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Janine’s Best of 2020

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Recommended Read

I spent much of 2020 grateful to books and authors for giving me a way to visit other times and places while stuck at home because of Covid. Below, listed in alphabetical order by author, are my top eight favorite books of 2020. Some grades have been adjusted since my ... more >

REVIEW: The Deserted Heart by Mary Lancaster

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Dear Ms. Lancaster: I was motivated to pick up this 2018 book by the description in Pam Rosenthal’s October guest column – the pull of a new-to-me author and the book’s description were enough to draw me in. Charlotte Maybury is used to being in the background – she’s sandwiched ... more >

REVIEW x 2: Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase

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Dear Loretta Chase, In Ten Things to I Hate About the Duke, your new historical romance, Lucius, the Duke of Ashmont meets Cassandra Pomfret when he fires a gun into the air to disperse a crowd. Cassandra’s horses to startle and her carriage crashes. Injured in the accident is her ... more >

REVIEW: Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale

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This is book nine in my Laura Kinsale reread tour, which started back in 2016. It was Kinsale’s second published book, and it’s a weird one, featuring Irish fairies and mindreading and a plot that I hoped would make more sense in the end than it did the first time ... more >

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Reading List by Jennie for July through September

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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow I had long wanted to see Hamilton, Lin-Manual Miranda’s award-winning musical based on this book, and I finally got a chance on my 50th birthday in 2019. I liked it a lot, though it wasn’t the magical experience for me that I know it was ... more >

REVIEW: The Ruin of Evangeline Jones by Julia Bennet

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Dear Julia Bennet, Your book, set in 1888 London, sounded like something I would enjoy so I took a chance and bought it. The story starts with a séance. The titular heroine is a “medium” while the hero, Alex (a duke), has a passion for unmasking con artists. He is ... more >

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