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About Joanne Renaud

Joanne reads all sorts of things, especially historical romance, fantasy, YA, SF (with an emphasis on time travel) and time travel romance. Her favorite authors include Tanith Lee, Gillian Bradshaw, Sylvia Halliday, Virginia Coffman, Rafael Sabatini, Judith Merkle Riley, Lois Duncan, L. Sprague de Camp and Connie Willis. She likes unusual historical settings, clever heroines, beta heroes and smart, quirky plotting, and thinks there’s nothing better than a well done, satisfying HEA. She’s also an author and a freelance illustrator. Her last novel "Doors" was released in 2016 from Champagne Books.

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February 3, 2020

REVIEW: Reflections in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank

Joanne RenaudBook Reviews / F Reviewsancient-Egypt / appropriation / Artist / Doctor / POC / racism / Time-Travel19 Comments

After entering an ancient chamber on an archaeological dig, Cloe Kingsley is sent back in time to the year 1452 B.C. to the Egyptian court of Hatshepsut and into the body of a corrupt priestess, where she is now forced to face her new environment and the challenges it holds. ... more >

January 9, 2019

REVIEW: The Splendor Before the Dark by Margaret George

Joanne RenaudB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / Historical / Historical fiction / Rome1 Comments

Dear Ms. George, The Splendor Before the Dark is your epic sequel to The Confessions of Young Nero, which I reviewed previously. I found it to be a touching, beautiful, sweeping story; and, like Confessions, it is very long—581 pages in the print version. I commend you for your heroic ... more >

September 10, 2018

REVIEW: The Dutch Wife by Ellen Keith

Joanne RenaudA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArgentina / Historical fiction / World War II2 Comments

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Dear Ellen Keith: We often ask ourselves, what would I do if I lived in a period of horror like the Holocaust? Would I save people? Would I be like Captain America or Oskar Schindler? Am I a Good Person? Most of like us to think this. It comforts us, ... more >

July 13, 2018

REVIEW: The Ninety-Ninth Bride by Catherine Faris King

Joanne RenaudA Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / bride / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / YA3 Comments

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Dear Catherine Faris King: We should all know the story of Scheherazade, right? It’s the frame story of the Arabian Nights, and famous enough in its own right. Once there was a murderous king, who, after he finds his first wife to be unfaithful, marries dozens of women, murdering every ... more >

April 25, 2018

REVIEW: Veronique by Virginia Coffman

Joanne RenaudBook Reviews / C- ReviewsArtist / cartoons / European-Historical / France / French-Revolution / Georgian / Historical fiction / nurse6 Comments

Dear Ms. Coffman, There’s something uniquely disappointing about reading a bad book from a favorite author. I felt this way recently after reading your historical novel, Veronique, after years of reading your wonderful Gothic romances—Moura and The Alpine Coach are wonderful, but my favorite is The Dark Palazzo, a dreamy, ... more >

April 12, 2018

REVIEW: Angelique: The Marquise of Angels by Serge and Anne Golon

Joanne RenaudBook Reviews / D Reviews17th-century / countess / France / Historical fiction / historical romance26 Comments

Dear Serge and Anne Golon, I have long heard about Angelique, your big romantic bestseller from 1957, when I was a little kid in the ‘80s. Even in the ‘80s, the books from the series always sat moldering on shelves in the used bookstores of my hometown, and they looked ... more >

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