JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsCaroline-Linden / Duke / England / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England / widow8 Comments

Dear Ms. Linden, A while back, Jane reviewed your second novel, What a Gentleman Wants, and gave it a B. After enjoying your debut, What a Woman Needs (a B- for me), I thought I'd give your second book a try. I wish I liked it as much as Jane ... more >

February 17, 2007

REVIEW: Warrior or Wife by Lyn Randal

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsancient-Rome / marriage-of-convenience7 Comments

Dear Ms Randal, Wow, Harlequin really seems to be getting the message that romance readers want something other than Regency set romances to read. Will wonders never cease? In the past year I think I’ve read more books set during ancient Rome than in the five preceding years combined. After ... more >

January 31, 2007

REVIEW: What a Gentleman Wants by Caroline Linden

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsCaroline-Linden / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England8 Comments

Dear Ms. Linden, Jane has already written a letter explaining the plot of your second book so I’m gonna just skip to my thoughts on it. Yeah, I love being lazy. I loved watching the stuffy, ultra-in-control hero Marcus lose his cool and get his Ducal feathers ruffled. I enjoyed ... more >

December 5, 2006

REVIEW: What a Gentleman Wants by Caroline Linden

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsCaroline-Linden / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England / widow11 Comments

Dear Ms. Linden: Marcus Reese, Duke of Exeter, is a pragmatic man. When confronted with the angry husband of his brother’s latest paramour, Reese sets off to find his brother, save his life and his sister’s season from Scandal. It matters not that he has to interrupt a bout of ... more >

October 3, 2006

REVIEW: Archangel by Sharon Shinn

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviewsangels / Fantasy Romance / good-description / marriage-of-convenience / romantic / Samaria / Sci-fi / Sharon-Shinn20 Comments

Dear Ms. Shinn, I think Archangel is a wonderful book. One might even say heavenly. Most of the inhabitants of Samaria are mortals, but the world also has angels who, by taking wing and praying to the god Jovah through song can ask the god for favorable weather and other ... more >

May 1, 2006

REVIEW: CB-Learning Charity by Summer Devon

JayneB Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Ebooks19th century / marriage-of-convenience / novella8 Comments

Dear. Mrs. Devon, Short stories are an art form in themselves. Some authors can pull them off and some just flounder around leaving the reader to wish for what might have been . Also, I’m often left wondering just how much in love two characters can be after only 80-100 ... more >