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England, Georgian, Historical Romances, 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… more
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novella
Dear Ms Ruger, Your short story sounded fun so I took the plunge (after all it was a very short story so I woudn’t have been wasting much time if it had turned out to be a stinker). This is… more
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Dear Ms Henderson, I love Georgian books and if they’re set in “the Colonies” I’m already predisposed to like them. Which makes it all the worse when one so totally fails for me. I think it was Dee’s blog where… more
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Boston, Cancer, knitting, survival
Dear Ms. Cross: I read this one against my will. I had started your last book, One More Time but then stopped after the first three chapters which featured a lawyer basically throwing a case because he believed his client… more
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harlequin-next, mystery
Dear Ms Douglas, When I picked up a copy of “Wedding Bell Blues,” I didn’t realize that it is the fourth book in your Maggie Skerritt mystery series. I thought briefly about trying to track down the other three books… more
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Amazon, Young-Adult
Dear Ms. Pierce: I confess to being in the dark ages. Or maybe I can claim ignorance of this particular dark fantasy when it was originally publishing in 1982. You see, I lived in a very strict household and I… more
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second chances
Dear Ms Kennedy, The arc for “The Penny Tree” was a blind pick for me. I’d not read your previous book so was basing my decision to read this one on the the author quotes listed on the cover. While… more
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Dear Ms Kent, The Perfect Stranger certainly bolts out of the starting gate and rarely slows down much after that. By focusing only on the hero’s POV, you keep us, and the hero, in the dark for the first seven… more
Ladies, Thank you for that hilarious trip down memory lane. I’m a born and bred Southerner and have attended Dixie weddings my whole life (starting when I was a darling four year old flower girl and got to wear my… more
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Elloras-Cave, erotica
Dear Ms Kelly, I’m not a gamer so I’m sure I probably missed some “insider” stuff while reading your latest book but I had a great time laughing my ass off through the rest of it. And I’ve got to… more
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Avon, courtesan, forced-seduction, Regency England
Readers were arguing about Anna Campbell's debut, Claiming the Courtesan, before it was published. An Avon historical that was actually offending readers? This I had to see. And as I sat down to read, I expected to be shocked, looked… more
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Amazon, Atlanta, Magic, shapeshifters
I saw this book featured on someone’s blog. The short blurb intrigued me and I went to the site and read the excerpt which really intrigued me. I immediately sent off an email to the Ace contact I have and… more
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Elizabeth-Hoyt, Georgian
Dear Ms. Hoyt: I’ve come to the realization that your books are not really historicals, but rather fairy tales set in the mid 1700s. As such, this story need not abide by ordinary societal rules which may restrict the fair… more
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Agent/Spies/Undercover, Assassin, Japan, romantic-suspense, Violence
Dear Ms. Stuart, ummer Hawthorne, the heroine of the third book in your Ice series, is the curator for a Los Angeles museum that specializes in Asian art. She is also the owner of a blue ceramic bowl that her… more
Dear Mrs Stuart, Some of your books I love. Some of them I hated. And some that I keep reading despite things which annoyed me. “Cold as Ice” is one of the later. I liked it a lot better when… more