Jeannie Lin

REVIEW:  The Sword Dancer by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: The Sword Dancer by Jeannie Lin

  “The thief who stole his heart Sword dancer Li Feng is used to living life on the edge of the law–a woman alone in the dangerous world of the Tang Dynasty has only her whirlwind reflexes to trust. She will discover the truth about her past,even if that means outwitting the most feared thief-catcher(…)

REVIEW:  An Illicit Temptation by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: An Illicit Temptation by Jeannie Lin

Dear Ms. Lin, I’ve read several of your other books and enjoyed them—I liked your novella “Capturing the Silken Thief” (reviewed here). I also liked “An Illicit Temptation” but didn’t love it—it felt incomplete to me. I bet, however, if I’d read the companion novel, My Fair Concubine (reviewed here), I would have appreciated your novella(…)

REVIEW:  My Fair Concubine by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: My Fair Concubine by Jeannie Lin

“Yan Ling tries hard to be servile–it’s what’s expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle. Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit–until he realizes she’s the answer to his problems. He has to deliver the emperor a “princess.” In two months can he train(…)

REVIEW:  The Lady’s Scandalous Night by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: The Lady’s Scandalous Night by Jeannie Lin

“Tang Dynasty China, 759 A.D. Yao Ru Jiang, known as River, has woven many romantic dreams of honorable swordsman Wei Chen from her brother’s stories. Their meeting should have been a happy event; instead, Chen arrives to tell River he is duty bound to kill her brother for rebelling against the warlord they both serve.(…)

REVIEW: Capturing the Silken Thief by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: Capturing the Silken Thief by Jeannie Lin

“Tang Dynasty China, 823 A.D. Musician Jia needs a valuable book of poems by a famous courtesan to buy her freedom…and she believes Luo Cheng has taken it. Her attempt to steal the book from him fails, but the tall and powerful scholar unexpectedly offers to help her quest! But when they finally find the(…)

REVIEW: The Dragon and The Pearl by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: The Dragon and The Pearl by Jeannie Lin

Dear Ms. Lin: I’m thrilled that you are writing this series and thrilled that Harlequin is publishing it and giving us such in-your-face Asian covers instead headless bodies that hint at its Eastern origins. I am not super familiar with this area of history and I read this story more as if it were a(…)

REVIEW: Taming of Mei Lin by Jeannie Lin

REVIEW: Taming of Mei Lin by Jeannie Lin

Dear Ms. Lin: As I understand this, The Taming of Mei Lin is a prequel of sorts to Jeannie Lin’s Butterfly Swords.   Mei Lin is an orphaned girl who lives with her uncle and aunt.   The uncle and aunt play little role in the story and while not kind they are not cruel either.   Mei(…)