C Reviewshistorical romance21 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 >
B Reviews / C+ ReviewsChristmas Stories / class-difference / country house party / holiday setting / London / Regency England20 Comments
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 >
InterviewsInterviews90 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 >
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 >
C- Reviewsfamily-reunion / grieving / illegitimate-child / Love-Triangle / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Regency England25 Comments
The following review contains SPOILERS. The spoilers from late in the book are hidden, but others are visible. If you have never read A Promise of Spring and prefer to avoid spoilers, read this review at your own risk. Dear Ms. Balogh, A Promise of Spring, now being reprinted in ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsestranged family / Marquess / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / Regency England29 Comments
Dear Ms. Balogh, I first read The Temporary Wife, one of your most beloved trad regencies, several years ago. At the time, I liked it but was distracted by an initial similarity to another of your regencies, The Ideal Wife, which I had read first and liked even better. The ... more >