Sophia Rose Reviews Dishonorable Gentlemen by Summer Hanford

 

Dishonorable Gentlemen by Summer Hanford

#1 The Bennet Gang

Narrated by Carol Beth Anderson and Benjamin Fife

Historical Romance

Publisher:  Summer Hanford

Published:  10.21.2025

Time:  11 hours 34 minutes

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: Audio

Source:  Benjamin Fife, narrator

Sellers:  Amazon

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VOLUME ONE of The Bennet Gang Dishonorable Gentlemen

Elizabeth Bennet isn't made to stand idly by and watch people suffer. Especially not when the Bennet sisters' stepfather, a one-time British spy, has trained her, Jane, and Mary so well. But when Netherfield Park is let and the new residents move in, the lighthearted game of reimagined Robin Hood she and her sisters have been playing could turn deadly, both for the neighborhood’s newest gentlemen and for Elizabeth's heart.

Fitzwilliam Darcy has no desire to remain in a region where he was held up at gunpoint within moments of arrival, until he spies a mysterious, alluring figure he can't purge from his thoughts. Should he remain in Hertfordshire and pursue the mysterious woman he sighted in the mist, or depart before he is too deeply entangled in an increasingly dangerous web of deadly duels, secrets, and unwed misses?

Dishonorable Gentlemen, Volume One of The Bennet Gang Duology, is a medium angst, Regency Era, love-at-first-sight (at least on one side!) Pride and Prejudice Variation. If you enjoy Summer Hanford's light-hearted, fanciful tales, give this adventure-filled, sweet romance a read.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews Hellbound Guilds and Other Misdirections by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen

 

Hellbound Guilds and Other Misdirections by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen

#2 Guild Codex: Warped

Urban Fantasy

Publisher:  Self-Published

Published:  6.4.21

Pages:  348

Rating: 4 stars

Format: ebook

Source:  KU borrow

Sellers:  Amazon

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Agent Kit Morris. Has a nice ring, doesn't it?

It's a big step up from "wanted criminal" or "that weird con-artist guy with weirder psychic powers"—both of which recently applied to me. But my promotion to MagiPol agent comes with a few drawbacks.

First, supremely talented and effortlessly gorgeous Agent Lienna Shen won't agree to a dinner date with me. Second, my new assignment has pitted me against a guild with very bad taste in pets. Third, those pets are demons, and those demons want to kill me.

My psychic magic is great for conning people. It doesn't do jack shit against hellish orcs. If I screw this up, my dinner date will be with a demon—and I'll be the dinner. Even better, I kind of suspect this supposedly straightforward assignment is actually the tip of an unholy iceberg of power-hungry malefactors bent on destroying all law and order in the city.

I should probably mention that last part to my boss.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews No One Knew by Kendra Elliot

No One Knew by Kendra Elliot

#2 Noelle Marshall

Romantic Suspense

Publisher:  Montlake

Published:  1.6.26

Pages:  314

Rating: 5 stars

Format: eARC

Source:  Amazon

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For a detective and an FBI agent, two seemingly disparate murder investigations collide with a twist in an explosive novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author.

In the crisp mountain air of central Oregon, a teenage girl’s search for discarded cans leads to a horrifying a body, brutally murdered and abandoned in the woods. The case falls to Deschutes County Detective Noelle Marshall, who finds herself navigating a community steeped in secrets, suspicion, and distrust of outsiders—especially law enforcement.

Miles away, FBI Special Agent Max Rhodes investigates a different kind of darkness—chatter about a violent uprising from a shadowy militia group preparing for war. The two cases seem worlds apart. But as Noelle digs into the murdered man’s past and Max closes in on the source of the terror plot, their paths begin to converge in a terrifying way. This was no random killing. It was a message. A merciless killer and a hidden army are operating in the same shadows, and finding the link between them is the only thing standing between a single murder and a full-blown massacre.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews Taming Lady Temperance by Karen Witemeyer

 

Taming Lady Temperance by Karen Witemeyer

#1 The Secret Society of Spinsters

Inspirational Fiction, Historical Romance

Publisher:  Bethany House

Published:  2.17.26

Pages: 336

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: eARC

Source:  NetGalley

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When passion for justice conflicts with the heart, which will prevail?

Noreen O'Sullivan is an enthusiastic member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and believes herself called to defend the cause of prohibition. When she's invited to join the Secret Society of Spinsters, Noreen jumps at the chance to rally others to her movement and shut down the local saloon for good. However, her passionate campaigning often puts her at odds with the men around her--including the local deputy.

Deputy James Paxton believes in preserving the peace, but Miss O'Sullivan has been disturbing his peace for months. If James wants to be elected sheriff, he can't afford to be seen as her ally. But when Noreen ropes him into helping her plan a temperance march, their growing closeness sparks unexpected feelings. Then tensions escalate at the saloon and accusations fly. James must choose between upholding his badge and protecting the woman who's captured his heart--knowing either choice could cost him everything.

Karen Witemeyer presents a swoony Western romance with a determined heroine, cowboys, prohibition, and the rivals-to-lovers and duty vs. desire tropes. Fans of Mary Connealy and frontier romances set in the Old West will savor this clean, historical read.

Sophia Rose Reviews The Underdog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

 

The Underdog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

Narrated by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser

Historical Mystery

Publisher:  Harper Audio

Published: 8.14.12

Time:  5 hours 54 minutes

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Bought

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A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball. An elderly woman suspects that she is being slowly poisoned to death. A prince fears for his reputation when his fiancÉe is embroiled in another man's murder. A forgotten recluse makes headlines after he is shot in the head.

Who but Agatha Christie could concoct such canny crimes? Who but Belgian detective Hercule Poirot could possibly solve them? It's a challenge to be met—in a triumph of detection.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews Whispers at Painswick Court by Julie Klassen

 

Whispers at Painswick Court by Julie Klassen

Inspirational Fiction, Historical, Romance

Publisher:  Bethany House

Published:  12.2.25

Pages:  360

Rating: 5 stars

Format: eARC

Source:  NetGalley

Sellers:  Amazon

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Anne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year.

Soon after arriving, Anne is asked to serve as sick-room nurse to Lady Celia, who forbade her nephew to marry Anne's sister years before. Pushing aside resentments, Anne moves into Painswick Court, a shadowy old house rumored to be haunted. Also in residence are Lady Celia's spinster daughter, her handsome adult nephews, and a secretive new lady's maid. Two local doctors visit regularly as well, one of whom admires Anne while concealing secrets of his own. As an escalating series of mishaps befalls her patient, Anne realizes someone is trying to kill the woman. But who? When Anne finds herself a suspect and her determination to avoid romance challenged, can she discover the real killer--and protect her heart--before it's too late?

Acclaimed Regency author Julie Klassen marries the best of historical romance and mystery in a novel full of English village charm, intrigue, and love.

 

Sophia Rose Reviews A Fickle Fortune by Christina Dudley, narrated by Katherine Anderson

 

A Fickle Fortune by Christina Dudley, narrated by Katherine Anderson

#6 The Hapgoods of Bramleigh

Historical RomCom

Publisher:  Tantor Audio

Published:  10.28.25

Time:  10 hours 41 minutes

Rating: 5 stars

Format: audio

Source:  Tantor Audio

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Scandal makes its own rules....

Harriet Hapgood has always delighted in arranging the lives of others, while generally doing as she pleased. And after having thwarted her cousin Caroline's engagement, what better way to pass a dull winter than in helping Caroline to a new husband? Her cousin sets her sights on the glittering Mr. St. John Rotherwood, so Hetty cheerfully puts her shoulder to the matchmaking wheel.

St. John Rotherwood didn't always glitter.

A magnificent inheritance has catapulted the erstwhile impoverished Oxford mathematics tutor to the top of London society, where he finds himself eagerly pursued as a matrimonial prize. This apotheosis has not been an unqualified blessing, however. The attention is wearisome, and his formerly humble mother has been transformed by ambition. Is it nostalgia for his university days that draws St. John to Miss Hapgood, sister of his former pupil?

Hetty feels the lure of the season's most eligible bachelor, but when an evening's lark leads to scandal, she discovers society has laws as rigorous as any found in mathematics.

She could let Mr. Rotherwood rescue her, but if the world breaks her will, will it also break her heart?