Be nice, really be you but don't be nice to get ahead. I don't know; it was meandering and could have been a shorter book. Also, I didn't all the focusing on the emotions of others to get what I needed, and that "women" still need to make things work. This book isn't new. It is just reminding you what you need.

Keep the stereotypes of women who do all the female emotional labor instead of others to ensure you are nice for nice sakes and somehow manage to get ahead. It was exhausting to read. I gave up because it was all name-dropping and telling me to do what I already do in my work sphere, which is exhausting.

3.5 Stars

Period| Regency

Tropes| Marriage of Convenience, but it came real (#oops); Man has a clock/watch addiction but doesn't listen to the ticks of his own heart.

While I enjoyed this book, it felt like an outlier to the series in missing that camaraderie between the young women and writing the book that was more in the previous novels. Also, the secondary plot of larceny, the book would have been fine without the I must get back my ancestors' objects that were sold off and to do it - steal. If that is going to be a plot point, it should be a fleshed-out story within the story - it just seems like an afterthought.

Overall this book is a historical romance with a marriage of a convincing plot and a HEA when the man listens to his own beating heart.

I receive an ARC from Netgalley and Avon for my honest review.

Period | Regency

Tropes | Fake Fiancee, the movie remake

Pretty women meet Regency. I enjoyed it and read it in one day. But I can't tell you anything special about it.

I liked The Everliegh Sisters series and think about them often; this one seems to be trying to go for the Bridgerton appeal and to the masses.

I got an ARC from NetGalley and Forever.

I have liked the Clandestine Affairs Series, and this book was no exception. A Heroine mapmaker and a Hero spy - trying to be a footman - trying to figure out how the mapmaker screws him over in a land survey. Both realize each other is not what they seem and don't care. It was a fun plot and interesting moments.

Received an ARC from NetGalley and Avon Books.

Tropes | Enemies/Rivals to Lovers, Sex Lessons

The Davies and Montgomery families are at it again with the never-ending rival and pining for someone they shouldn't.

Carys Davies and Tristian Montgomery have annoyed each other since they were little. Carys keeps a secret that backs her life, like blackmail, and tries everything in her power that no one knows. Tristain needs a wife; the only person he keeps thinking about this is Carys.

They meet, and Carys wants sex lessons - that is it. Not an excuse to be with Tristian. Yep, I see no problem here. Just a week, and they will move on.

There is a Bear. Being chased by a bear happens in this, and it is not out of the left field. (Reviewer questions her sanity).

I received an ARC from NetGalley and St. Martin's Paperbacks.