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Once Upon a Winter’s Eve Tessa Dare
December 22, 2011

REVIEW: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare

lazaraspasteB+ ReviewsHistorical Romances / novella / Samhain-publishing / spinster / Tessa Dare8 Comments

Dear Ms. Dare, In the usual way of things, I am not a fan of the novella. Neither am I quite keen on the short story. I find both lacking in character, particularly in romance where that is the key to any relationship development. Neither the novella nor the short ... more >

Tessa Dare a night to surrender
August 30, 2011

REVIEW: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare

JaneB- ReviewsAvon / battle of the sexes / feminism / Historical Romances / Military / Regency England / Tessa Dare12 Comments

Dear Ms. Dare: You are well known for your cute toy filled book trailers (Stud Club Trilogy / Maya Banks’ Highlander Trilogy) and I was tempted to do a lego review for this book. After all, I have a castle. I bought some canons. I have minifigs where the girl’s boobs look ... more >

one dance with a duke
June 1, 2010

REVIEW: One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare

lazaraspasteB+ Reviewsdysfunctional family / Historical Romances / Tessa Dare13 Comments

Dear Ms. Dare, Dear Ms. Dare, I've heard good things about you for the last year, ever since your debut The Goddess of the Hunt appeared as the beginning of three inter-connected novels. I've been meaning to read something of yours for quite sometime, in the same way I've been ... more >

October 12, 2009

REVIEW: A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare

JaneB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsinterracial-romance / rake / Tessa Dare6 Comments

Dear Ms. Dare: A Lady of Persuasion brings home all the characters in the previous two books in the trilogy as the previous protagonists play a part in the romance of Sir Tobias Aldrige and Bel Grayson.   Sir Tobias was jilted at the end of book one, Goddess of the ... more >

September 3, 2009

Poll: What do you like in your heroines?

JanePollJoan-Wolf / poll / Tessa Dare34 Comments

To give equal time to the women, I present the heroine poll. Do you like your heroines perfect or flawed, physically? Personally, I like both but if I had to choose (and I am making you if you want to vote) for the physically flawed heroine because perfection can be ... more >

August 28, 2009

REVIEW: Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare

JaneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsAction/Adventure / pirate / privateer / Tessa Dare5 Comments

Dear Ms. Dare: This is book two in your loosely connected trilogy that is being released Aug, Sept and October. Surrender of a Siren follows the character Sophia as she runs away from home and obligation to experience “adventure.” Sophia is a wealthy young woman who has been urged by ... more >

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