Review: The Rogue Is Back in Town

The Rogue Is Back in Town by Anna Bennett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Geez, tough love. His brother is kind of a butthole.

It sounds like an idyllic childhood, in spite of her parents dying.

She really has no protection at home, does she. Even the servants are old!

Oh snap! Well played, Miss Lacey. What does he think, he can just stay for free?

Hello! Wardrobe malfunction, party of one.

Nigel definitely wants to turn her into his mistress.

He might be considered the rogue of the family, but he has more honor than his brother could ever dream of having.

Gads, someone really needs to stab Nigel in a dark alley.

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Review: The Irredeemable Billionaire

The Irredeemable Billionaire by Lexxie Couper
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Gah. She expected her son, but it's her childhood nemesis/crush at the door? I'd die.

Her son is so sweet.

His mother sounds like a pretentious witch.

She left her kid alone with someone she hasn't seen in ten years?

Tim Tams are so good.

For someone who used to make her life hell, he sure remembers a lot about her.

Get a clue, Justin. You're becoming a stalker at this point.

Holy crap! No one mess with this woman. Ever.

This is the best kid ever.

Talk about a selfless act.

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Outlander Season 3 Episode 7

She'll skewer you, that's "wot". She's been known to do it before.

Outlander Season 3 Episode 6

Are you sleeping with this French lady, Jamie? Boy, you really have had more action than Claire in the last 20 years. The virgin is no more.

I love this music.

Jamie looks good in a tricorn.

Really, Jamie? You bypass "potential customer" and go straight to "someone's here to kill me"?

He has a new Angus and Rupert!

Goiter-boy has a mouth on him. Didn't he say he was in service to Jamie?

Sam Heughan really learned how to do this. A method actor, is he. Aren't you glad you just press a button nowadays?

Aww, he has glasses! Cute!

Faintin' time. This time, we see it in slow-motion.

Ha! Nice use of the printing press.

Wouldn't blame ya if you had, Jamie.

It's a bit of a gray area, Claire.

Yep. She still has your ring.

Aw, he asked to kiss her. Squee.

Does he man he hasn't kissed anyone in a very long time, or Claire specifically?

Um, how are you going to explain photography to him, Claire? And what, gemstones disappear during time travel, but photos from the future are fine?

Yeah, Jamie. You look hot. But it's adorable that you're embarrassed.

Shout-out to Faith. She hasn't been forgotten.

So sad that he has to learn about twenty years of his daughter's life in five minutes.

Well, in 1768, Brianna might as well be naked. To be fair, that's how most dads would react, no matter the year.

He kind of has hobbit feet.

She sure danced around the Frank situation.

FERGUS! She might have raised Brianna with Frank, and he might have impregnated Geneva, but Fergus is theirs together. Love isn't always biological.

Yeah, Jamie. Remember that French lady that was fixing your cravat this morning?

Kinky, Mr. Willoughby.

Who's this guy?

Jamie's not just a pretty face. And when did Claire have time to learn Chinese?

Madame is pissed.

Well, Claire's certainly getting a tour of Edinburgh's brothels. Gee Jamie, you really know how to show a lady a good time.

You're kinda killing the mood here, buddy. Don't ask why; just be happy she did come back. Heck, the how is more interesting, anyway.

Mirroring their wedding night. Love. It.

Everybody, including the audience, is breathing hard, but these two still have all their clothes on.

Hmm, I forgot that women wore cravats, or rather fichus.

Who tied her corset, I wonder? Brianna? Because that's a little too...familial.

Caitriona looks like she has a black tooth in this light.

In this episode, James Fraser discovers the wonders of zippers. Because duh, Claire wasn't about to go completely period-piece this time.

Twenty years, and nothing has sagged.

Ouch! You really do need glasses, Jamie.

This is awkward, fun sex...and then it gets hawt.

Sorry Frank. You tried, but this is what she's been missing.

She's okay with treason, but don't ever cheat, buddy.

She still hasn't asked if any of his friends survived Culloden.

Sigh. They miss Brianna, but for Claire it's deeper.

Madame doesn't like ladies talking to her whores. Or is she protective of Claire because she's Jamie's wife?

Trouble always follows Claire. We'll have to wait till next week to find out what happens.

Victoria Season 2 Episode 8

I could watch Tom Hughes play for hours.

They did a good job subtly aging Jenna Coleman.

Yeah, he told his wife. Deal with it, bucko.

Wellington is Team Peele.

Cock-blocked by your uncle. For once, I like something Leopold did.

Five years? Dream on, Albert.

How long will Albert continue to dodge his uncle?

Ew. That combo would make anyone sick.

Albert can admit when he's wrong.

The duke don't play.

Vicki is definitely Daddy's little girl.

Shut it, Baroness.

I thought no one else recognized him, but apparently not.

Point to Albert.

Are we sure this doctor knows what he's doing?

That was a very diplomatic answer, Harriet.

Someone get this child some Tylenol.

I had no idea Parliament voted that way.

Oh, damn. I got a bad feeling about this.

Peele did say no one would try to shoot him inside the House.

Bye-bye, Drummond. Pity your "friend" doesn't know he's been stood up indefinitely.

Sorry, Your Highnesses. They're happy your daughter is alive and well, but they've got bigger problems.

Poor Peele. Turns out, he's got feelings.

Duchess! I've missed you.

The duchess knows what's what. Sorry, Alfred. You're still in the closet.

Are you really going to propose after a death, Ernest?

Ewww.

The Baroness is the definition of an old maid.

Alfred has to be a pallbearer?! Poor guy.

"Some bad habits." Mm-hmm, yeah.

Holy crap. Penge has a soul, people!

Whoa. A lot will happen next season. Did Albert fall in some ice or something?

Victoria Season 2 Episode 7

Albert is literally a prince among men. He saves his wife from a shooter, then invents a bullet-proof umbrella because she insists on going out again. The only shame is that there are three people in this marriage: Victoria, Albert and Peele.

Seriously, Club-Foot?

Ringlets are not a good look for you, Harriet.

Sorry, Baroness. You are so stuck in England.

Don't call Scotland England, Albert. That's a big no-no.

Oy, the closet gays.

The Duke of Athol has an army, even today.

Cock-a-leekie is yummy.

The servants are having way more fun. Could this poet be more depressing?

Ha, Victoria elbowed her husband to start the clapping. Love it.

I guess there will be no sexytimes in Scotland for these two...Okay, I was wrong. Turns out bagpipes make Victoria hot.

Fog can be useful. Victoria looks gorgeous with her hair down.

The duke is freaking out. Then again, who really wants to be known as the guy who lost the Queen in a forest?

Men never ask for directions, even two hundred years ago.

Heavy dresses and crossing a stream on a horse do not mix.

Someone is certainly the Duchess of Sensitivity. Not.

The crofters have no idea who they have in their house.

Skerrett deserves a little fun.

Haha! Albert's her secretary at the "factory"!

Wealth and a palace are not all they are cracked up to be. Sometimes it's nice to learn how to darn a sock.

Idiot soldier. You rode all over the Highlands looking for her, and you don't even know what she looks like?

Now that is a hair ornament!

The ceilidh is definitely more fun.

Never go to Culloden, Duke. You will be struck by lightning.

Ms. Cook is okay with the gay.

Back to real life.

Aww. At least Francatelli filleted the fish for them.

Victoria Season 2 Episode 6

The potato famine has hit Ireland.

What a depressing church service. The minister is definitely of the fire-and-brimstone variety.

It was definitely not a good thing to be Irish and living in England, and a Catholic at that.

The real Ernest was married by 1842, but had VD.

What a twat. Even Peele is like, "What did you say?"

Whoa, girlie. That was dangerous. But effective.

Eww.

I feel so bad for the doctor. He has a duty to his parish, but also a duty to his family.

Seriously. SOMEONE STAB THIS GUY. Victoria is wishing she could send him to the guillotine.

Mercury? To treat venereal disease?

The doctor quoted the Bible. Mike drop.

This is the governing body of an empire? Makes you wonder how anything got done.

There's poor, and then there's starving.

You were a gigolo, weren't you, Francatelli.

Funny thing, when the prince consort makes you eat your words.  Albert's not just a pretty face. He makes it a point to read up on all kinds of matters.

I do love the good doctor.

Haha, Peele is so awkward.

The doctor's wife is not much of a helpmeet.

See, Penge? It's just a toilet.

Point goes to Traill!

Poor Ms. Cleary. She's likely to never see her family again.

It's a heck of a thing that the doctor got sick doing his Christian duty.