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April 15, 2019

REVIEW: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

JennieA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / disabled hero / historical romance / Quakers29 Comments

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My impromptu reread and review of Laura Kinsale romances continues with this, which I think might be her sixth (or seventh? somewhere in the middle of the pack) book. In any case, it has the distinction of having once been my favorite romance ever. I still have, in my decades-old ... more >

February 7, 2016

REVIEW: A Fighting Chance by Shannon Stacey

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / Carina Press / Contemporary / MMA Fighter / novella / second chance at love8 Comments

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All work and no play makes Adeline Kendrick a dull girl, so when she heads to a casino resort for a friend’s bachelorette weekend, she’s ready to have a good time. Until she runs into Brendan Quinn, professional fighter and the one who got away—the one her family drove away—and ... more >

December 7, 2015

REVIEW: Where or When – A Pearl Harbor Romance (Home Front Book 3) by Barbara Bretton

JayneB ReviewsAcross the Tracks Romance / American Navy / class differences / Navy / social privilege / War / Military / World War II1 Comments

She was everything he’d ever wanted . . . He was everything she’d dreamed of. It is 1941 and Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu is as close to paradise as you were likely to get. Golden sunshine, sweet ocean breezes, secluded beaches made for romance. Pearl is a ... more >

October 4, 2015

REVIEW: Luck Be a Lady by Meredith Duran

JennieB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAcross the Tracks Romance / Auction house / historical romance / marriage-of-convenience11 Comments

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Dear Ms. Duran: When I finished the first book in this series recently, I concluded my review by expressing my concerns about what kind of hero Nick O’Shea would make. In Lady Be Good, he’s the heroine’s uncle, a kingpin of the London underworld who owns a gambling den (don’t ... more >

March 9, 2015

REVIEW: The Passions of Emma by Penelope Williamson

JennieA- Reviews / Recommended Reads1890s / Across the Tracks Romance / Gilded Age / Love-Triangle / Rhode Island12 Comments

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Dear Ms. Williamson, A long time ago (almost seven years!), my first review for Dear Author was of your romance Once in a Blue Moon. Today, stuck in the middle of an endless historical romance malaise, I decided to turn to another one of your books that has long been ... more >

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