Comments on: REVIEW: Blossom Time by Joan Smith

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[...] Blossom Time by Joan Smith (Regency with one of my favorite themes: friends to lovers) [...]

By: Kay Webb Harrison

Kay Webb Harrison — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:50:16 +0000

I think that I read A Masculine Ending by Joan A. Smith; my records are not clear about which Loretta Lawson book I read, but I am sure that I only read one. I think that some of the Jennie Gallant books have been reissued under Joan Smith. Which is her real name and which is the pen name? Or, are they both pen names?
Kay

By: Little Lamb Lost

Little Lamb Lost — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:37:53 +0000

I never heard much about buzz about the author but one of my favorite books from her is Escapade. The heroine is a bookworm who happens to write a terribly gossipy column in one of the London papers. She gets to know her main target better and the fun really begins. The book is one of my comfort reads.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:48:06 +0000

Sarah – I hope you enjoy it!

Kay – have you read the other Joan Smith (Loretta Lawson mysteries). I think I’ve read some Jennie Gallant and haven’t liked them as much.

By: Kay Webb Harrison

Kay Webb Harrison — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:13:19 +0000

This review inspired me to investigate my reading records about Joan Smith. I have read many of her Regencies, several of her Silhouette Romances, and two of her contemporary mysteries. I used FictionDataBase to refresh my memory about the books I have read.
Finally, I Googled her. Guess what? There are two Joan Smiths. Joan Allison Smith, born in London, is a reporter, activist and novelist. She is the creator of the Loretta Lawson mysteries. The Regency novelist is Canadian; she uses the pen name Jennie Gallant. Both ladies use the name “Joan Smith!” Somehow I just knew that the person who wrote the one Loretta Lawson book I read just couldn’t be the same person who wrote Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds.
Kay

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:51:39 +0000

I actually found this book at Paperbackswap and swooped it up. I’m very excited. I’ve never read Joan Smith but this review has me on the edge of my seat. Like you Jane, I’m a big fan of the friends to lover theme, especially when it’s well done.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:12:19 +0000

It was a paperback at one time (I think 90s?) but Belgrave House does not sell this title as a paperback book. Belgrave House sells ebooks of out of print books, alot of them old regencies. Joan Smith is one of them that I like and another one is Laura Matthews.

By: vanessa jaye

vanessa jaye — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:08:02 +0000

You mean I could have bought the paperback at Belgrave? *sigh* Too late, I bought the ebook at Fictionwise. I’ll keep an eye out at the UBS for the book though.

By: Teddypig

Teddypig — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:23:45 +0000

I like Belgrave House they are one of the few that tracks your purchases and keeps them available. Not the fanciest site mind you but well thought out for the customer.

I love their Regency covers, how appropriate.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:36:04 +0000

It has been a nefarious plot, but by all accounts one that took a lot to succeed.
You can buy the book at Belgrave House though.