Jo Beverley

REVIEW: The Scandalous Countess by Jo Beverley

REVIEW: The Scandalous Countess by Jo Beverley

“Georgia, Countess of Maybury has it all, but then her husband is killed in a duel and she loses her homes, most of her possessions, and her reputation as well. Innocent of all charges, she returns to the beau monde determined to regain all through a second brilliant marriage, but a scarred ex-naval officer threatens(…)

REVIEW: An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley

REVIEW: An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, When I hear the name “Malloren,” I go to point like a champion gun dog. I’m there, poised and ready to read. But, after my disappointment that your last book didn’t work better for me, I opened this one mentally chanting, “please, please, please.” My prayers paid off as I enjoyed this(…)

REVIEW: The Secret Duke by Jo Beverley

REVIEW: The Secret Duke by Jo Beverley

Dear Ms. Beverley, All right. Here we go with “The Secret Duke” the third book in this series set in mid eighteenth century England. As with the first two books, it involves hidden and/or secret identities and takes place partly on the road which allows the characters to let their hair down – so to(…)

REVIEW: The Secret Wedding by Jo Beverley

REVIEW: The Secret Wedding by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, You keep writing these Georgian novels and I can guarantee I’ll keep reading them. Witty, historically well researched, filled with characters I want to root for. Yep, I’m happy. But why did the release information that accompanied the book say it’s a Regency? Ten years ago young Lieutenant Christian Hill tries to(…)

REVIEW: A Most Unsuitable Man by Jo Beverley

Dear Ms. Beverley, First off, this book not only has many of the same characters as WINTER FIRE, it is a direct sequel. For readers who haven’t read that one or don’t know the world of the Mallorens, then they can probably muddle along as you do a good job of giving a quick synopsis(…)

REVIEW: Lord of Midnight by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, Oh why don’t you write medievals anymore? Is the market not there? Are the only periods that will sell Georgians and Regencies? Not that I don’t like the books you set in those eras but your medievals were so good. I’ll pause a moment to blink back a tear. Sniff. Okay that’s(…)

REVIEW: Dark Champion by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, Since it seems you’ve settled down into writing just Georgians and Regencies, I’m afraid new romance readers won’t be aware of the wonderful medievals you used to write. With that in mind, I’m going to try and dust off a few golden oldies, flog my gray cells to remember details and maybe(…)

REVIEW: A Lady’s Secret by Jo Beverley

REVIEW: A Lady’s Secret by Jo Beverley

Edited to add: Caution There’s a major spoiler in paragraph 3. Dear Mrs. Beverley, When you posted to one of my earlier reviews that your next book would be back in the world of the Mallorens and feature a rake with a ‘nun on the run,’ I started salivating. Me wuvs the Mallorens and Georgian(…)

REVIEW:  Lady Beware by Jo Beverley

REVIEW: Lady Beware by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs Beverley, I’ll be honest up front and state that your Georgian and Medieval books are my favorites. In fact, I haven’t really read that many of the Company of Rogues books outside of the “3 Georges” novels and the ensuing single title books that followed them. I liked them, I enjoyed reading them(…)

REVIEW: Devilish by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, At last, Rothgar’s story. I think that you did a good job considering the fact that you’d built Beowulf Malloren, the Marquess of Rothgar into an almost superhuman figure over the course of the other four books in this series. He needed a strong woman to balance him and he got it(…)

REVIEW: Secrets of the Night by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs Beverley, Once again you manage to take an almost unbelievable plot and get me totally involved in it. This is book four of the Malloren series and truly exemplifies the unofficial Malloren motto: With a Malloren, all things are possible. Rosa, Lady Overton is in a fix. Well, actually everyone on her husband’s(…)

REVIEW: Something Wicked by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, Book three of the Malloren series takes up right where book two left off. With the Mallorens neck deep in intrigue and sophisticated plots. Lady Elfred Malloren has been pampered and over protected for all her 25 years by her four brothers. When fate leaves her alone in London with a married(…)

REVIEW: Tempting Fortune by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs Beverley, In this second in the Malloren series, you pick up right where My Lady Notorious left off. It’s nice to have read that one for a teensy bit of backdrop and some more insight into the characters but it’s not necessary as I think you’ve done a great job telling just enough(…)

REVIEW: My Lady Notorious by Jo Beverley

Dear Mrs. Beverley, I had fond thought of this book before I even started it because it was the subject of the first email I ever exchanged with someone who’s become a dear friend of mine. I had mentioned after the year 2000 AAR Top 100 that I was looking for a copy and Deb,(…)