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January 21, 2017

REVIEW: The Broken Wing (Warrender Saga Book 2) by Mary Burchell

JayneBook Reviews1960s / Boss-Secretary / cinderella / classical music / Disabled Heroine / England / Historical / Opera Singer / performance / performers / Warrender Saga8 Comments

Is Tessa always to be overshadowed? Tessa Morley has spent her entire life in the shadow of her beautiful and bewitching twin sister Tania. Unlike Tania, whose vivacious beauty and outgoing personality have ensured that she is forever in the limelight, Tessa lacks her sister’s confidence and has always been ... more >

November 19, 2016

REPEAT REVIEW: A Song Begins (Warrender Saga Book 1) by Mary Burchell

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / 20th century / classical music / England / Historical / Opera Singer / Warrender Saga15 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Readers, I first did a review of this book in 2009 after Sunita loaned it to me but at the time it wasn’t available in digital format. When I saw it was being rereleased, I first squeed with Sunita and then wanted to repost the review as more people ... more >

August 13, 2009

REVIEW: A Song Begins by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsHarlequin / Ida Cook / opera13 Comments

Dear Readers, At last to the final book which Sunita loaned to me. Of all the books mentioned in the “Safe Passage” posts, I think this one garnered the most votes and fond recollections. After reading it, I can see why. The impact is that strong. For those who’ve not ... more >

June 11, 2009

REVIEW: Call and I’ll Come by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsacross the tracks / Harlequin / Ida Cook / opera13 Comments

Dear Readers, Mary Burchell wrote an astounding number of books for Mills and Boon/Harlequin before her death. And before I wrote the review of her autobiography “Safe Passage,” I hadn’t heard of her or her books. What a loss that would have been as I’m discovering that she was an ... more >

May 22, 2009

REVIEW: Such Is Love by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsHarlequin / Ida Cook / pre-WWII28 Comments

Dear Readers, Frankly, before I read Ida Cook’s memoirs describing her life before, during and after WWII, I had never heard of her or her alias as Mary Burchell, Harlequin author extraordinaire. It was during the discussion of “Safe Passage” that several of her long time fans chimed in about ... more >

February 16, 2009

REVIEW: Safe Passage by Ida Cook (Mary Burchell)

JayneB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / EbooksHarlequin / Ida Cook / Jewish-faith / Mills and Boon / non-fiction / opera55 Comments

Dear Readers, I’d been eyeing this book after it was promoted on the eharlequin website and this month, I decided “why not. Sounds interesting.” Interesting indeed. This book is “the truth is stranger than fiction.” Two young English women become enamored of opera, travel the world to see and meet ... more >

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