I’ve been trying to steer clear of Avon lately, but The Duke’s Guide To Correct Behavior slipped past my defenses. With a vague memory of reading Megan Frampton’s Signet Regency, I was hoping for a traditional historical romance. It was… Read more »
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Talk Sweetly To Me by Courtney Milan
Well, it had to happen. I found the Courtney Milan book I went completely meh for. Is it bad? No. In fact, Milan’s Talk Sweetly to Me reminded me of Edith Layton’s beloved holiday novellas, despite having not a hint of… Read more »
Lie By Moonlight by Amanda Quick
I thought I’d bring back another review, this time from 2005. I’m reasonably certain it’s Amanda Quick’s Lie By Moonlight. The original version of this had far more profanity with no title or character names. Jayne Ann Krentz / Amanda Quick / Jayne… Read more »
The Luckiest Lady In London by Sherry Thomas
I admired The Luckiest Lady In London. I admired it because Sherry Thomas took some risks that will pay out big for readers who are not me. I admired it because this is the exceedingly rare book where the sex… Read more »
My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas
My Beautiful Enemy is a book possibly better without it’s prequel. The Hidden Blade was so exceptional that My Beautiful Enemy is left with shoes it can’t fill. Yet My Beautiful Enemy is an excellent story on it’s own merits. Catherine… Read more »
The Hidden Blade by Sherry Thomas
Strictly speaking, The Hidden Blade is not a romance. Sherry Thomas has put out the world’s longest prologue and I couldn’t be happier about it. If I’d had My Beautiful Enemy I’d have started reading it the second I finished The… Read more »
The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
File under: Finished at 4 a.m. because OMG. The Suffragette Scandal is a new Courtney Milan book and therefore the reviewers of Romanceland are swooning like Directioners at a meet and greet. Let’s not pretend I’m above that. Do we even need a review?… Read more »
When The Marquess Met His Match by Laura Lee Guhrke
This is a DNF review. I’ve been trying but I never get more than three chapters into When The Marquess Met His Match. Mostly because I dislike both of the leads. The set up is that Lady Belinda Featherstone’s father… Read more »
Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran
Fool Me Twice is a fairly classic Beauty and the Beast tale with few real surprises. As a character piece, it’s absolutely lovely. When the sex kicked in I was sorry to leave the action for the, um, action. In… Read more »
The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath
I’ve been off Lorraine Heath lately, but the amount of domestic violence in Moonstruck Madness made me inclined to examine how a modern Avon author addresses it. It was interesting how less in charge of her life Winnie is than… Read more »
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