This third book in Kate Noble’s Winner Takes All series is another beautifully written romance featuring likeable central characters, a very well-drawn secondary cast and dilemmas that feel realistic while also being problematic enough to provide the necessary degree of conflict. The Dare and the Doctor is a gently moving, character-driven friends-to-lovers story about two…
I love older heroines and second-chance-at-love stories – and I adore Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson, to which this story’s title alludes; and so I was delighted to be assigned Kate Noble’s novella Miss Goodhue Lives for a Night. Although it did not quite live up to my expectations, it’s an…
I’m going to start this review by saying that while I enjoyed The Lie and the Lady, I can understand that certain aspects of it might not appeal to everybody. The heroine is, at first glance, a coldly calculating fortune hunter out to catch herself a rich husband, and she and the hero don’t interact…
The Game and the Governess is a very strong start to Kate Noble’s new series, wherein she takes a seemingly trite plot and turns it into a compelling story which is by turns funny, charming and poignant. The story opens upon Miss Phoebe Baker on her final day at the exclusive school where she has…
Certain authors have a confidence of voice that comes out in their writing, and I count Kate Noble among that number. In The Game and the Governess, she takes on what could have been an overly contrived setup, delivering both a comedy of manners and a touching love story. Readers meet Phoebe Baker, the heroine,…