Sophia Rose Reviews - Dragons on the Edge by Maria Grace

 

Dragons on the Edge by Maria Grace

#16 Jane Austen’s Dragons

Gaslamp Fantasy

Publisher:  RBF Books

Published:  5.30.26

Pages:  361

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: ebook

Source: purchased

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Goodreads Synopsis:

Everyone expects Sir Fitzwilliam Darcy to fix their problems: estate management, endorse a courtship, hide from the Blue Order Council dragons. Some were more difficult that others, but still within the realm of a Pendragon Knight.
The mounting dangers to the Blue Order and all of Dragonkind, though, dealing those would require more effort. Perhaps after a strong cup of coffee—not tea, world-ending disasters required coffee.
Dragon Sage Elizabeth’s pregnancy had left her tired and cranky and as big as a dragon. But her father’s emergency visit … best just say, it did not foster pleasant tea time conversations.
Between his entitled demands and his socially-inappropriate dragon assistant, Bede, nothing is sacred. Not correspondence, not locked rooms, and especially not the secrets Bede is supposed to be keeping, rather than whispering into the ears of impressionable young firedrake, Pemberley.
Of course, Pemberley intends to do something with all the secrets she isn’t supposed to know. Things which could turn the Blue Order on its ear. Things which would soon make Elizabeth and Darcy’s world very, very complicated.
Swords, poisons, and a touch of dragon fire could be required to set things back to rights. But first maybe coffee.
A fresh new gaslamp fantasy adventure in the engrossingly intricate world of Jane Austen’s Dragons. Anne McCaffrey meets Jane Austen, a perfect mix for dragon lovers and regency-era fans alike.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews - Mr. Darcy Likes It Wild by Beth Massey, narrated by Benjamin Fife

 

Mr. Darcy Likes It Wild by Beth Massey, narrated by Benjamin Fife

Historical Romance

Publisher:  Beth Massey

Published:  4.29.26

Time:  11 hours 6 minutes

Speed: 1.2x

Rating:  4.5 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Author

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GoodReads Synopsis:

What if Elizabeth Bennet's father insisted she marry Mr Collins? Would she be a dutiful daughter and submit to save her mother and sisters? Or would literature's favourite 'headstrong girl' do all in her power to find an alternative to a life of misery shackled to a ridiculous man?

'Mr Darcy Likes it Wild' blends elements of several classic road comedies to tell the tale of Lizzy's decision—the silliness of Billy Wilder's 'Some Like it Hot,' the classic gender reversal comedy of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It,' the hilarious dialogue of Georgette Heyer's 'The Corinthians' combined with Jane Austen's iconic story of mismatched lovers searching for understanding and joy in Regency England. Fitz and Eli's trip to happiness is filled with laughter, miscommunication, disguise of every sort, stolen passion and great adventure.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews - Catching Dragos by Gail Koger

 

Catching Dragos by Gail Koger

#2 The Dragos Clan

Paranormal Romance

Publisher:  Gail Koger

Published:  2.22.18

Pages:  138

Rating: 3.5 stars

Format: ebook

Source: purchased

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Everyone calls Mariah Smith the Judge. No, she doesn't wear a black robe or sit on a bench. She provides a unique service to those who have been wronged. She's an expert in paybacks both psychic and magical.

Mariah's next target is the famous supermodel Fabian. Smoking hot body, the face of an Italian sinner and dumb as a rock. His crime? Sticky fingers. The man whore makes millions of dollars a year, but can't resist seducing elderly women out of their jewelry? How does she resist all that tanned, male perfection and unmask Fabian as the gigolo he truly is?

Mariah soon discovers Mister Sticky fingers isn't quite as dim-witted as he acts. He's actually the Dragos clan's top demon hunter who is stealing back magical artifacts that open gateways to hell. Now that she's attracted Fabian's attention, he's determined to possess her and her magical abilities.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews - Disguise of Any Sort by MJ Stratton, narrated by Arthur Rowan

 

Disguise of Any Sort by MJ Stratton, narrated by Arthur Rowan

Historical Romance

Publisher:  MJ Stratton

Published:  6.25.26

Time:  12 hours 43 minutes

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Author

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Elizabeth Bennet never meant to disobey.

With her mother in the throes of delivering an unexpected sixth child, a fifteen-year-old Elizabeth and her sisters are ushered into the garden. Restless, Elizabeth wanders off and is stunned to witness a deadly carriage accident. She races to the rescue, but only a wee babe survives the devastating wreck, protected from harm in the arms of his mother.

Uncertain what to do, Elizabeth brings the child back to the house, only to learn that her mother and new younger brother have died. Faced with an uncertain future, a ruse is the orphaned child will become a Bennet. The burden of secrecy falls on Elizabeth's shoulders, and as the years pass, feels almost too heavy to bear.

Fitzwilliam Darcy has searched for his missing cousin for five long years. Miss de Bourgh's disappearance shocked her mother, and though time plods on, Lady Catherine refuses to believe her only child will never return. How surprising, then, when Darcy encounters a young boy who is the very image of his Fitzwilliam cousins, while on visit to Hertfordshire. Questions abound, and one person seems as if she might hold the answers.

Torn between duty to her family and her growing love for the gentleman from Derbyshire, Elizabeth must decide if she can trust Darcy enough to reveal her secret. But specters from the past rise up, threatening the future for all, and disguise of any sort is abhorrent to Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.

Disguise of Any Sort is a sweet, low-angst Pride and Prejudice Variation novel.

Sophia Rose Reviews - Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie

 

Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie

#7 Guild Codex: Spellbound

Urban Fantasy

Publisher:  Dark Owl Fantasy

Published:  1.3.20

Pages:  338

Rating: 5 stars

Format: ebook

Source:  KU borrow

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I've said it before, but sometimes I'm a bad person. I cheated on my twelfth grade math final, I've run countless yellow lights, and I gossip about how hot my kickass best friends are. (Good thing my job as a guild bartender doesn't require moral perfection.)

But there's bad, and then there's bad. And I'm not sure which applies to a certain dark druid/wanted criminal/reluctant friend of mine. His transgressions include black-magic dealings, kidnapping, and murder, and he's about to add "revenge-fueled killing spree" to his resume—if I don't stop him.

Should I stop him?

He and his nemesis are gearing up to tear each other apart, rogues and vultures are converging with their sights on the spoils, and the guilds that would normally stomp them into the ground are under attack. We're on the brink of an all-out criminal turf war, and my time to decide is almost up.

Who's the real bad guy ... and do I dare stand in his way?

 

Sophia Rose Reviews - Before the Storm by Barry S Richman

 

Before the Storm by Barry S Richman

#1 Matlock Fitzwilliams

Historical Fiction

Publisher:  Barry S Richman

Published:  4.10.26

Pages:  347

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: eARC

Source:  Author via Inkslingers PR

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He is a cavalry officer the kingdom relies upon—and dares not question.
Men like him are not born. They are forged.

Before reputation. Before legend.
Before the name Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam becomes synonymous with iron discipline and lethal resolve.

Before the Storm is the history of the second son of Matlock—the spare.
Fitzwilliam is marked early by a constitution that does not register pain as it should. What others feel, he notes only in passing. What is first regarded as peculiarity becomes a curiosity to physicians and, in darker hands, an invitation.

Sent across a Europe tightening towards war, Fitzwilliam moves through Paris, Berlin, and Vienna under constant appraisal by diplomats, soldiers, and men who recognise the hand of the state at work--and mean to harden it further. In him, they recognise something rare. What begins as appraisal becomes selection.

This is not the story of a hero’s rise.
It is the account of a man who submits to pressure and trial until the ordeal drives him beyond the last restraints of gentility.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews - Doubt Not Cousin A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Barry S Richman

 

Doubt Not Cousin A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Barry S Richman

#4 The Bennet Sisters Variations

Historical Fiction

Publisher:  Barry S Richman

Published:  2.10.26

Pages:  465

Rating: 5 stars

Format: ebook

Source:  purchased

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This authorised edition republishes Doubt Not, Cousin in its original form under the author’s rights. Only the formatting has been updated.

Darkness, in many forms, must be conquered
to emerge into the light and embrace one’s happily-ever-after.

Fitzwilliam Darcy. Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam.
Two cousins, closer than brothers.
One finds love despite his inner demons; the other resists love because of them.

Elizabeth Bennet. Kitty Bennet.
Two sisters, strengthened by adversity.
One willingly yields to love; the other pridefully misinterprets it.

An epic saga steeped in intrigue and gift-wrapped in romance, Doubt Not, Cousin chronicles the trials and tribulations of three extraordinary families during England’s Regency era.

… But who is the girl with the violet eyes?