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REVIEW: Under the Mistletoe by Mary Balogh

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Dear Ms. Balogh, A Twitter conversation about romance novellas led me to borrow your Christmas anthology Under the Mistletoe from my library after author Cecilia Grant mentioned that the best novella is The Best Gift. @GrowlyCub The Best Gift is the best novella. We’ve talked about this before. @ErinSatie @Liz_Mc2 ... more >

REVIEW: A Counterfeit Betrothal by Mary Balogh

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Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve long been a fan of your traditional regencies from the 1990s and when one I hadn’t read before was recently reissued in a 2-in-1 edition with your classic The Notorious Rake, I purchased it. A Counterfeit Betrothal contains two romances each of which affects the other. ... more >

REVIEW: Heartless by Mary Balogh

C Reviews21 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve been in a reading slump lately and decided to try Heartless, your out of print historical romance from 1995, which has been sitting in my TBR pile for ages, in the hope that it would absorb me. Your older, angstier books are generally reliable in that ... more >

JOINT REVIEW: A Christmas Bride by Mary Balogh

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Janine: We’ve all read Christmas stories which feature cynics whose hardened hearts soften during the holiday season. From Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the Grinch in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, such figures are not uncommon in holiday stories in or out of the romance ... more >

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Interview with Mary Balogh (and Giveaway)

Interviews90 Comments

This month we are fortunate to have the latest release of Mary Balogh “The Proposal” featuring Gwen’s story.  Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has been a long time denizen of Balogh novels and there has been a great deal of speculation about who she would end up with and whether she would ... more >

First Reads by the Dear Author Crew

Essays71 Comments

I thought it would be fun if reminisced about our first romance read.  To prime the pump, so to speak, I asked the Dear Author crew to write up a small post about their first romance reads.  Share your own reading experiences in the comments. Janine (link to Janine’s posts) ... more >

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