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A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle Cove 2), by Tessa Dare (2012)
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Premise: A burgeoning geologist enlists the help of a notorious rake to get her across the country so she can deliver a paper to a society.

Review: I adored the first book in this series, as well as the holiday novella released before this official book 2. Sadly this didn‘t hit the same highs for me, though this is not likely the fault of the book. Cont.

@Gissy omg this #staycationintimeswap was so so generous! I‘ve had a horrible 6 weeks both medically and personally, and this has me in happy tears! So many wonderful surprises, I don‘t even know what to say! And thank you to @DinoMom and @Chrissyreadit for organizing

Our July read has been chosen for #LittensLoveRomance and I believe it is available in KU for those who subscribe. We‘ll be reading it quickly with 3 chapters a day starting July 12 - please let me know if you‘d like to join in!

#ReadingBracket2025 Romance update - first half of the year!
I had some great reads this last quarter, including the really fun and unique time loop romance Time and Time Again. But A Shore Thing is moving onto the next round. I can't get over its charm.

My husband and I got a good laugh taking/posing for this picture 😂

I really liked this historical romance about a young widow (who is so naive, she doesn't realize she's a virgin) and the court jester.

Also, there's a golden chalice everyone is obsessed with finding.

Great, entertaining read for my Romance Book Club.

I only had 3 5 star reads in June, and I may still add the others in Wild Card spots. This tagged book was the most fun read and helped me get out of a reading slump. It is a delight!

When her parents die from an illness, 16-year-old Cissie Brodie & her younger siblings are left penniless & homeless & facing the shadow of the workhouse. To prevent them being split up, Cissie searches for somewhere else to live but with no money they cannot afford anywhere, except a cave on the moor. Cold & drafty to start with, the local carpenter helps Cissie turn it into something resembling a dwelling place, if not a home.

This was a lot of fun, I enjoyed the setting and the strong female characters.

Here I am, trying to combat sadness with Kopiko, strawberries, and a Regency friend-romance between an aromantic woman and a gay man. I loved the hell out of the first book in this series (SOMETHING FABULOUS) but just really liked the second (SOMETHING SPECTACULAR). This shall be the tie-breaker.

My stalwart companion as I reread ONCE A ROGUE. He‘s so red in the smokey light! I filtered him a bit to capture the colour I actually saw.

The book‘s still great. I love the way these characters bounce off each other, and Allie Therin‘s prose practically reads itself. I open my ereader and suddenly half an hour‘s gone by. I needed this, especially after I bailed on an opaque contemporary fantasy last night.