I seem to have spent a bit of time lately saying “don’t let the stupid title put you off reading this book because it’s really good” – and now I’m saying it again. This fourth book in Maya Rodale’s Keeping Up With the Cavendishes series is the best of the set once you get past…
I struggled to begin this review because I’m still not sure how I felt about Lady Claire Is All That. Did I enjoy reading it and was I entertained? Yes, and yes. But did I like it? I’m still on the fence. I was surprised by Ms. Rodale’s modern style juxtaposed against a traditional regency…
Maya Rodale is one of the authors I turn to when I want brain candy; a well-written, frothy, light-hearted read that doesn’t get too bogged down in angst, has a fair bit of humour and attractive characters. And she certainly delivers all that in Chasing Lady Amelia the second book in her Keeping Up With…
Lady Bridget’s Diary, the newest historical romance by Maya Rodale, is a cross between Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’ Diary complete with a dreadful Mr. Darcy, an odious Mr. Collins and a knock-off of Lady Catherine de Burgh. The Bennet sisters are replaced by the upstart American Cavendish family, and…