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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:  Lord Ruin by Carolyn Jewel

REVIEW: Lord Ruin by Carolyn Jewel

Dear Ms. Jewel: I had Lord Ruin in my TBR pile for a long time but for some reason I never read it until I had finished with Scandal. In some ways, I saw this as a prelude to what would become Scandal as the themes in the two stories are quite similar. I feel(…)

REVIEW:  22 Nights by Linda Winstead Jones

REVIEW: 22 Nights by Linda Winstead Jones

Dear Ms. Winstead Jones: First off, the cover on this book is a bit deceiving.   The setting of the book is a fantasy historical world set in a made up kingdom (I always think of this kind of setting as middle earth but have also considered it to be medieval but does medieval imply some(…)

REVIEW:  The Frenchman’s Marriage Demand by Chantelle Shaw

REVIEW: The Frenchman’s Marriage Demand by Chantelle Shaw

Dear Ms. Shaw: This was the second bestselling Harlequin Presents at eharlequin.com. I read it after The Virgin’s Wedding Night and while the two books had similar emotional character arcs, my response to them was extremely different. While Craven’s book interested me enough to buy others, The Frenchman’s Marriage Demand made me wish I had(…)

REVIEW: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn

Dear Ms Quinn, I don’t think I’m alone in having wondered what you would do next after the last Bridgerton novel was released a year ago (and I don’t count the flimsy 2nd Epilogues as really doing anything). “The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever” doesn’t appear as though it will lead to the sequelitis(…)