Mary Balogh

REVIEW: Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh: Then Comes Seduction is the second book in the series of stories about the Huxtable family. This book features the youngest sister, Katherine. Jasper Finley, Baron Montford, is the hero. When the two first enter the scene, Jasper is a rogue who makes a sport of women. His sexual pursuits are reknowned.(…)

REVIEW:  First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh

REVIEW: First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh: I’ve read you intermittently for maybe fifteen years.   Some of the books you’ve written I’ve adored and re-read dozens of times.   For some of your out of print books, I’ve paid outrageous sums of money.   Some of the books, though, I’ve found a bit tedious.   First Comes Marriage falls on the high(…)

REVIEW:  A Certain Magic by Mary Balogh

REVIEW: A Certain Magic by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve been slowly reading my way through your backlist, and several of your older regencies have found a permanent place on my bookshelf. Among them are Dark Angel, Dancing with Clara, A Christmas Promise and others. Unfortunately, A Certain Magic won’t be joining these books. A Certain Magic begins when Alice Penhallow,(…)

REVIEW:  Simply Magic by Mary Balogh

REVIEW: Simply Magic by Mary Balogh

Dear Mrs Balogh, Yes, yes I know I said I wouldn’t be reading your next book without some great reviews but it’s hard to turn down reading a free arc of a much anticipated series by an author who has generally given me such reading pleasure in the past. I really need to put my(…)

REVIEW: Simply Love by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve been on a hot streak of enjoying good books lately. All good things come to an end sometime, but I’m sorry it had to end with Simply Love. I’d been looking forward to Anne Jewell’s story since I first encountered her in Slightly Scandalous, expecting that a Mary Balogh Regency era(…)

REVIEW: Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh

Dear Mrs. Balogh, Now for the second report of the double-header. Wow, I really loved this book! Great follow-up to “Dark Angel.” Love has not been kind to Samantha Newman, but friendship has. When her emotions are rubbed raw by the reappearance in her life of a villain who had broken her heart some years(…)

REVIEW: Dark Angel by Mary Balogh

Dear Mrs. Balogh, Several of my friends once gave me tips on which books from your lengthy backlist I needed to try. The Dark Angel series was mentioned by almost everyone. Well, they can pat themselves on the back because this is a great start to a wonderful series. Jennifer Winwood, newly arrived in London(…)

REVIEW: Simply Love by Mary Balogh

Dear Mrs. Balogh, Most of us have been eagerly awaiting Sydnam Butler’s HEA for years. I know I have. I just wish that I could have gotten it without dragging the whole Bedwyn and Butler clans into the story as well. Having read, or in the case of Lady Morgan, attempted to read each of(…)