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REVIEW: The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren

B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / / / / / / 4 Comments

… a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a rocky relationship from explosion start to feel sparks of their own. Carey Duncan has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, ... more >

REVIEW: A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

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Disclaimer: A Heart of Blood and Ashes is dedicated in part to DA contributor and site owner, Jane, who read the manuscript and provided feedback on it. I have no personal relationship to the author myself. – Janine Dear Milla Vane, In the past I’ve had mixed luck with the ... more >

REVIEW: Dancer of the Nile (The Gods of Egypt) by Veronica Scott

B Reviews / Book Reviews / / / / / / / No Comments

Egypt, 1500 BCE: Nima’s beauty and skill as a dancer leads an infatuated enemy to kidnap her after destroying an Egyptian border town. However, she’s not the only hostage in the enemy camp: Kamin, an Egyptian soldier on a secret mission for Pharaoh, has been taken as well. Working together ... more >

REVIEW: Lady of the Bridge by Laura Kitchell

B Reviews / Book Reviews / / / / / / / / No Comments

Forbidden love between a warrior princess and an elite samurai makes for an adventure set during the early days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Join this couple in a race across 17th century Japan where political unrest has created dangerous ronin, civil uprisings, and war-ravaged castles. Caught in the middle of ... more >

REVIEW: Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale

A Review Category / A Reviews / Recommended Reads / / / 37 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Laura Kinsale: I want to say I began reading romance around 1992. I’d read romances in my teens, here and there, though I was mostly on an extended horror binge through those years. Circa 1992 I read Outlander, and though it’s still a matter of debate in some circles ... more >

REVIEW: A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase

C+ Reviews / / / / / / / 8 Comments

Dear Ms. Chase, Recently, Jayne and Kaetrin reviewed your latest historical romance, A Duke in Shining Armor. Both liked it and gave it a B+ and a B, respectively. For me, the book was less satisfying. A Duke in Shining Armor begins on the day of a wedding—the Duke of ... more >

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