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March 5, 2014

REVIEW: The Mapmaker’s Daughter by Laurel Corona

JayneB Reviews15th century / European-Historical / Historical / Jewish-faith / religion / Spain6 Comments

A sweeping story of 1492 Spain, exploring how what we know about the world shapes our map of life 1492. During the waning decades of Spain’s golden age, Christian religious fervor culminated in the expulsion of all Jews and Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula. THE MAPMAKER’S DAUGHTER tells the story ... more >

The Secrets of Mia Danvers by Robyn Dehart
June 27, 2013

REVIEW: The Secrets of Mia Danvers by Robyn Dehart

DabneyB- Reviews / Featuredblind heroine / European-Historical / Jack the Ripper6 Comments

Dear Ms. Dehart: The Secrets of Mia Danvers is implausible. It features Jack the Ripper as the villain. The heroine is beautiful, blind, abandoned by her family, and a stellar sculptor. The high and mighty hero pursues another woman while seducing his true love. These elements should have made your ... more >

The Mad Earl's Bride Loretta Chase
June 14, 2013

REVIEW: The Mad Earl’s Bride by Loretta Chase

DabneyA Reviews / Featured / Recommended ReadsEuropean-Historical / reissue37 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Chase: Thank you for re-releasing your novella The Mad Earl’s Bride. I missed it when it was released in 2009 in the anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss. The Mad Earl’s Bride has the tone of my favorites of your books: witty, smart, and sweetly sexy. It even has ... more >

April 29, 2013

REVIEW: Never Too Late by Amara Royce

SunitaC ReviewsDebut-book / European-Historical / older woman/younger man / Victorian era8 Comments

Dear Ms. Royce: I have talked to you a bit on Twitter and wanted to read your debut, so when I saw it was available on Netgalley I snapped it up. Never Too Late is set in 1851 Victorian England, an increasingly popular time period, and it features one of ... more >

Wedded in Scandal Jade Lee
March 20, 2012

REVIEW: Wedded in Scandal by Jade Lee

DabneyB- Reviewsclass-difference / European-Historical / mistress heroine12 Comments

Dear Ms. Lee, I fell head over heels in love with your hero in the very first few paragraphs of your novel, Wedded in Scandal. “Yer wants to go in there? But, er, why?” Robert Percy, Viscount Redhill, ignored the mine manager and began stripping off his coat and gloves. ... more >

Sunita
March 5, 2012

What Sunita was reading in February

SunitaReading ListsAustralia / Edwardian-era / European-Historical / Harlequin Medical Romance / Harlequin-Presents / m/m romance / mystery / Paranormal / Riptide Publishing17 Comments

January was kind of a bust for me, but I caught up in February. I’ve been trying to read further afield, going past the usual m/m and category and trying more historical romance. They didn’t all work perfectly, but I’ve no regrets in this batch. Twice Fallen: Ladies in Waiting ... more >

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