Top 2019 Historical Mysteries

Happy New Year-GoodWe hope you and yours have a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and Safe 2020.

There have been some outstanding mysteries released this year, so narrowing the list has been tough.  I certainly haven’t read all of them, but here are my favorites of those that I did read.  I hope 2020 will be a banner reading year for you and yours!

The covers are shown below – if you’d like to see my review for that book, just click on the cover and it will open the review.

Please note — these are not listed in any particular order

Favorite Historical

An Artless DemiseMurder At Kensington PalacePenny For Your SecretsMurder In Park LaneThe Art of TheftWho Slays The WickedA Question Of NumbersDeath At Brighton PavilionDeath In Kew GardensMurder At The Opera

Top 2019 Historical Romance Novels

We surely didn’t manage to read all of the wonderful historical romances that were released this year, but there were some smash-hits among the ones we did get to read.  We thought we’d share our favorites with you.    Please note – we limited ourselves to choosing from the novels for which we had actually written the blog review.  If you have missed some of them — it is never too late to read a good book!

We’re showing the covers – and if you’d like to see the reviews we wrote for a particular book, just click on that cover.

May 2020 be a banner reading year for you and yours!

The novels are listed in no particular order.

Barbara’s Top Ten:

Capture6The Courtesan's DaughterTo Tempt A RebelLeilas Legacy

The Gentlemens SeductionBelieve In MeAttracted To the EarlA Matchmaker For A MarquessMarry In SecretThe Infamous Duchess

Tracy’s Top Ten

Ever yours, Annabelle Brazen and the Beast Some Like it Scandalous Wallflower Wager

Catrionas Secret How to Love a Duke in Ten Days THe Widow of Rose House The Scandalous Diary of Lily Layton THis Earl of Mine Marquess to the Flame