Author: Tracy

Avid reader (and reviewer) of historical romance.

Three Days to Be Ruined by Giovanna Siniscalchi

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Three Days to Be Ruined: A Victorian Historical Romance (The Winemakers Book 5)Three Days to Be Ruined: A Victorian Historical Romance by Giovanna Siniscalchi

Tracy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Series” The Winemakers, #5

Release Date: December 4, 2024

Six years ago, Miss Elizabeth “Beth” Croft was jilted by her fiancé and has had no other offers, but now her father is demanding she wed. Her father is an English gentleman and wine importer living in Portugal and was once the most successful importer in Oporto, but now he is ill and tittering on the edge of bankruptcy. He tells Beth she will have to marry Portugal’s premiere winemaker, Boyd Sandeman and sends her to meet with Boyd and to make an offer to merge their companies through marriage. With no choice, Beth goes to meet with Boyd and is shocked when he demands that she spend the Christmas holiday with him at his estate, where he will subject her to challenges to determine if she will be a suitable wife.

Transplanted Scotsman, Boyd Sandeman is a self-made man, who unbeknownst to Beth has been nurturing a grudge against her father for many years and with her proposal finally has the perfect opportunity to enact his revenge by rejecting and humiliating Beth in front of society. He invites his friends to join them, including Beth’s former fiancé Griffin Maxwell and his wife Julia, who he assumes will help him with his plan. But nothing goes as planned and soon Boyd realizes he has made a huge mistake, but is it too late to make things right, or has he lost his chance for a true HEA?

This was a great story! I am typically not a fan of revenge stories, but this was so well done, that I loved it! Boyd and Beth are wonderful characters, and I wanted them to find happiness together. This story has laugh out loud moments, revenge, meddling friends, steamyish love scenes, and finally a very sweet happy ending complete with an epilogue. Overall, this was a delightful read with a happy ending and a story that I would be happy to recommend. While this is part of a series, it can easily be read as a standalone title with no problems.

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher/author. All opinions in this review are my own. *

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The Knight’s Bride Prize by Ella Matthews

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The Knight's Bride Prize (The Knights' Missions Book 2)The Knight’s Bride Prize by Ella Matthews

Tracy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Series: The Knights’ Missions, #2

Release Date: November 26, 2024

After an incident at the castle of his mentor, Lord Ormond, Sir Hugh de Veilleux and his two brother Knights Leo and Tristian are tasked with proving their loyalty to his liege lord by each performing a mission. Hugh’s assignment is to infiltrate Ceinwen Castle, the Welsh holding of Lord Geraint and investigate suspected treason. He will infiltrate the castle under the guise of taking part in the tournament that Lord Geraint is holding to find a husband for his only daughter, Lady Bronwen. Hugh is not happy about the deceit, but he will do anything to clear his and his friends’ names, so they can pursue their dream of joining Sir Benedictus’s King’s Knights. Hugh believes this will be a simple mission, but that was before he met Lady Bronwen and found himself doing the one thing, he swore he would never do by falling in love with her.

Lady Bronwen was impressed by Sir Hugh from the moment she laid eyes on him, but once she learned that he was the third son of his family and had no hope of inheriting, she had to set her mind against him as a potential spouse. Not because she was mercenary, but because Hugh has no home of his own to take her to and she desperately wants to leave her father’s house. Her father was once a kind and benevolent lord, but in recent years he has become a drunk, more interested in drinking and feasting than his wife or daughter. But as much as she tries to ignore Hugh, it proves to be impossible. Will they give into the attraction simmering between them or will Hugh’s secrets and lies destroy any chance of a HEA?

This was a well-written, nicely paced story with very likable characters who both fight the call of their hearts. This book has intrigue, secrets, more than one villain, treason, lies, steamyish loves scenes, a bit of angst, a little heartache and finally a HEA complete with an epilogue. My only qualm with the story is how the traitor was handled, but aside from that, it was a great read with a really, wonderful ending, that I am happy to recommend. This is the second book in the series, but could easily be read as a standalone title, although, after reading this book, I purchased the first book because I just have to know what happened with Leo!

*I am voluntarily leaving a review for an eARC that I requested and was provided to me by the publisher/author. All opinions in this review are my own. *