Darlene's Digest

If you've been following this blog, you know I love to share book recommendations, and I've been working with Shepherd.com to curate my "Best of the Year" list for 2023 . I decided to make it a little bit easier to narrow it down by only picking romance, so here are my #Romancelandia favorites for this year. If you read them, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did, and check out Shepherd.com, where authors recommend their favorite books!

   ...when Captain Doyle returned there was a full report. A peace treaty had been negotiated restoring Great Britain and the United States to their antebellum status. “But what of the prisoners?” Charley asked Captain Doyle. “A Yankee trader from France bound for Charleston put into port a few days back. That is how we heard the news. The governor is not interested in having a gang of Americans roaming through Kingston, and asked if we would ‘host’ them for a while longer until they can ship out with their countrymen.” It was that simple. Men who two days earlier would have run each other through or blown each other to pieces, now were up on deck toasting each other’s countries with carefully rationed grog. Captain Doyle wisely put a limit on the amount of alcohol served, knowing that it wouldn’t take much to re-ignite the conflict on a smaller scale. “Captain Fletcher told me I do not understand men, Mr. Bryant,” Charley said in bemusement later that night. “I have to agree ...

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

  I love to share book recommendations, and I've been working with Shepherd.com to curate my "Best of the Year" list for 2023. It wasn't easy! Shepherd puts together book recommendations from authors, and helps readers find their next book to love. You should definitely check them out--they're independent, not trying to sell you anything, and while they do have affiliate links, they're not confined to one behemoth of a site. So here are my #Romancelandia favorites for this year, and if you read them, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/darlene-marshall