Beaux, Ballrooms, and Battles: A Celebration of Waterloo

by Jillian Chantal, Tea Cooper, Susana Ellis

For Readers who enjoy a bit of history with their Romance…

A historic confrontation

Beaux, Ballrooms, and Battles is a celebration of the bicentenary of the showdown between Wellington’s “Infamous Army” and Napoleon’s Grande Armée. Wellington’s Allied Army consisted of a hastily organized mélange of inexperienced men from several countries who didn’t even speak the same language.

A backdrop of war

While life in Regency England continued much as it had been, the war with Napoleon was a constant source of preoccupation as young men who eagerly set off to become heroes in battle sometimes returned with life-changing injuries or worse, didn’t return at all.

Nine stories of love tested by the trials of war

A collection of sweet Regency stories of courage, hope, and the miracle of love surviving in uncertain times, brought to you by nine distinguished historical romance authors.

Genres: Historical Romance, Regency

426 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2015

Reviews

[Crystal Cox · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a delightful collection of clean traditional historical romance stories set around the battle of Waterloo

Jeremiah's Charge ~ Jillian Chantal - Sweet story with very good writing but the heroine was not my flavor , I like a little more sass .
The Caper Merchant ~ Tea Cooper - I really enjoyed the chemistry between Pandora and Samuel.
Lost And Found Lady ~ Susana Ellis - This one really packed a punch for a short story not just love with the H/HH but also the love of a parent.
Captain Lumley's Angel ~ Aileen Fish - A wonderful story of war,loss,pride and love winning in the end.
Folie Bleue ~ Victoria Hinshaw - I just adored this story. It was like you found an old diary that had been forgotten under the dust of days gone by.
Copenhagen's Last Charge ~ Heather King -A great story filled with humor and I really loved the banter between Meg and James.
One Last Kiss ~ Christa Paige - I really enjoyed reading this story of the sweet but strong Beatrice and the ohh so tempting Colin.
A Soldier Lay Dying ~ Sophia Strathmore - A story about a hero who would protect those he cares about even in his death but will it take death to do so ?
Not A Close Run Thing At All ~ David W. Wilkin - A story about lost love and a second chance. I had a hard time with the writing style but I'm sure many others would find it enjoyable.

I would recommend this set of stories to anyone looking for light,sweet,and clean historical romances
I took a break in between each story because I read a lot of books at once :)

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply, WOW! An awesome collection of nine Historical stories by nine very impressive authors. This collection is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Each story has a tale of war, loss, grief, torment, passion, romance and the love that saved them.

Set during the turmoil of war. These characters fight for more than their country, King, and a way of life, they must fight for their future, they have to learn to leave the past where it belongs, in the past, to move toward their future. Angst and love aside, this is an amazing collection of nine uniquely written tales. Each author adds their own writing style to the collection.

A very delectable, passionate and very satisfying collection. Fans of Historical Romance will find an absolutely amazing series of stories. Another must read Historical collection! A wonderful way to find new authors! I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. Another collection for my library! An awesome job, ladies! I, myself, look forward to your next grand adventure, rather as a group or individually. I look forward to reading more of your tales.

* Personal buy *

Rating : 4.5
Heat rating : Mild
Reviewed by : AprilR

[Selene Silver · Rating 4 out of 5]

A balanced and consistent collection of sweet historical romances occurring in the days before and after Waterloo. I enjoyed all (except maybe one of the stories--so 8 good experiences out of 9, not bad). Consistently, professionally written and edited. Best suited for readers who like their romances historically accurate and on the sweet side--I don't remember any of the stories describing more than chaste kissing, frankly. Since the setting of all the stories is during the Battle of Waterloo, the youthful, innocent nature of the relationships work successfully as a contrast against the horror of war. Nota bene: I'm friends with one of the writers (Susana Ellis) and her story was my favorite in the collection, not surprisingly, but I also really enjoyed several of the others. For 99 cents, I think this collection is a good deal. Another review posted suggests the historical inaccuracy of the Australian soldier, but if you check out that author's historical discovery on Susana's blog, you'll see that there was evidence that an Australian did serve on the British side during the war.

[Georgia hillstrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was so surprise that I received this book through a goodreads first read giveaway. Susana Ellis signed the book sent it to me with several other goodies. Gosh was I happy, made my day. I had an accident tore my achilles tendon. So my otherwise not so good day was made better. I started at the beginning of the book then skipped around stories. Gosh once I started one I could not quit until I had finished the story. The Lost And Found Lady is a lovely story of good intentions gone wrong. Remarkable how Catalina over came the hardships in her life to her father finding her and ultimately ending up with the love of her life. I really liked Copenhagen's Last Charge also. The details of this time
period how clothes, dancing, the Ton were upmost in the wealthy families. I was impressed with the accuracy of detail of the battles. Even though fictional names, characters were similar to actual people who fought that war. I have read so much on that era, this was a different genre regarding Waterloo. The character in every story seemed so personal. This collection is just a light, a little tragic, with humor and of course love. Was so nice to read a historical romance with "just" kissing, and hints. I sure I will re read this book as it was comforting to read about happy endings.

[Emy · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 - good stories, but some dire copyediting let it down. One particularly glaring example was a description of Wellington as "indistinguishable" when context indicated that it meant he was unmistakable!