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Posts Tagged ‘Harlequin Historical’

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: A Most Unconventional Match by Julia Justiss

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

Dear Mrs Justiss,
“A Most Unconventional Match” lives up to its name. I fear that the back blurb won’t give readers much enticement to choose it over any other Regency set historical though. When I first read it, I thought, “hmmmm, okay. Sounds….nice.” Which I would guess is not the “gotta buy this [...]



REVIEW: Innocence Unveiled by Blythe Gifford

By Jayne • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Gifford,
Your name was on my list of authors to try so when I spotted your latest release and realized it was about weavers in Flanders during the middle ages, I decided to try it. Hey, no knights, different setting, middle class, little used historical incident - I’m there. True it has a [...]



REVIEW: A Sinful Alliance by Amanda McCabe

By Jayne • May 24th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms McCabe,
Happy days, it’s something different. Tudor England with a French heroine and Russian hero. Definitely not the same old Regency we get offered everyday. Thank you Harlequin Historical.
Sinful Alliance starts out wonderfully with a Venetian brothel scene showdown between two spies. One of them knows what’s up but the other [...]



GUEST REVIEW: Ashblane’s Lady by Sophia James

By Guest Reviewer • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: A Review Category, Reviews

Author Jane Beckenham brings us the following guest review for Sophia James’ Ashblane’s Lady. Beckenham is from down under and has sold books to Red Rose Publishing, Linden Bay romance, and Treble Heart Books.
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Sophia James knows how to write. She also knows how to hook the reader into the story right from the [...]



REVIEW: An Honorable Rogue by Carol Townend

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

Dear Mrs Townend,
As I’ve said in other reviews, these days it takes something different to interest me in a medieval. A new twist on an old plot, unique character traits for a knight or his lady or, glory be, something totally out of the ordinary. When you offered me a copy of your latest [...]



REVIEW: The Vanishing Viscountess by Diane Gaston

By Jayne • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Gaston,
A few years ago I read the first book you had published, “The Mysterious Miss M,” and was delighted that you turned a few Regency standards on their heads. I then tried another of your stories and have to be honest and say that it seemed more of what everyone else was churning [...]



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: A Christmas Wedding Wager by Michelle Styles

By Jayne • Dec 4th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Styles,
When I reviewed one of your Roman era historicals, I made some comment about how I wondered that you weren’t writing about Roman Britain since you’re so near to “The Wall.” Perhaps one day you’ll still place one of your books there but for now, this Victorian is a nice departure from what [...]



REVIEW: Dishonor and Desire by Juliet Landon

By Jayne • Nov 23rd, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Landon,
After my great experience with “The Warlord’s Mistress” I was in a quandary. I wanted to go out and read every thing of yours I could get my hands on and at the same time, I was worried that nothing would match up to that first book. I’ve been burned by the [...]



REVIEW: His Rebel Bride by Helen Dickson

By Jayne • Nov 7th, 2007 • Category: D Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Dickson,
I should have loved this book. It’s about one of my favorite times in history. Seventeenth century England. Cavaliers. Derring do. A time when history turned on a dime. And maybe 10 or 20 years ago I probably would have enjoyed it. But instead I found it boring, filled with little history lectures, [...]



REVIEW: The Warlord’s Mistress by Juliet Landon

By Jayne • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Langdon,
Almost a year ago, I noticed this book for sale in the UK. I pondered buying it, then added up the cost plus exchange rate plus shipping and reluctantly decided to wait. When I saw it was being offered here now and in ebook form as well (go Harlequin!), I snapped it [...]



REVIEW: The Abducted Heiress by Claire Thornton

By Jayne • Feb 19th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Thornton,
After attempting the first book in this trilogy, “The Defiant Mistress,” I was pretty sure I wouldn’t go any further with the series. Then I read a good review for this book. That coupled with Laura’s positive post about it made me decide to give this one a chance. After all, I [...]



REVIEW: The Defiant Mistress by Claire Thornton

By Jayne • Jan 23rd, 2007 • Category: DNF Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms Thornton,
Though I’d never tried any of your books before, I took a chance on this one when I saw it was set in Restoration Era Venice and England. Alas, it turned out to be a style of novel I’ve lost all patience for. The hero and heroine are torn apart years before [...]