Julia Justiss concludes her Heirs in Waiting trilogy with The Explorer Baroness, a sweet tale about an independent importer and the travel-hungry baron-to-be who comes to love her. The way Justiss intermarries two different cultures here is lovely, but I did groan at some very hoary old clichés that reared their ugly heads. Gregory Lattimar,…
Julia Justiss’ historicals often read somewhat like trads with a little extra depth to them, so I pulled The Bluestocking Duchess out of my stack and came away quite charmed. The hero and heroine start off on somewhat equal social footing. Jocelyn Sudderfeld is the daughter and sister of scholars who work under the patronage…
Julia Justiss continues her Heirs in Waiting series with the very sweet-natured and somewhat predictable The Railway Countess, about two very typically atypical romance protagonists who still manage to find love in a way that amuses and entertains the reader. Crispin d’Aubignon is a railway investor who bumps into Marcella Cranmor while waiting for her…
The Bluestocking Duchess launches Julia Justiss’ new Heirs in Waiting series. It’s a well written friends-to-lovers tale that is sweet but doesn’t quite have the passion or charm of other books I’ve read by this author. Jocelyn Sudderfeld is the daughter of the Duke of Farisdeen’s estate librarian and the sister of the man the…