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Ava Bond

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Ava lives in Scotland with her husband and their small cat, Gwendolen. She is an enthusiastic historical romance reader, and loves getting suggestions of other books to read.

It is so exciting to be releasing on the 1st of June, the final book in The Oxford Set series: The Duke's Rebellious Love.

I feel like I have covered a lot of ground but Clara and Woolwich's story includes a few of my favourite tropes [to read and to write!] some of which are listed below:

- A Grumpy Hero [but also he's tall, blond, and modelled on Eric from True Blood]
- A Bluestocking Heroine [she' Read more of this blog post »

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	The Marquess's Adventurous Miss (The Oxford Set #1) 3.98 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rogue's Brazen Lady (The Oxford Set #5) 4.20 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lord's Scandalous Mistress (The Oxford Set #2) 4.33 avg rating — 83 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Viscount's Reluctant Bride (The Oxford Set #4) 4.32 avg rating — 78 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Duke's Rebellious Love (The Oxford Set #6) 4.47 avg rating — 75 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rake (Daughters of Dishonour #1) 4.21 avg rating — 71 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spy's Elusive Wife (The Oxford Set #3) 4.35 avg rating — 55 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady (Daughters of Dishonour #3) 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Duke (Daughters of Dishonour #2) 4.30 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Debutante’s Duke (The Oxford Set #0.5) 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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An exciting new Scottish historical romance with steamy leads being brought together in this second chance romance. Phoebe is an excellent, strong female lead – a resourceful [and beautiful] spy. Her past crush, Slade MacLean, is now even more appeali ...more
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This is my first Addy Du Lac novel, but definitely not my last. I adored the romantic, steamy love story and the leads Regina and Leo, were a delight. Du Lac has a real skill at building a lush, rich historical era setting with that same Bridgerton-e ...more
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Carrie Lomax lovely "Secrets of a Duke's Heart (Wayward Dukes' Alliance): A Cavalier Cove Novella," a is a delicious addition to her series. In this novella we are grabbed up in the drama along with Miss Clarissa Penfirth, and Mr. Jude Montague, a ma ...more
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(ARC Review) Such an adorable modern-day romance. With delicious festive notes. There is a lot of enthusiasm by the leads for dancing, and it was a great way of weaving the leads together, Constantine and Melody. Both of whom are recovering from some ...more
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Ava Bond rated a book it was amazing Voluptuous (The Bed Me Books) by Felicity Niven (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I greatly enjoyed reading Niven’s latest release, a longer than average novella Voluptuous. It is a delicious and sexy romance between a duke’s daughter, Henrietta and her father’s best friend Oliver. It’s the biggest age gap I’ve read [22/23 years] ...more
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The Marquess Returns is an absolute treasure – swinging between a delightfully romantic regency romance novel, and a more serious touchstone of a found family drama. I loved Maguire’s writing. I think this would be classed as a second chance romance, ...more
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Ava Bond liked Tanya's review of The Rake (Daughters of Dishonour #1): "She has a secrets about her birth which she wants to keep hidden no matter what especially when she enters world of balls. It will not be easy when she is thrown into a mystery involving a duke. Can she keep the secret? Will she solve the mystery? Ho" Read more of this review »
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Ava Bond and 2 other people liked Jill's review of The Rake (Daughters of Dishonour #1): "Oh my! This one hooks the reader in right away! There are many twists and turns which made it impossible to put down. Later, I realized I had read the prequel about Margot's mother. Amazing how mother and daughter have similarities. All of the escapa" Read more of this review »
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I really enjoyed the unusual set up Madison's novel, The Countess and the Commoner, as well as loving the dynamic between Sarah and Simon. Both characters had their demons but you could tell the affection and passion they shared between the surface. ...more
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