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REVIEW: Virgin Slave, Barbarian King by Louise Allen

By Jayne • Jan 4th, 2008 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, C- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Allen,
I had planned on reading this book anyway because 1) I like a previous book of yours I tried and 2) I just had to support the era in which you’d set the story. After all, I can’t remember the last book I read that features Visigoths! When we all got together and [...]



REVIEW: Warrior or Wife by Lyn Randal

By Jayne • Feb 17th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms Randal,
Wow, Harlequin really seems to be getting the message that romance readers want something other than Regency set romances to read. Will wonders never cease? In the past year I think I’ve read more books set during ancient Rome than in the five preceding years combined.
After two [...]



REVIEW: A Noble Captive by Michelle Styles

By Jayne • Jan 3rd, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Styles,
Thanks again for sending me an advanced copy of “A Noble Captive.” I agree with you that the cover is great. Not that “A Gladiator’s Honor” was bad, well except for the wrong color hair for the hero! Have you ever noticed the difference in the texture of Mills and Boon books [...]



REVIEW: Liberty by Kimberly Iverson

By Jayne • Dec 15th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Iverson,
This turned out to be a lucky gamble book. And what made it even longer odds that I picked it up to try is that all I initially saw on the shelf at Waldenbooks was the spine. Let’s hear it for great cover/spine artwork. Yes, publishers, it really can sell your books. [...]



REVIEW: Novellas by Jennifer Mueller

By Jayne • Dec 1st, 2006 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Mueller,
My decision to buy some of your novellas was a good choice. Whether writing hot contemporaries or period detailed historicals, I’ve enjoyed all the ones I’ve read so far. In “A Little Roman Scandal” a heroine with a backbone of steel meets the hero to appreciate her intelligence and join with her [...]



REVIEW: The Raven and the Rose by Doreen Owens Malek

By Jayne • Nov 8th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms Owens Malek,
Are you still writing? I hope so but haven’t seen anything new from you in ages. You’ve got me worried. I guess until I learn otherwise, I’ll have to just keep re-reading your OOP books.
This is a dual ‘against all odds’ romance. Two sisters love men who are completely forbidden [...]



REVIEW: The Gladiator’s Honor by Michelle Styles

By Jayne • Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Styles,
After years of Harlequin Historicals that made me think the only past acceptable for romance authors to write about was the Regency time frame, we finally (finally!) seem to be getting more of a range of eras. Praise Him (or Her, if that’s your preference) from whom all blessings flow. When I [...]