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May 2, 2018

REVIEW: Someone to Care by Mary Balogh

JanineBook Reviewsfamily-reunion / Marquess / Regency England / reversal of fortune / second chances / triggers / Westcott58 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 >

March 19, 2018

REVIEW: His Convenient Marchioness by Elizabeth Rolls

JanineB Reviews / Book 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 >

July 10, 2014

REVIEW: The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway

JanineC+ 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 >

Knaves' Wager by Loretta Chase
November 21, 2012

REVIEW: Knaves’ Wager by Loretta Chase

JanineA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsLondon / Marquess / Recommended Reads / wager / widow33 Comments

Recommended Read

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 >

The Temporary Wife/A Promise of Spring Mary Balogh
February 29, 2012

REVIEW: The Temporary Wife by Mary Balogh

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsestranged family / Marquess / marriage-of-convenience / Recommended Reads / Regency England27 Comments

Recommended Read

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 >

How the Marquess Was Won Julie Anne Long
December 28, 2011

REVIEW: How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long

JanineC 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 >

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