Prepare to Fall in Love is Right! - The Spindle Cove Series

I'm new to reading the straight romance genre, but after a few bad apples I came across Tessa Dare's Spindle Cove series. I have to tell you - I'm hooked.

The connecting thread is Spindle Cove itself, a quaint coastal English village full of rakish dukes, military officers, and women who don't fit the mold of conventional English life. Spindle Cove is   their safe haven from the unforgiving conventions of Regency-era Britain, with its many rules and constraints. Here, each female protagonist is unique, with her own interests and quirks, and therefore utterly out of place in such a conformist society. That also means she's the one of a kind sort of woman this very human, realistic, and swoon-worthy men can change their lives for.

There is a bit of formulism in these stories, but I suppose that's the trap of reading romance. It's hard to not assume they're going to live happily ever after, when that is one of the definitions of the genre itself. But within those confines Dare has managed to keep each new couple's adventures fresh and exciting. Even if you know the ending, you relish the journey. And that's what counts.

I highly recommend this series to people who love historical romances with saucy encounters. You won't regret it!

K Rating: 4/5