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Posts Tagged ‘English-historical’

REVIEW: A Most Unsuitable Man by Jo Beverley

By Jayne • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Beverley,
First off, this book not only has many of the same characters as WINTER FIRE, it is a direct sequel. For readers who haven’t read that one or don’t know the world of the Mallorens, then they can probably muddle along as you do a good job of giving a [...]



REVIEW: Something Wicked by Kalen Hughes

By Jayne • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Hughes,
Yes, I’d heard of your name but I’d not truly looked into your books nor read any reviews of them. Now that I’ve read this freebie you sent me and have posted at your website, that’ll change.
I have to say that the description of the novella doesn’t exactly match up to [...]



REVIEW: Delicious by Sherry Thomas

By Jayne • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Thomas,
Book two and all is still well between us. Keep this up and I’ll stay a happy woman and keep writing you nice reviews. I used to think I didn’t care for Victorian era historicals - something about the facial hair of the men and hairstyles of the women [...]



REVIEW: Never Romance a Rake by Liz Carlyle

By Jayne • Jul 23rd, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Carlyle,
Well, after my last letter to you, I bet you never thought I’d be writing another. I dare say you probably wanted to give me a total body paper cut and then pour lemon juice all over me. But I’m a sucker for Jane saying, “No, really, it’s good. You [...]



REVIEW: The Curious Rogue by Joan Vincent

By Jayne • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Vincent,
I love Georgian historicals and if authors can toss in some daring do as well, I’m a happy woman. I read the first book in this series, “A Bond of Honour” and while I didn’t like two particular things that happened towards the end of the story, I was intrigued by the [...]



REVIEW: His Captive Lady by Carol Townend

By Jayne • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Townend,
When I read the description for your newest book, “His Captive Lady,” all I truly noticed is that it’s a medieval and set in the fens of East Anglia. It’s not until I began reading it that it dawned on me that it’s also a Saxon vs Norman story [...]



REVIEW: The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn

By Jayne • May 28th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Quinn,
Even after I failed to appreciate your last book, I was eagerly awaiting this one. I knew nothing about it until I started reading it and then read the review at AAR. I do agree that the plot, a young highwayman being abducted by his Dowager Duchess grandmother because she’s [...]



REVIEW: Dark Champion by Jo Beverley

By Jayne • May 17th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Beverley,
Since it seems you’ve settled down into writing just Georgians and Regencies, I’m afraid new romance readers won’t be aware of the wonderful medievals you used to write. With that in mind, I’m going to try and dust off a few golden oldies, flog my gray cells to remember details [...]



REVIEW: To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt

By Jayne • May 1st, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mrs Hoyt,
I love the beginning of a new series. New characters to meet, new situations to explore, new relationships to work out. Everything’s fresh and (hopefully) wide open. “To Taste Temptation” is, I believe, book one in what looks like a four book series if the fable at the start is our guide. Okay, [...]



REVIEW: A Lady’s Secret by Jo Beverley

By Jayne • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Reviews

Edited to add: Caution There’s a major spoiler in paragraph 3.
Dear Mrs. Beverley,
When you posted to one of my earlier reviews that your next book would be back in the world of the Mallorens and feature a rake with a ‘nun on the run,’ I started salivating. Me wuvs the Mallorens and Georgian historicals [...]