worth Any Price and Against the Odds by Lisa Kleypas

June 25, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

We get not one, not two, not three, but four zaddies this episode!  Lisa Kleypas gives us Nick Gentry and Lord Westcliff from “Worth Any Price,” and Dr. Jake Linley and Derek Craven from Against the Odds in the Where’s My Hero? Anthology!! Nick Gentry is now a Bow Street runner and is great at it!  To escape the hero praise in London, he takes on a private commission to hunt someone down leading him to Stony Cross Park and act as his true identity. Miss Charlotte Howard ran away from home ...

Happy Zaddy Month - Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas

June 18, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

Definitely a top, if not thee top, zaddy is Sir Ross Cannon from “ Lady Sophia’s Lover” by Lisa Kleypas! The monk of Bow Street devotes himself to his work until a new employee has got his loins on fire.  Lady Sophia Sydney seeks employment with Sir Ross for one reason… revenge. Revenge never works out!  Sophia finds herself realizing Sir Ross is one of the good ones.  As they learn more of each other, someone begins to send Sophia extravagant gifts a lover would purchase, and it gets Sir ...

Happy Zaddy Month - Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas

June 10, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

Our next zaddy is Bow Street runner Grant Morgan from “Someone to Watch Over Me” by Lisa Kleypas! Grant quickly realizes the most expensive courtesan, Vivian Duvall, is not his type during their first meeting.  Not use to men telling her “no,” Grant’s refusal to dance with Vivian ended in gossip about him. One work night, Grant arrives to a scene with a woman who was pulled from the Thames and face down.  She is none other than Vivian who was thought to be dead.  He takes her to his home t...

Happy Zaddy Month - Desperately Seeking a Duchess by Christi Caldwell

June 04, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB

Happy Zaddy Month!  Our first zaddy is Christi Caldwell’s Courtland Balfour, Duke of St. James in “Desperately Seeking a Duchess!” Courtland posed as his twin brother who works for the Duke of Bentley.  His charms should get Bentley’s children to leave the English countryside for London town, but his trip leaves him shot at and beaten up.  However, there is a spark between him and the duke’s daughter, and he leaves kissed and has intrigued Miss Audley to visit the wonderful bookshops and m...

Agents of the Crown - How to Marry a Marquis + Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron

May 29, 2022 19:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

James the Marquis of Riverdale returns on a personal detective mission and suspects Elizabeth Hotchkiss in “How to Marry a Marquis” by Julia Quinn!! Elizabeth works as a companion for Lady Danbury and she manages her household consisting of four younger siblings since her baronet father past.  Her wages barely keep her family feed and the five year paid rental agreement will soon end.  Marriage to someone with money is the answer, as long as it is not to the creepy local squire. James sho...

Agents of the Crown - To Catch an Heiress

May 16, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

We meet two strong women who each meet their spy in Julia Quinn’s Agents of the Crown series.  This week, we start with clever Caroline Trent and her hilarious antics in “To Catch an Heiress!!” After fleeing her current guardian’s home because of a botched plan to ruin Caroline, she is taken by Blake Ravenscroft.  She goes along with the capture while being misidentified for a roof over her head. Blake’s spy skills where challenged while trying to get any information from the woman who cos...

Essex Sisters - The Taming of the Duke & Pleasure for Pleasure

May 07, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

Double, trouble this week with “The Taming of the Duke” and “Pleasure for Pleasure,” books three and four of the Essex Sisters series, by Eloisa James!!  Well, should we say it is a double-couple feature??  If you love secondary romances, you are in for a treat! Join us as we discuss how Imogen and Rafe each transforms to become better versions of themselves, and how a mustache stuck them together.  During our pottail pondering, we discuss how Josephine ditches her corset and avoids scandal...

Essex Sisters - Kiss Me, Annabel

April 26, 2022 02:00 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MB

A Scottish gentleman arrives for the season with one sister’s eyes on him while another sister does not want his eyes on her in book two of the Essex Sisters series, Kiss Me, Annabel by Eloisa James. Ewan, the Earl of Ardmore, journeyed from up north to find a wife.  He may have the looks to catch a woman’s eyes, however he does not seem to have the funds to seal the deal. Miss Annabel Essex served as her family’s bookkeeper starting at a young again, yet experienced her father’s wrath wh...

Essex Sisters - Much Ado About You

April 10, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

The Essex sisters arrived at the Duke of Holbrook’s estate as his wards in the first book of the Essex Sisters series, Much Ado About You by Eloisa James!!  However, can you call women-of-age wards?? Rafe, the Duke of Holbrook, expected young wards, but he got young-ish women.  Now, the nursemaids he hired suddenly became ladies maids and he is doing what he can to find them respectable matches with only exceptional horses as their dowry. Tess, the eldest of the four sisters, believes a re...

March Mix - A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie + The Wolf of Westmore

April 03, 2022 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

Food is a love language in A Duke, the Spy, an Artist, and a Lie by Vanessa Riley! Cecilia found an English stranger lurking around her home during a ball, and she decides to save him from the speculating questions of the soldiers.  Felton goes along with her stargazing fib and he promises Cecilia the adventure she craves by getting married. Married life was not blissful enough due to Felton’s work taking him away.  Plus, Cecilia was not fully accepted by his relations, excluding his fath...

March Mix - The Viscount Who Loved Me #Bridgerton

March 26, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

The season is upon us and we revisit “The Viscount Who Loved Me” by Julia Quinn! We reviewed the featured book of Netflix’s Bridgerton Season two for our Season two, episode two. Join us as we discuss this enemies-to-lovers story and wonder about certain clips prior to watching the show.  What do you think Madame Delacroix and Lady Penelope Featherington are whispering about?? DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONS – Skiing sucked “OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 23:22 Julia Quinn Bridgerton serie...

March Mix - The Duke's Pursuit + Interview with author Golden Angel

March 19, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Golden Angel intrigued us with her bio and latest release, “The Duke’s Pursuit,” and we cannot wait to read more from this New-to-Us author! Lady Philippa decides she has been in mourning long enough, so she attends the London season for physical activities, not love.  Everett, the Marquess of Hartington, finds himself in a wager with his rake of a friend, but he does not realize who the lucky lady is until he turns towards her. Everett learns exactly why Pippa is in town, and he learns t...

Everleigh Sisters - The Rakehell of Roth

March 13, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

Lady Isobel and the Marquess of Roth marry so they can live with some peace of mind, separately, in Amalie Howard’s “The Rakehell of Roth,” a Sleeping Beauty and Much Ado About Nothing retelling! Gently breed Lady Isobel marries someone she met and liked during her first season, which ensures her safety from a leech.  Her husband brings her to the country where his father, the duke, resides and leaves soon after. Lord Winter Vance marries to ensure his inheritance and as soon as possible, ...

Everleigh Sisters - The Beast of Beswick & Interview with Author Mazey Eddings

March 05, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB

Lady Astrid storms into the Thane’s home for a different kind of rescue mission in Amalie Howard’s “The Beast of Beswick,” a Beauty and the Beast and The Taming of the Shrew retelling! Astrid fears for her younger sister Isobel because her past has returned in book one of the Everleigh Sisters series.  To keep her sister safe, she rides to the man everyone rides away from for help. War hero Thane just had a conversation about marriage with his bold valet before Astrid rushes to his quarter...

The Wicked Quills of London - Temptations of a Wallflower & The Good Girl's Guide to Rakes

February 26, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MB

A wallflower and a vicar hit it off in Eva Leigh’s third book of The Wicked Quills of London series, “Temptations of a Wallflower.” Jeremy Cleland returns to London and his father’s and uncle’s summons him to use his vicar identity to find The Lady of Dubious Quality author.  He must find them or else risk his father’s allowance to cease. Lady Sarah Frampton goes to great lengths to keep her double life hidden, however someone is tracking her.  So, she proposes to the one person she feels ...

The Wicked Quills of London - Scandal Takes the Stage

February 12, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

A playwright and a play lover team up in Eva Leigh’s second book of The Wicked Quills of London series, “Scandal Takes the Stage.” Cam, Viscount Marwood, can always be found watching a play.  After the play, he has access to backstage and especially to the willing actresses. Maggie Delamare has a great reason for not trusting titled men, and she makes it known in her burlettas.  However, it is her long awaited sequel to her most popular burletta that needs to be finished yesterday. Maggie...

The Wicked Quills of London - Forever Your Earl + MUNRO with @kissandletmetellyou & @pinkcowlandreads

February 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Aristocrats behaving questionably will make it into The Hawk’s Eye scandal sheets in Eva Leigh’s first book of The Wicked Quills of London series, “Forever Your Earl.” Daniel Balfour, the Earl of Ashford, charged into the Hawk’s Eye offices demanding to see the man behind the paper.  However, Eleanor Hawk let Ashford know she was the editor of the business. Ashford complained that the articles about him were inaccurate.  Eleanor takes pride in her resources being reliable.  In order to pro...

Logical Man's Guide to Dangerous Women - His Lessons on Love

January 29, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

The town foundling is back in Maidenshop just when the Earl is in need of help in Cathy Maxwell’s “His Lessons on Love,” book three of the Logical Man’s Guide to Dangerous Women series! Miss Clarissa Taylor is no longer a companion and seek the matrons for help.  With no prospects and references, she is desperate, kind of. Mars, the Earl, received a surprise bundle from his former mistress and off she went.  His all male staff had no clue what to do so he went to the people he does not alwa...

Logical Man's Guide to Dangerous Women - Her First Desire

January 20, 2022 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB

Once upon time in a faraway land, from London, there was a tiny kingdom, town really, called Maidenshop.  Gemma Estep left her Cinderella-ish situation after discovering an opened letter addressed to her from months ago.  Feeling far from safe after making a scene when guests were present at her in-laws, she packed up her salves and tinctures, then made her way to the only place she could go. Mr. Ned Thurlowe, the town doctor, was on a his weekly walk with his betrothed.  After years of bei...

Logical Man's Guide to Dangerous Women - His Secret Mistress

January 13, 2022 20:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MB

Happy New Year!  And, happy Season four with author Cathy Maxwell who we have always wanted to cover.  We are starting with “His Secret Mistress” in preparation for the upcoming release for the Logical Man’s Guide to Dangerous Women series. Brandon Balfour, frustrated for possibly not getting a commission, left London for the country.  Actually, he was already summoned to Maidenshop by his sister, the dramatic dowager Duchess because her son, his guardian, has fallen for an actress.  Althou...

New to Us - Brazen Temptress with @plottrysts

December 11, 2021 02:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MB

New-to-Us November ends with “Brazen Temptress” and Elizabeth Boyle fans, Laine and Meg of Plottrysts! To save her crew from the gallows, captain Maureen Hawthorne made a deal for freedom by finding the infamous American privateer and pirate De Ryes, someone she was married to. De Ryes cleans up well and is unrecognizable as aristocrat Julien d’Artiers, but he’s the same man Maureen blames for her father’s death.  She’s ready to turn him in when she see each other at a ball, however the s...

New to Us- Brazen Heiress with @kissandletmetellyou

December 03, 2021 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

New-to-Us November continues into December with book two of Elizabeth Boyle’s Brazen series, “Brazen Heiress!” Teenage Lily D’Artiers heard and saw her biggest crush, crush his lips on someone else.  From then on, she moved to America with her family and moved on.  She returned to England on a mission, however regardless of her smashing success at being horrible, she returned to Paris on a mission with her past crush. Webb Drysden was not keen to be partnered with the hoyden chasing after ...

New to Us - Brazen Angel with @bookishlyruby

November 23, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Elizabeth Boyle is our New-to-Us November author and we are starting from the beginning with her debut book “Brazen Angel!” The Brazen Angel loved masquerade balls!  The balls allowed her to enchant wealthy aristocrats and rob them.  When one or two of those “gentlemen” have a friend like Giles, Marquess of Trahern, who was bored and had special skills, he too was at the balls trying to catch her in the act. Who Giles really needed to catch or stop from running away was his future wife tha...

New to Us - In the Midst of Shadows by Nicola Italia & Once a Laird by Mary Jo Putney

November 20, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

We got double the fun this week for New-to-Us November!  We read recently released  “In the Midst of Shadows” by Nicola Italia and “Once a Laird” by Mary Jo Putney. If you love a mystery and suspense in your historical fiction, “In the Midst of Shadows” is for you!  Lavinia wrote short stories and through connections, she became the next penny dreadful author for a publication and her fandom kept asking for more.  However, some of her stories became reality and Detective Chief Inspector Har...

New to Us - Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

November 10, 2021 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

“Island Queen” by Vanessa Riley is a historical novel based on a true person, and it is definitely New-to-Us! We read about the extraordinary life of Dorothy Kirwan who was determined to be a free person and to succeed in making her family and others free too! From aged five to decades later, we followed her through the islands of the Caribbean and even through some trips to the Scotland and England.  She had losses and wins in business and love, however she kept moving forward. We’re ab...

New to Us - The Last Season with authors Jenny Judson & Danielle Mahfood

November 06, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

It is New-to-Us November!  We are kicking off this month with a historical fiction, “The Last Season” by new-to-us authors Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood! Miss Cassandra Drayton, daughter to a viscount, saw the new stable boy, Crispin St. John, from her window while having her lessons from her governess.  They soon start a friendship in secret and he gave her forbidden lessons in horseback riding.  Unfortunately, one lesson ended with her injured and him kicked off the estate. The gover...

School for Dukes - One Fine Duke with @bookstakatie

October 30, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MB

It is about teamwork to avenge and protect in “One Fine Duke” by Lenora Bell! Mina Penny finally got her season in London and her mission was to look for a partner for espionage.  Who she got was the recluse Duke of Thornton, Andrew aka Drew, brother of her intended partner.  Drew’s mission was to figure out his brother’s secrets in order to protect their sister. With Mina’s knowledge from living with a spy master, she knows the tricks of the trade to find Rafe.  Because of Drew’s own trau...

School for Dukes - For the Duke's Eyes Only with @bookstakatie

October 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

Adventure time with the antiquities hunters and former best friends in “For the Duke’s Eyes Only” by Lenora Bell! Lady India Rochester and Daniel Bonds, Duke of Ravenswood were the best of friends until one day they were ripped from each other’s lives.  These two who have been betrothed since they were in leading strings and looked forward to their marriage until distance turned into secrets and Daniel had to keep India at bay. Indy aka Lady Danger continued to explore dirt and became an a...

School for Dukes - What a Difference a Duke Makes with @bookstakatie

October 14, 2021 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MB

We are attending the School for Dukes and studying “What a Difference a Duke Makes” as our first lesson by Lenora Bell! Mari Perkins helped a child cross the street, only to have her trunk snatched, and she arrived late to her appointment for a governess position.  Superior governess and agency owner Mrs. Trilby did not care of her circumstances and threw her out of her establishment.  By chance, another governess stormed into the agency having ran away from unruly twins and Mari saw her ch...

Julia Quinn's Two Dukes of Wyndham with @romantically_swept_away

October 08, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MB

The Two Dukes of Wyndham series by Julia Quinn was a delight to read one after the other! In “The Lost Duke of Wyndham,” highwayman Jack turned out to be the true duke.  His cranky, dowager duchess grandmother just needed proof of legitimacy, but first she needed to catch him.  It was his attachment to Grace, the dowager’s companion, who he would give up the dukedom for. In “Mr. Cavendish, I Presume,” the current duke, Thomas,  was potentially going to lose his dukedom and lose Amelia, his...

Bombshell Interview with Sarah MacLean

October 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today bestselling romance novelist, romance columnist, and podcaster Sarah MacLean spoke to us! This interview was full of spoilers so our fangirl selves including Natalie of @kissandletmetellyou, could ask revealing questions and get the answers that would bring joy to our heart! We dive into writing the book and touch upon topics within the genre.  We talk about historical accuracy and she can prove her ideas happened in the past.  And for pervy h...

All the Duke's Sins - Along Came a Lady interview with Christi Caldwell

September 23, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

We want more Christi Caldwell in our lives especially after interviewing her for her new release “Along Came a Lady!” Etiquette instructor, Edwina Dalrymple, was hired for a different sort of charge, the adult kind.  She was to turn the Duke of Bentley’s recently known illegitimate son, Rafe Audley, into a gentleman. Rafe hated the Duke and was surprised to see a woman turn up this time to bring him to London.  However, he was as determined not to succumb to Edwina’s smiles as she was dete...

League of Extraordinary Women - Portrait of a Scotsman with Evie Dunmore and @biologistreadsromance

September 17, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 61 MB

Special guest and author Evie Dunmore has graciously allowed us to fangirl over her and her new release Portrait of a Scotsman! Hattie Greenfield went to an invite-only art gallery without her bodyguard and without a chaperone.  The gallery’s owner, Lucien Blackstone, did not know he was trying to be more charitable.  When his art restorer told him a wet woman was there for the tour, he thought it was a tour of his body. Hattie finds out the man she kissed and slapped was  Mr. Blackstone h...

League of Extraordinary Women - A Rogue of One's Own with @biologistreadsromance

September 10, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB

We finally find out how Tristan knows about Lucie’s cat in “A Rogue of One’s Own” by Evie Dunmore! Lord Tristan Ballentine was enchanted when he saw Lady Lucinda riding her horse towards him and his hiding place one summer.  He just arrived at her home and did not expect to be slapped on the face for a misunderstanding with his undone breeches.  Then for the next several summers, he would torment her. Fifteen years later, Lady Lucie was on the verge of getting majority shares of a publishi...

League of Extraordinary Women - Bringing Down the Duke with @biologistreadsromance

September 05, 2021 22:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Evie Dunmore’s 2-year anniversary of “Bringing Down the Duke” is being celebrated with a giveaway bundle!  Follow her on Instagram for more details. Annabelle Archer got the opportunity of a lifetime!  She was accepted as part of the first cohort of women to take courses at Oxford University with a scholarship from the National Society for Woman’s Suffrage.  Her first task with NSWS was to hand out pamphlets about amending the Married Woman’s Property Act to a man of influence.  She found...

Hell's Belles - Bombshell with @kissandletmetellyou

August 29, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MB

“Bombshell” by Sarah MacLean!  What a great first book of her new series, Hell’s Belles! Caleb Calhoun finds Sesily Talbot hours after stepping onto dry land from Boston.  What he did not expect and witness from the ballroom to the garden was a devious yet just plan.  What he did not foresee was their first kiss after two years of meeting. We find out that Sesily was a part of a girl gang we would love to be in.  She also frequents “The Place” with other badass ladies.  We know Sesily had...

The Bareknuckle Bastards - Daring and the Duke with @kissandletmetellyou

August 22, 2021 04:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

The kindreds look down memory lane in Sarah MacLean’s Daring and the Duke! Grace Condry rescued Ewan, Duke of Marwick, and helped him recover only to pummel him and tell him never to return to Covent Gardens.  Ewan heeds her command only to return to town in one year determined to redeem himself and win over Grace. Grace swooned when she masked herself and attended the Duke’s ball that was designed like their memory.  Pretending to not recognize each other, Grace and Ewan allowed their feeli...

The Bareknuckle Bastards - Brazen and the Beast with @kissandletmetellyou

August 17, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

It is the Year of Hattie in Sarah MacLean’s Brazen and the Beast! Hattie wanted to begin her nine and twentieth year with her ruination, however Savior Whittington (aka Beast) had to be disposed of from her carriage first. From his first kiss with Hattie, Beast was ruined and, after a little tuck-and-roll, he interrupted the plans of the too perfect a lady for him.  Hattie’s ruination had to take a rain check, but it would be rectified with someone too perfect (of preference) for her. In ...

The Bareknuckle Bastards - Wicked and the Wallflower with @literaryillusions

August 07, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MB

We are hanging out in Covent Garden this series with Sarah MacLean’s The Bareknuckle Bastards starting with Wicked and the Wallflower! Devil leaped back over a balcony when Felicity entered the dark room to laugh and speak to the ether.  Devil intrigued, interrupts her benign harsh words about the mean girls and guys she wants to befriend again. Those she once called friends angered Felicity into announcing the lie that she already landed the Duke of Marwick.  Devil used this opportunity t...

Ravenels Bonus #PlotTrystsxLitWallflowers

August 06, 2021 17:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

By monthly…weekly…daily demands, Laine and Meg of Plot Trysts are back for a Ravenels bonus!  Were our earlier theories correct?  Join us as we discuss the polarizing Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas! Plot Trysts - www.facebook.com/plottrysts www.instagram.com/plottrysts www.twitter.com/plottrysts Website https://linktr.ee/plottrysts Featuring – Lisa Kleypas Devil in Disguis Ravenels series www.lisakelypas.com www.facebook.com/lisakleypas www.instagram.com/lisakleypas Hosts - Toni Rose...

Ravenels - Devil in Disguise with @romantically_swept_away

August 04, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB

Lisa Kleypas has done it again with Devil in Disguise.  Sigh! What calms big, mean, whisky-soaked Scotsman Keir MacRae?  Instant attraction with Lady Merritt Sterling and her table syrup ways.   They both know it is not a good idea to even have dinner together, however they cannot seem to stay away from each other.  Then an attempt to see Merry again, turned into another attempted murder which had Keir saving himself only to forget the best week of his life! In this book that kept us smil...

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