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July 2, 2019

JOINT REVIEW: Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh (part the first)

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / custody battle / Historical / illegitimate-child / joint review / marriage-of-convenience / Regency / single dad / Westcott21 Comments

Recommended Read

PLEASE NOTE: We are planning a spoilerific discussion for later on, once the book has been out a little while and readers have had a chance to read it for themselves. The discussion below is spoiler-free. Kaetrin: Someone to Honor is book 6 in the Westcott series. In book one, ... more >

September 18, 2018

REVIEW: The Firstborn by Quenby Olson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / England / Historical / illegitimate-child / Regency5 Comments

Sophia has sacrificed everything for her younger sister, Lucy. She has removed them from the only home they ever knew, taken on the care of Lucy’s illegitimate son, George, and even assumed the role of a widow and mother in order to erase all hint of scandal from the boy’s ... more >

The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
July 27, 2013

REVIEW: The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsheiress / historical romance / illegitimate-child / POC author / politicians / Recommended Reads9 Comments

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Dear Ms. Milan, I’ve enjoyed catching up with your Brothers Sinister series this year despite a persistent reading slump. For this reason, I preordered the newest book in the series, The Heiress Effect, about a month ago. When it popped up on my kindle, I started reading. Miss Jane Fairfield ... more >

March 14, 2012

REVIEW: A Promise of Spring by Mary Balogh

JanineD Reviewsfamily-reunion / grieving / illegitimate-child / Love-Triangle / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Regency England25 Comments

The following review contains SPOILERS. The spoilers from late in the book are hidden, but others are visible. If you have never read A Promise of Spring and prefer to avoid spoilers, read this review at your own risk. Dear Ms. Balogh, A Promise of Spring, now being reprinted in ... more >

November 12, 2008

CONVERSATIONAL REVIEW: The Edge of Impropriety by Pam Rosenthal

JennieA Reviews / A- Reviews19th century / Erotic-Romance / Historical Romances / illegitimate-child / joint review / novelist / older heroine and hero / Pam Rosenthal / scholar32 Comments

Janine: Since Pam Rosenthal’s previous book, The Slightest Provocation, provided us with some discussion fodder, we thought her newest, The Edge of Impropriety, might be fertile ground for a conversational review. Here is a description of the book, followed by Jennie’s thoughts and my own: The Edge of Impropriety begins ... more >

April 24, 2007

REVIEW: Not Quite a Lady by Loretta Chase

JayneA Review Category / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewscountry-set / illegitimate-child / Loretta-Chase / Regency England22 Comments

Dear Ms. Chase, Your books have provided me with hours of happy reading over the years. I rejoiced when you began writing the Carsington series and for the most part have enjoyed them all. Not Quite A Lady will easily take its place beside them but the grade will Not ... more >

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