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May 5, 2021

What Janine is Reading: Lorraine Heath’s Hellions of Havisham

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists1870s / 1880s / 19th century England / anonymous sex / class differences / countess / Duke / Earl / fortune hunter / heiress / historical romance / Impersonation / mistorical / pregnancy / Reading lists / twins / viscount5 Comments

I haven’t had the best experience with Lorraine Heath; both Sweet Lullaby and Waking Up with the Duke disappointed me. However, lately I’ve been desperate for an engaging historical romance and I was intrigued by the premise of book two in the Hellions of Havisham series, The Earl Takes All, ... more >

April 12, 2018

REVIEW: Angelique: The Marquise of Angels by Serge and Anne Golon

Joanne RenaudBook Reviews / D Reviews17th-century / countess / France / Historical fiction / historical romance26 Comments

Dear Serge and Anne Golon, I have long heard about Angelique, your big romantic bestseller from 1957, when I was a little kid in the ‘80s. Even in the ‘80s, the books from the series always sat moldering on shelves in the used bookstores of my hometown, and they looked ... more >

January 1, 2016

REVIEW: The Lie and the Lady by Kate Noble

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscountess / historical romance / love triangles / miller / Winner Takes All series4 Comments

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Dear Ms. Noble, Last year, I read and reviewed the first book in your Winner Takes All series, The Game and the Governess. In that book, the hero and his secretary, a man whose family had once owned a flour mill, switched places for a wager. When I heard that John ... more >

September 30, 2015

REVIEW: The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne

JanineDNF Reviewscountess / ex-con / historical romance / mistorical / Scotland / Victorian England14 Comments

Dear Ms. Byrne, More and more, it seems like the newer crop of historical romances are leaving the history behind. I’m not a stickler for historicity, but I want a historical romance to have at least some historical feel. These days many books don’t even read like they take place ... more >

August 27, 2014

REVIEW: A Counterfeit Betrothal by Mary Balogh

JanineBook Reviews / C- Reviewscountess / Earl / fake-fiance / infidelity / Marriage on the rocks/reunited lovers / trad regency20 Comments

Dear Ms. Balogh, I’ve long been a fan of your traditional regencies from the 1990s and when one I hadn’t read before was recently reissued in a 2-in-1 edition with your classic The Notorious Rake, I purchased it. A Counterfeit Betrothal contains two romances each of which affects the other. ... more >

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