Book Reviewsfamily-reunion / Marquess / Regency England / reversal of fortune / second chances / triggers58 Comments
Dear Ms. Balogh, Let me begin by stating that I am leaving Someone to Care ungraded. I enjoyed the first 79% of this novel tremendously and was thinking this was the best new Mary Balogh book I had read in ages. Then, at the 80% mark, something was revealed that ... more >
B Reviewschildren / historical romance / Marquess / marriage-of-convenience / Older Man/Younger Woman / Scandal / trad regency / widow / widower14 Comments
Dear Ms. Rolls, Not long ago, I saw that Kelly (Instalove) had read and recommended your new Harlequin Historical, His Convenient Marchioness. I wasn’t familiar with your writing but Kelly mentioned that she enjoyed the book and that it had a fifty-year-old hero, and between those two factors, I decided ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / fiction with strong romantic elements / Marquess / Regency England / Time-Travel / values conflict6 Comments
Dear Ms. Ridgway, In his book The Art of Fiction, the late author John Gardner wrote: …whatever the genre may be, fiction does its work by creating a dream in the reader’s mind. We may observe, first, that if the effect of the dream is to be powerful, the dream ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsLondon / Marquess / Recommended Reads / wager / widow33 Comments
Dear Ms. Chase, I’m sure you are familiar with Choderlos de Laclos’ 18th century epistolary novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses. It has been adapted to stage and screen, and the cinematic versions include Dangerous Liaisons, Valmont, and Cruel Intentions, among others. In Les Liaisons dangereuses, the corrupt Vicomte de Valmont wants ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsestranged family / Marquess / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / Regency England29 Comments
Dear Ms. Balogh, I first read The Temporary Wife, one of your most beloved trad regencies, several years ago. At the time, I liked it but was distracted by an initial similarity to another of your regencies, The Ideal Wife, which I had read first and liked even better. The ... more >
C Reviews / C+ ReviewsJulie-Anne-Long / Marquess / mistorical / Regency England / teacher19 Comments
Dear Ms. Long, I’ve been reading your books since I discovered Beauty and the Spy back in 2006. Beauty and the Spy is still on my keeper shelf, and three others of your books have since joined it: The Secret to Seduction, I Kissed an Earl, and What I Did ... more >