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A Lady by Midnight
I’ve had mixed reactions to Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series. The first book in the series, A Night to Surrender, did not enchant me as it did many other reviewers….
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Thief of Shadows
Thief of Shadows is the fourth book in Ms. Hoyt’s Maiden Lane series. Three of the books, including this one, feature siblings who run the Home for Unfortunate Infants and…
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Scandal Wears Satin
Can a beautiful, conniving, brilliant French dressmaker find true love with a gorgeous, straight-forward, not so bright English Earl? In Ms. Chase’s latest, Scandal Wears Satin, the second in her…
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Lucky in Love
I always enjoy reading a Jill Shalvis book. She’s a consistently elegant, bold, clever writer. Her latest, Lucky in Love, the fourth in her Lucky Harbor series, is a sweet,…
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The Governess Affair
Perhaps my favorite novella in romance is This Wicked Gift, written and published by Ms. Milan in 2009. In it, Ms. Milan presents a hero who forces the heroine to…
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Beguiling the Beauty
Whether described by Sappho — “she that far surpassed all mortals in beauty” — or Marlowe — “the face that launch’d a thousand ships” — there’s not a woman in…
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The Seduction of Lady X
The Seduction of Lady X is the last book in Ms. London’s series The Secrets of Hadley Green and that’s a good thing. The series is built around the whereabouts…
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The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne
Have you ever met someone, listened to him introduce himself and talk for a while and then, suddenly, sadly, realize you’ve not registered a word he’s said? I had the…
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Blame it on Bath
When I was growing up, my mother made it clear there was a path for nice girls who wanted to wed some day. One met a wonderful man, fell in…
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Capturing the Silken Thief
There’s a line in Jeannie Lin’s novella, Capturing the Silken Thief, that evokes the effortless, lyrical beauty of her tale. A man – a scholar – and a woman –…
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Breakaway
Many a romance novel features an adorable small town, filled with people and places a reader might love to experience. Ballycraig, Ireland, the fictional setting of Ms. Martin’s latest New…
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Forever and a Day
The hero of Ms. Marvelle’s latest is in the very first chapter in the book, crashed into by an omnibus on a busy New York street. When he wakes, he’s…
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