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REVIEW: Because of the List by Amy Knupp

REVIEW: Because of the List by Amy Knupp

Dear Ms. Knupp: In looking in my past reviews, I don’t see that I’ve read you before but I believe I have and just not reviewed the book(s) that I’ve read.  Because of the List starts out with a old but favorite premise.  Hero is best friends with heroine’s older brother.  The twist in this book(…)

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 Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: As a satisfied reader of your Regency pirate series, I was definitely on board to try your new late Victorian book about a hero who suffers from Asperger’s.   The barbaric aspects of a growing medical tradition and the increasing urbanization and complexity of British society are a perfect fit for a story(…)