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An Affair without End
An Affair without End is the third and final book in Candace Camp’s Willowmere series but it works just fine as a stand-alone read. In fact, the book itself works…
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The Guardian
As I read this book, I wondered two things. First, what was the average age of marriage for Scots women in the early 16th century? Second, why do all the…
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Improper Seduction
In this historical romance, the story, for much of the book, centers on this burning question: When will our heroine, Bridget Newbury, give up her maidenhead to the hero, Lord…
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One Whisper Away
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer in possession of a good romance must be in want of a credible tale. Ms. Wildes, who references Jane Austen in…
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Just Surrender
There’s a telling exchange between Edie Higgins and Tyler Hart — the heroine and hero of Ms. O’Reilly’s latest Harlequin Blaze novel Just Surrender — when the two first meet….
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Dangerous in Diamonds
This fourth and last of Madeline Hunter’s Rarest Blooms series, tells the tale of Tristan, the Duke of Castleford, and Daphne Joyes, the proprietor of The Rarest Blooms, an unusual…
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Never Kiss a Stranger
“The monkey ruined the feast.” When I read the unusual first line of Heather Grothaus’ latest medieval romance, Never Kiss a Stranger, I was engaged. I had, as the song…
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Breaking Point
Pamela Clare’s latest I Team book is a fine addition to an exciting series. Ms. Clare’s I-Team is a group of investigative journalists who work for the fictional Denver Independent….
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Midnight’s Wild Passion
As a rule, rakes set on ruin for the purpose of revenge do little for me. Not only do I pity them for never having learned that living well is…
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Sweet Possession
Maya Banks’s latest Sweet erotic romance, Sweet Possession, may or may not be a tale of interracial romance. The cover, on which a topless man is pressed up against a…
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Breaking the Rules
Eden Gillman, one of the protagonists in Suzanne Brockmann’s 16th Troubleshooters novel, has had an exceptionally inopportune life. She’s been gang-raped, drugged, groped by every boss she’s ever had, sexually…
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A Borrowed Scot
At the beginning of Karen Ranney’s new romance, A Borrowed Scot, the hero, Montgomery Fairfax, is at a London club surrounded by Latin-chanting men dressed in hooded robes. He’s there…
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