Short Version: Recommended books are in bold, reviewed books are linked, these are ruthlessly streamlined recommendations lists – So You Want to Read a (Historical) Romance… Ten Great Romance Novellas to Get You Started Plus just for funsies: The Worst Romance Novels I Have Ever Read I have more content based lists over there on the right …
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Author Commentary & Tallies Shameful
Shortcuts: Ten Great Romance Novellas to Get You Started Quick Recommendations List: So You Want to Read a (Historical) Romance Full Alphabetical Reading List Sorted by Author I have more lists over there on the right—> My AUTOBUY List (Links Will Take You to a Summary of the Author’s Catalogue) Tessa Dare (on …
Ridiculous by D.L. Carter
Historical or otherwise, there are two character types each for men and women in romance novels and seven plots. The reader knows the heroine always wins the right to determine her own fate and seek her own happiness. What varies is the quality and inventiveness of the writing. Ridiculous by D.L. Carter is a keeper. …
Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James Series: When the Duke Was Wicked by Lorraine Heath
Review Gesture Using My Romance Novel Fill-in-the-Blank Template: When the Duke Was Wicked is a romance of the “you are everything I never knew I always wanted” variety: Boy meets girl. Girl has always loved Boy. Boy has experienced great loss and vowed never to love again. Girl pretends to seek Boy’s advice in finding …
The (Shameful) Tally 2014
February 2015: Links to my other reviews can be found on my complete reading list of books sorted by author or Author Commentary & The Tallies Shameful which includes all of the books I have read to date. This is the yearly reading list I maintain. Recommended books are in bold, but here is a ruthlessly …
Agents of the Crown Series: How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn
(This was written using the romance review template I created for my post on Mary Balogh’s A Handful of Gold) How to Marry a Marquis is a romance of the “you are everything I never knew I always wanted variety”: Boy meets girl. He is the wealthy nephew of a marriage-minded aunt. She is the …
An Introduction to Pleasure: Mistress Matchmaker by Jess Michaels
Given a title like An Introduction to Pleasure: Mistress Matchmaker, you should not be surprised to learn that Jess Michaels’ book falls into the “romantica” historical romance category which means it’s reasonably tame erotica with a love story thrown in to keep things on the straight and narrow. It was free for Kindle, I read …
Tempting Fortune and Devilish by Jo Beverly
Caveat: This review discusses sexual assault. I don’t finish every romance I start. Sometimes, I sort of dance through them, open-minded when I begin, I may lose interest and jump around a bit to see if it can catch my fancy. Sometimes it does, and I go back and read everything. Sometimes, I give up and …
The (Shameful) Tally 2013
February 2015: Links to my other reviews can be found on my complete reading list of books sorted by author or Author Commentary & The Tallies Shameful which includes all of the books I have read to date. Recommended books are in bold, but here is a streamlined recommendations list: …
Mrs. Julien Presents 