Overall, I think she does better when focusing on political and social than her musings on books and authors. I realized that I would stay focused the political writings than the reviews of authors and books - which I found myself skimming.

Little Shop Around the Corner (and all its remakes) meets Sabrina (and all its remakes) with a Nora Ephron kitchen and banter - in a Victorian setting.

A Duke Like No Other (Playful Brides #9) is my first novel by Valerie Bowman. I enjoyed it, because not only is it a steamy romance but a well written one, with a witty sparring-couple that were estranged and reunited for practical reasons, and then things change. The story well thought out which included a murder to solve; secondary characters were filled-out with personalities and just as entertaining as the main characters. I found 350-some page novel quick and easy to read. It was fun and enjoyable.

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It's All About the Duke by Amelia Grey storyline is one of my troupes in romance novels - female gossip writer who writes about Dukes and then falls in love with the one she writes the most about in the scandal pages. At times I felt the secondary character's storyline was overtaking the main plot, but that is a picky critique because the novel was still a quick read.and fun waiting for the Duke to figure out she was the one writing about him.

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The Luck of the Bride by Janna MacGregor is about March Lawson life hasn't had much luck in it since both of her parents die due to the influenza outbreak. While there are legal Guardians and Trustees to help manage the estate, all ignore her letters and pleas to release the money, until her youngest sibling and future heir come of age, March is in charge. March does what she can for her family and may have done some things that could land her in jail. Finally, a new Trustee falls into her life, Michael Cavensham, the Marquess of McCalpin and heir to the Duke of Langham and after seeing her and curiosity gets the better of him. Some secrets revealed. Lust and curiosity from March and Micheal make things even more interesting. But the secrets and lies that brought them together attempt to tear them apart. But they finally get it together in the last pages with an HEA.

Quick read. I haven't read any other books from the series, so this works well as a stand-alone novel.

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