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Coming Home for Christmas (anthology) by Carla Kelly
December 6, 2011

REVIEW: Coming Home for Christmas (Anthology) by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / Recommended ReadsAnthology / Carla-Kelly / Christmas Stories / Harlequin Historical / Historical Romances / Recommended Reads / Royal-Navy8 Comments

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Dear Mrs. Kelly, I know that when I start a Carla Kelly book, I’ll get a certain number of things. An honorable hero, an unflappable heroine, some idiot secondary characters who may bluster and threaten to cause the hero and heroine some problems but who usually are mainly all hot ... more >

The Admiral's Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly
January 28, 2011

REVIEW: The Admiral’s Penniless Bride by Carla Kelly

JayneB- ReviewsCarla-Kelly / England / Harlequin Historical / Historical Romances / older heroine and hero / Regency England / Royal-Navy24 Comments

Dear Mrs. Kelly, I see a book by you and I’m like Pavlov’s dogs – minus the barking. And the book then automatically goes on my list of “this will be read soon, if not sooner.” And though each one might not always climb the heights of my best reads ... more >

June 29, 2010

REVIEW: Marrying the Royal Marine by Carla Kelly

JayneA- Reviews / Ebooks / Recommended ReadsCarla-Kelly / England / Harlequin / Harlequin Historical / Marines / Peninsular-War / war31 Comments

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Dear Ms. Kelly, At last, at last the final book in the Brandon Sisters series. Eldest sister Nan found love with a naval Captain, middle sister Laura married a naval doctor and now it’s youngest – by quite a few years – sister Polly’s turn. But instead of the Navy, ... more >

June 9, 2009

REVIEW: The Surgeon’s Lady by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / EbooksCarla-Kelly / Harlequin Historical / medicine / Regency England / Royal-Navy14 Comments

Dear Mrs. Kelly, I’ve been a fan of yours for years. Back “in the day” when the traditional Regency still ruled and I could look forward to a book a year from your pen – or typewriter or hard drive – I was living the good life. But then came ... more >

January 6, 2009

REVIEW: Marrying the Captain by Carla Kelly

JayneB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / EbooksCarla-Kelly / Harlequin / Historical Romances / Regency England / Royal-Navy33 Comments

Dear Mrs. Kelly, I admit right off the bat that I’m a Kellyphile from way back. Once I got back into reading romance years ago, friends of mine praised your trad Regency books and after the first one I read (“Reforming Lord Ragsdale”), I had to have them all. It’s ... more >

May 24, 2007

REVIEW: Beau Crusoe by Carla Kelly

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsCarla-Kelly / Regency England / Royal-Navy / shipwreck / traumatic-past7 Comments

Dear Ms. Kelly, I have enjoyed several of your books in the past, so I rejoiced to hear that you had a new book coming out. Beau Crusoe is the story of James Trevenen, a naval officer shipwrecked on a deserted island where he spent five years in isolation. To ... more >

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