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REVIEW: Winter Wedding by Joan Smith

By Jane • Dec 20th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Smith:
Winter Wedding is a bit of a fantasy tale with a very sweet misunderstanding that separates the hero and heroine. The story is fluffy and I wouldn’t be able to read several in this vein in a row without getting a toothache, but for a holiday story, it might help set [...]



REVIEW: Blossom Time by Joan Smith

By Jane • Nov 3rd, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Smith:
I am a devoted fan of yours and have purchased every book that Belgrave House makes available. While not every book is a keeper, there is certainly a consistency of quality that makes me continue to buy your work. Blossom Time is a classic Smith story.
Rosalind Lovelace is a gently [...]



REVIEW: Silken Secrets by Joan Smith

By Jayne • Jul 24th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Smith,
I’ve loved several of your Regency novels in the past. I liked this one too. But, sad to say, I didn’t love it.
Mary Anne Judson has an idyllic country life, except perhaps that her Uncle Edwin is of a casually larcenous nature. When he liberates an abandoned–and smuggled–cargo of fine silk [...]



REVIEW: Gather Ye Rosebuds by Joan Smith

By Jayne • Sep 7th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Smith,
Gather Ye Rosebuds is kind of a Regency crossed with a mystery. It’s fun and interesting but maybe not as cuttingly humorous as some of your other Regency set trads I’ve read.
Zoie Barron lives a quiet life until after her uncle dies. While cleaning out his room to turn it [...]



REVIEW: Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds by Joan Smith

By Jayne • Jul 11th, 2006 • Category: A Review Category, A Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Smith,
Despite what I know about wills and how bizarre this one would be considered today, Aunt Sophie’s Diamonds is a fantastic book.
Have you ever had a crazy relative who left a bizarre will? Sophronia Tewksbury was a manipulative old bat and left her relatives with a mind boggling one. The entailed [...]