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There can’t be many people in Romancelandia who haven’t at the very least heard of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. Through eight books (not including the subsequently published set of Second Epilogues), we followed the eight Bridgerton siblings as they found love, romance and their happily ever afters, and they’ve become some of the most beloved…
We say it often: reading preferences and reviews are subjective. While The Marriage Ultimatum might be a “guilty pleasure” for some, for me it was simply uncomfortable, so much so that I could only read about 10 pages at a time. The first few pages seemed promising. Billionaire Vladimir Grigory arrives in his corporate offices…
I’m not a great reader of paranormals, but all the buzz and good reviews I’d seen for Firelight the first book in Kristen Callihan’s Darkest London series tempted me to read it; and once I did, I was totally hooked and have eagerly devoured all the subsequent instalments. Forevermore is the seventh and final chapter…
A Certain Age is inspired by Richard Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier. While transplanting the story from 1740’s Vienna to 1920’s New York, the author has chosen to follow the general outline of the original opera, even going so far as to use the same name for some of the book’s central characters. Mrs. Theresa Marshall…
In Lilac Girls, we are drawn into the lives of three very different women, each striving to survive the horrors of the Second World War. Based on real life heroines, this is a story with a great deal of potential, but unfortunately, I didn’t connect with it in the way I hoped I would, causing…
In this deftly crafted and expertly plotted novella, Eloisa James demonstrates her ability to know her characters and build them quickly. This particular tale involves Oliver, a gentleman who lives with regret over a youthful indiscretion, and Lizzie, who lives with shame regarding her first marriage. When the two are forced together at a country…
I liked His Heart’s Revenge, but it’s my least favorite in the 49th Floor series. I missed the relationship building, character development, and honestly – angst, I expected. When I finished, I laid the blame on the page count, convinced previous books were longer. Wrong – they’re all fairly close to 250 pages. On reflection,…
I took a chance and volunteered to review this by the new-to-me Amanda Ashby, and then instantly regretted my decision; it just didn’t sound like something I’d like. I tend to like slightly older heroes and heroines, and a romance between a couple in their mid-20s didn’t sound to my taste, I put off reading…
This final book in Sarah Mallory’s series about the Infamous Arrandales focuses on the eldest of the siblings, Wolfgang, who, we learned back in The Chaperone’s Seduction, had been accused of murdering his wife and stealing a fortune in jewels some ten years previously, and is living in exile on the Continent. In his absence,…
I first read The Fulfillment in 2008, although it was originally published in 1979. This was a completely different plot from any romance novel I had read at the time – and I still find it unique. There are 3 protagonists, Jonathan Gray, his wife Mary and his brother Aaron. When the Gray brothers’ parents…
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