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August 15, 2011

REVIEW: Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsComedy / Georgian / Historical Romances30 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Readers, Tuesday August 16th would be La Heyer’s 109 birthday and to celebrate Jane urged us to dust off our copies of her books and write reviews. I pondered and thought and recalled how much I’ve always enjoyed “Powder and Patch.” I know it’s not one of the best ... more >

August 9, 2011

REVIEW: Little Darlin’ by Cheryl Reavis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin Treasury / marriage-of-convenience / Military / Secret-Baby / Silhouette Special Edition9 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Reavis, The books which make up this series have been favorites of mine for years. First published in the late 1990s, they’ve also been out of print for about that long so I was delighted to notice them among the Harlequin Treasury reissues. I hope that this will ... more >

August 7, 2011

JOINT REVIEW & Giveaway: The Rifter Parts 1-5 by Ginn Hale

JanineA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsepic fantasy / Fantasy Romance / graduate student / joint review / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romance / Recommended Reads47 Comments

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UPDATE: The winner of our giveaway of a full subscription to The Rifter is Stephanie M. Lorée. Congratulations, Stephanie, and thanks to Nicole Kimberling at Blind Eye Books for providing it to Dear Author. And thanks also to all the commenters for their great reading suggestions! Sunita: I’ve heard so many ... more >

August 5, 2011

REVIEW: A Game of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBerlin-Germany / Forge Books / Germany / Hannah Vogel series / Historical Romances / murder-investigation / Nazis8 Comments

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Fair Warning!: Spoilers for the first two books will probably appear in this review. Dear Ms. Cantrell, I look forward to the annual summer release of the latest book in your historical mystery series about Hannah Vogel in pre-WWII Germany. This one doesn’t disappoint. Like the two before it, this ... more >

July 14, 2011

REVIEW: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Dutton / epistolary / journalist / Nebraska / Penguin / unusual settings27 Comments

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“Beth and Jennifer know their company monitors their e-mails, but like many, they don’t take it seriously. Jennifer tells Beth everything she can’t seem to tell her husband. And Beth tells Jennifer everything, period. Lincoln hates that his job is to monitor their e-mails, but he’s captivated by Beth and ... more >

July 4, 2011

REVIEW: Barefoot in the Grass by Judith Arnold

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbreast-cancer / Contemporary / reissue / Smashwords8 Comments

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Dear Ms Arnold, “Barefoot in the Grass” is a novel I’ve heard a lot of good things about over the years. First pubbed in 1996, I think that the use of this issue as the main theme of a romance book was more notable then than it is today but ... more >

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