Category: Regency Era (1811-1820)

The Regency in Great Britain was a period when King George III was deemed unfit to rule and his son ruled as his proxy as Prince Regent. On the death of George III in 1820, the Prince Regent became George IV. The term Regency can refer to various stretches of time; some are longer than the decade of the formal Regency which lasted from 1811–1820.
Preceded by: Georgian era
Followed by: Victorian era
Monarch: George III, George IV, William IV

Game of Rogues by Julie Anne Long

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Game of Rogues: A Novel (The Palace of Rogues, 9)Game of Rogues: A Novel by Julie Anne Long

Tracy’s Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Series: The Palace of Rogues, #9

Release Date: June 2, 2026

Miss Guinevere “Ginny” Woodville is the very protective elder sister of Hogarth Woodville, Viscount Woodville and the newly minted Earl of Highgrove, so when he returns from a trip to London and confesses that he has lost everything – including his sisters’ doweries, Ginny is quick to jump in and make things right. Ginny promised her dying mother that she would make sure her siblings all married well, but that will not happen without doweries, so, Ginny travels to London and checks into the Grand Palace on the Thames and then goes to meet with Gabriel Marchand, the owner of Lucifer’s Fall – the “gentlemen’s club” that Hogarth lost his fortune. The man is completely infuriating and absolutely, breathtakingly gorgeous, she leaves their meeting without any resolution, unless she wanted to consider his illicit proposition – which she didn’t – and feeling desperate, but at least she is pretty sure she knows who Hogarth lost the bulk of his fortune to and hopes that that man will be more willing to negotiate. She thinks she has seen the last of Gabriel and is shocked when she learns he is also staying at the Palace – she tries to ignore him, but he always seems to be one step ahead of her, and as much as she wants to hate that – she doesn’t. She falls hard for him, but knows that she could never be with him and keep her promise to her mother, or can she?

Gabriel Marchand is a self-made man, orphaned into the poverty of St. Giles and has clawed his way to the top. As the owner of a very exclusive and successful gentleman’s club, he should have everything he wants, but meeting Ginny has him rethinking what he really wants. He is drawn to Ginny and against his better judgement begins to help her and in turn, she helps him. He knows he loves her and he knows she is not for him, but the heart wants what it wants, and he sets in motion a plan that may enable them to have their HEA. But his Ginny has made promises and honor might not let her follow her heart.

I love this series; I swear every new installment is better than the last – I can’t even remember the last series I read that could say that about. This story was absolutely my favorite to date – and that is saying a lot – because I have LOVED every book. Gabriel is everything you could want in a hero, he is charming, smart, self-made, has known loss and pain, and loves without conditions (he has earned a spot on my very exclusive favorite heroes of all-time list) and Ginny is his perfect match – their banter and jibes were some of the best I have ever read and I can’t wait to re-read this book! The book has wonderful characters, steamyish love scenes, lots of laugh out loud moments, grief, promises, a bit of angst, a little heartbreak, and finally a sigh-worthy ending complete with an epilogue. This is the ninth book in the series, and it could easily be read as a standalone with no problem, but I recommend reading the entire series because it is so good!

*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. *

 

A Shop Girl’s Guide to Wooing a Lord by Shana Galen

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A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord (The Heiress Hunters #1)Barbara’s rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Series: The Heiress Hunters #1
Publication Date: 6/9/2026
Period: Regency – 1815 London
Number of Pages: 336

I loved this delightful first book in Shana Galen’s new Heiress Hunters series. The four Kildare brothers gave themselves the label ‘Heiress Hunters’ when their father sat them all down and told them that the family money was gone. The only way to save the family was for one of them to marry an heiress. There are four brothers: Liam, the heir is straight-laced and everything a proper heir should be; Garret, our current hero, has no clue what he’s good at but he’s sure it must be something; Killian is the tortured artist (and maybe a ladies man); Daire is the youngest, smartest, and a whiz at managing investments (if he had money to invest). There is also one sister who is fifteen, Mariah. I really enjoyed the family as a whole, but I did believe that a Regency-era titled family, even an Irish one, would have more issues with class disparity than they did. I’m assuming there will be 5 books in the series, and I’m looking forward to each of them.

Tamsin Archer first saw Garret Kildare when she was a young girl selling flowers outside the theater. He was kind to her, and she was instantly in love – she even followed him home to see where he lived. She saw the warm, loving, happy family and wanted to belong to them. Her own life was a drudgery of daily tasks at a coffee shop and sleeping in a single cold room along with her mother. Once there were four of them, but the coffee shop owner sold her small brother and sister to a chimney sweep, and now every spare shilling goes to paying for their release. That’s how she met Garret the second time – and now he’s helping her rescue her brother and sister.

Tamsin and Garret are a lovely couple who are at opposite ends of the social scale. She’s skittish, but he jumps in with both feet – sort of. It’s fun watching them work their way through all the obstacles life has thrown at them and still find a lasting love.

You’ll quickly find yourself rooting for the Kildare family and the Archers – particularly Tamsin and Garret. It will be fun to get to know the brothers more fully as their books are presented because each seems to be a cheeky, humorous fellow bent on finding an heiress to save the family. Will any of them succeed? I can hardly wait to find out.

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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