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We all know those writers who recycle their heroes. And our opinions of those writers are almost solely based on whether we like – or don’t like – her particular trademark guy. Lisa Kleypas is a different kind of writer, one with an amazing ability to create achingly real heroes who virtually all vary dramatically…
Yes, I like historical accuracy. No, there isn’t much accuracy in Miss Woodley’s Experiment. Yes, I normally would grouse about that. No, I’m not going to in this case. Why, because this is a comedy, and a darn funny one too. If a book is a comedy, a good comedy but it’s history lite, I…
How many books have you read where the hero is calling the heroine “dearest” and “my love” at one point, and then a hundred pages later is swearing, “So help me God, I never want to see you again”? And how many times have you found either the deep love or deep hate hard to…
I knew going in – and I hope this is no surprise to anyone, considering the fame the book and movie have gained over the last 30 years or so – that this story was not going to have a HEA. I’d never seen the movie, never read this story before, and only knew there…
I was a little worried when Julia Justiss introduced her main characters in the first chapter of My Lady’s Pleasure. They are very familiar types: the handsome rake and the widowed virgin. This is one of those books, though, that manages to take familiar elements and transform them into something wonderful. Valeria is the nearly-penniless…
Will Falcon is a ship’s captain with a mission. He’s in search of the pirates and thieves who’ve been luring ships onto reefs, and then collecting the booty from the wrecks. Unfortunately, he’s tossed overboard during a storm and would surely drown if it weren’t for Angel, who lives with a ragtag band calling themselves…
Aww! How sweet! I like trying new authors and this is my first Susan Kay Law book. I had heard that she was a very good writer and I do like Americana, so I opened it with some curiosity. It didn’t take long for me to be touched by the story and charmed by the…
Having just read and loved this author’s Young Adult novel, Princess in Love, I was very excited to have the chance to review Kiss the Bride. I hadn’t read any of Cabot’s historical backlist, but based on my experience with her YA novels, I was fully prepared to glom her romance books. Unfortunately, I discovered…
I like bluestocking heroines. I also like kind, decent heroes who appreciate them. Read Carla Kelly’s Miss Grimsley’s Oxford Career for a good example of a story of this kind. The The Baron and the Bluestocking has characters like these, but it is plagued by one of the densest heroines I have ever encountered. If…
One stormy night, Commander Corrine Atkinson walks into a hotel bar and finds Mike Wright (aptly named) sitting there. She’s wet, she’s tired, she’s irritable and due to a power outage, she’s stuck. Against her better judgment, she wants this man badly. He wants her as well and when he offers to let her share…
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