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April 24, 2015

REVIEW: A Dance with Danger by Jeannie Lin

JayneB Reviewsfamily relationships / Harlequin Historical / Historical / Historical-China / road-romance / shipboard / Tang Dynasty12 Comments

A promise sworn on the edge of a sword After a failed assassination attempt on a corrupt general, Bao Yang is a wanted man. Taking refuge with an ally, Yang accidentally compromises the man’s daughter when they’re discovered alone. To save her honor, he must marry the beautiful Jin-mei immediately! ... more >

April 14, 2015

REVIEW: A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley

JayneA- Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Asperger's / code / dual-timeline / France / Jacobite / Paris / road-romance / Scotland / spy2 Comments

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For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread-its secrets safe from prying eyes. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas has been hired by a once-famous historian to crack the journal’s cipher. But when she arrives in Paris, Sara finds herself besieged by complications from ... more >

September 30, 2014

REVIEW: Night of a Thousand Stars by Deanna Raybourn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / Agent/Spies/Undercover / Historical / post WWI / road-romance4 Comments

On the verge of a stilted life as an aristocrat’s wife, Poppy Hammond does the only sensible thing—she flees the chapel in her wedding gown. Assisted by the handsome curate who calls himself Sebastian Cantrip, she spirits away to her estranged father’s quiet country village, pursued by the family she ... more >

May 26, 2014

REVIEW: La Desperada by Patricia Burroughs

JayneC Reviews19th century / American historical / Historical / revenge-plot / road-romance / westernComments Off on REVIEW: La Desperada by Patricia Burroughs

With her husband dead by suicide and his crazed brother accusing her of murder, Philadelphia-bred Elizabeth Dougherty breaks into the jail and holds a cold-blooded killer at gunpoint. “I’ll release you if you agree to my terms. Take me with you.” But when Boone Coulter grudgingly agrees, he has no ... more >

May 19, 2014

REVIEW: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / France / road-romance / romantic-suspense / Widowed Heroine29 Comments

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Dear Readers, A few months ago, a friend of mine asked me to help her clarify something from this book. She needed to know a fact from it but didn’t have her copy handy. Did I have the book and could I look it up? Of course I had a ... more >

May 15, 2014

REVIEW: The King’s Viper by Janine Ashbless

JayneB- ReviewsDark Fantasy / forbidden-love / Historical Fantasy / road-romance6 Comments

“When Lady Eloise of the Isle of Venn becomes betrothed to the King of Ystria, she looks forward to a life of luxury and status at the royal court. She certainly doesn’t anticipate being shipwrecked on the way to her wedding, escorted by the Kings assassin, Severin de Meynard, the ... more >

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