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REVIEW: The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long

By Janine • Feb 15th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category

Dear Ms. Long,
Of the authors writing historical romance, you are one of my absolute favorites. Not too long ago, I sang the praises of your previous book, The Secret to Seduction, in what is one of the longest, most detailed reviews I have ever written.
After I finished reading that book, I was tremendously excited [...]



REVIEW: The Secret to Seduction by Julie Anne Long

By Janine • Sep 17th, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Long,
For me, reading The Secret to Seduction, was like having a glass of champagne. First the effervescent joy of being introduced to your characters through the liquid clarity of your voice, then the warmth of being immersed in the sensations and emotions that those characters grow to feel, and finally the blissful [...]



REVIEW: Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas

By Janine • Jan 2nd, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Kleypas,
I realize I’m probably the last person in the solar system to read this book, but read it I did. It took me a while to get to it because I was disappointed in the previous entry in your Wallflowers series, It Happened One Autumn, so I am happy to say that I [...]



REVIEW: The Spinster and the Rake by Anne Stuart

By Jayne • Aug 26th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Stuart,
Boy howdy some of your earlier regencies, gothics and contemporaries sell for a mint. Are they worth it? Well, in this case, yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause and this one is worth the money. It’s a light hearted romp with the proverbial regency characters of a spinster and a rake. [...]