
Darius (Lonely Lords #1) by Grace Burrowes Sourcebooks Casablanca (April 2013) Paperback, 384 pages | Historical Romance Darius begins with the eponymous main character in a meeting with the husband of the heroine. A bit of an awkward situation, one might think. One would be right. This is a story that could have been rife with the forced misunderstandings and petty arguments that romance is often ridiculed for. Instead, it was the lovely, slowly unfolding story of two people who have been dealt the wrong hands in life and made the best…

Lady Sophie’s Christmas Wish (Windham #4) by Grace Burrowes | Paperback, 404 pages Sourcebooks Casablanca (Oct 2011) Historical Romance Lady Sophie’s Christmas Wish by Grace Burrowes is a great historical romance for the holiday season, filled with lust, scandal and Christmas spirit. We begin with Wilhelm Charpentier, otherwise known as ‘Vim’, being unable to acquire a room in London and offered a room at Lady Sophia Windham’s ducal mansion. This initial meeting yields no indication of either individual’s social status, with Vim presuming that Sophie is merely a housekeeper, as the rest…