B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / Anthology / historical romance / POC author / Regency England / self-published11 Comments
Dear Ms. Jewel, Ms. Milan, and Ms. Thomas, I’ve been waiting for this anthology since I first heard about it last spring. The authors are among the strongest writing historical romance today and the premise linking the three novellas is clever and unusual: each is set in the same location ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBerkley / Historical / POC author / Recommended Reads16 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas – You have the terrible tendency of ruining me for other books. What I mean is, I read a Sherry Thomas book, and then nothing else I read really satisfies me. This was the case for me with Tempting the Bride because it has within its covers ... more >
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Dedication by Janet Mullany My review is here. I liked this quite well, in spite of the fact that I rather embarrassingly didn’t remember that I’d read the original version. I Am Old. Lust Ever After by Rose de Fer My review here. Eh. The Dark Knight by Elizabeth Elliott My review ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfriends-to-lovers / POC author / reunited-lovers40 Comments
Dear Ms. Thomas: I knew by the end of chapter one, that this book would be one I would remember for a long time. In just that first chapter a well of emotion swelled up and closed the passage of my throat such that each subsequent page read triggered feeling. ... more >
Book Reviews / If You Likebest of list / If You Like / India / multicultural53 Comments
Dear Author guest post by Kim T. A few years ago, I watched a Hindi language, historical epic film called Jodhaa Akbar, starring Bollywood superstars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. As a librarian with a graduate degree in European history, I was intrigued by the 16th century historical detail ... more >
The readers have voted (and it was a close call) but Sherry Thomas’ Beguiling the Beauty has won. Next Tuesday we’ll post a series of questions about the book and invite the author and the editor to weigh in. I thought the idea of themes is a great one for ... more >