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Sara Craven 1938-2017 – It’s been a bad few weeks for Romance, with the untimely death of Miranda Neville, and now news of Sara Craven’s passing. Craven wrote for Mills and Boon/Harlequin for more than 40 years, and she was approaching her 100th book. Born in 1938, Craven also won ... more >
C+ Reviews / D ReviewsHarlequin Presents / Miranda Lee / mistress / revenge-plot / Sara Craven / secret14 Comments
Dear Ms. Lee: I was intrigued by this book because seton mentioned how much she liked in over at the Amazon thread “How about HPs’ that you like“. Seton is correct that this is a bit fresher take on the mistress/bazillionaire trope. The one drawback is that I thought the ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsHarlequin Presents / Marriage-in-Trouble / Sara Craven2 Comments
Dear Ms. Craven: I’m never sure what to expect from you. On the whole, you are one of my favorite HP authors but from time to time, your stories send me over the cliff. I wasn’t sure how I was going to respond to this one. The Santangeli Marriage begins ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews / D ReviewsHarlequin Presents / Harlequin-Blaze / Jo-Leigh / Sara Craven / Silhouette-Desire9 Comments
One Night with His Virgin Mistress by Sara Craven. 19 year old heroine bedsits a flat while trying to write a historical adventure romance (reads like a classic bodice ripper btw). Hero is a quazillionaire who foregoes his fortune to work as a troubleshooting engineer. The two end up living ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsContemporary / Harlequin Presents / Sara Craven / virgin8 Comments
Dear Ms. Craven: I’ve not read alot of Harlequin Presents but during the eHarlequin 50% off sale, I purchased six of them and yours was the first one I read. I was thinking about your book as I read the debate over Mills & Boon’s books being patriarchal propaganda. Harriet ... more >