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Book Review - By Your Side By Ruth Jones

  By Your Side By Ruth Jones Genre - Women's Fiction My Rating - ★★★★★ I had the incredible chance to dive into an advance copy of Ruth Jones's, By Your side, thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers. Due to be released on 22nd May 2025   This is the third book that I have read by Ruth Jones and it really did not disappoint.   Synopsis Linda and Levi will never meet. But they’re going to change each other’s lives. In her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relatives. She’s been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now she’s looking forward to an early retirement. But before she hangs up her lanyard, Linda takes on one last case – that of Levi Norman – a Welshman who made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years. What brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Obliged to travel (by hear...

Book Review - The Duke's Bluestocking By Josie Bonham

 


 The Duke’s Bluestocking By Josie Bonham

My Rating: ★★★★★

Genre: Romantic Fiction

The Duke's Bluestocking is book Four of The Reluctant Bride's series.

Publication date 29th June 2022. 

It is available as an Ebook or Paperback. 


Synopsis

Headstrong Grace Bamford is determined to remain unwed and keep her independence. Which means interesting, marriageable men are best avoided. Her classical studies and philanthropy are more important to her than a husband and a lot safer.
Angus Medley's life is turned upside down when he unexpectedly inherits a dukedom. He is wrenched from the career he loves as an Edinburgh advocate to take up responsibility for the Duchy of Evesham and the people relying on it for their livelihoods.
Grace rescues Angus from a knife-wielding attacker outside the London orphanage she helps to run. He dismisses the attack as a failed robbery but Grace suspects foul play. Is someone from Angus's past trying to kill him? Grace offers to help him investigate, concerned for his safety, even though it means spending time with the most attractive man she has ever met.
Marriage is the last thing on Angus's mind as he grapples with his new responsibilities and his hidden enemy, until he falls in love with Grace. Will Grace find the courage to follow her heart?

My Review

I was so excited when Josie Bonham contacted me and offered a copy of The Dukes Bluestocking in return for my honest review. Having read the first three books in the reluctant bride’s series, I could not wait to get stuck in, a little nervous to see if it lived up to the previous books.

Well, I was not disappointed, this is a well written regency period romance, I fell in love with the new Duke, loved that I already knew some of the characters, it felt like I had an advantage of knowing some of them already and this filled me with anticipation as to what was in store for them. It was great to have the addition of some new characters and was disappointed when ever I had to stop reading and return to normal life! Picking up children from school really does hinder when you’re engrossed.

This book could be read and enjoyed as a stand - alone novel, and would be loved by any romance reader but, as I have said previously, if you read the others in the series, you would have a better knowledge and understanding of some of the characters which, would only enhance your enjoyment of each book.

This book had everything you needed, strong minded women, the touch of danger amidst the backdrop of two people falling in love, the duke struggling with his new life and the will they won’t they manage to get together. What more can you want!

It was a thoroughly enjoyable read, that had me on the edge of my seat. The Dukes Bluestocking is the type of book that you’re itching to read and get finished so you know what happens but, as you’re reading you see the pages thinning out and you know you’re coming to the end, and that makes you a little sad to be leaving the loveable characters behind.

Thank you, Josie Bonham for allowing me to read and review your wonderful book. I’m already looking forward to the next in the series.

 

If you fancy starting from the beginning or are looking for a particular book in the series you can find links below to Josie Bonham’s The Reluctant Bride’s series. Just click on the picture to be taken to Amazon or you can view my blog posts for each book by clicking the book review link under the picture.









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