Dear Ms. Noble, I’ve enjoyed the first two books in your Winner Takes All series, The Game and the Governess and The Lie and the Lady, so when I saw that a novella about Cecilia Goodhue, a minor character in the second book, was available on Netgalley, I requested it. ... more >
Janine and I have done joint reviews of two previous books in the series, Tangle of Need and Shield of Winter, and when she suggested doing a joint review of the newest book, I was more than game. — Jennie Jennie: Allegiance of Honor marks the 15th (!) book in the ... more >
Trigger warnings: Janine: When Julie Anne Long’s much-awaited The Legend of Lyon Redmond came out recently, Robin, Jennie and I decided to hold a SPOILERIFIC roundtable discussion of the book. Below is the back cover description: Bound by centuries of bad blood, England’s two most powerful families maintain a veneer ... more >
Dear Ms. Denault: I read this on the way to the Romantic Times convention. I’m in a hockey mood given the playoffs and it was the perfect book to read at the time. This is a hard book for me to grade because I thought there was one component of the ... more >
Dear Ms. Ward: This book has sat on the top of the Kindle bestseller list for weeks and was a top five NYTimes bestselling book for two weeks. I finally broke down and bought it. I had read My Skylar (which I thought I had reviewed but our archives say no) and ... more >
Dear Ms. Higgins: I read and reviewed your 2010 book, The Next Best Thing, last year and liked it quite well; when I came across Waiting on You I decided to pick it up (it’s the third in a series but I’ve become less concerned with such things lately; unless ... more >