by Lynn Reynolds on January 7, 2012 · 0 comments
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Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds This is book 2 of the “Jane Austen/Mr. Darcy” series. Kay Ashton is helping to take care of a very sick woman. They also have something in common – they have a love of Jane Austen. We see that her favorite romantic hero is Mr. Wentworth or to be more specific [...]
by Keira on December 13, 2011 · 4 comments
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What You Need to Know: Boys Over Flowers is a Korean TV romantic drama. It runs for two seasons with a total of 25 episodes. The series is based on a Manga series of the same title which I have not read. There’s been other adaptations of the Manga besides this one with differences. Recommended: [...]
by Keira on September 24, 2011 · 2 comments
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Wes Murphy was the son of a conman and was raised to be one too. A con gone wrong when he was younger landed him in a halfway house and changed his life. There Wes discovered he loved to cook. Now he’s studying at a great school and working toward being the top of his [...]
by Keira on August 17, 2011 · 0 comments
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These Three Remain is the last installment of the Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman Trilogy by Pamela Aidan. This is the one you’ve all been waiting for, or at least is the one I’ve been waiting for. It starts just before Darcy’s trip to Rosings and goes through to the final proposal. It’s very long and [...]
by Zarabeth Golden on August 4, 2011 · 0 comments
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by Zarabeth, guest reviewer This book is the first in a series to come by Kathryn Kennedy. It is a historical romance set in a world of humans and elves- essentially our world with this overarching control by these magical elven lords. Daily life is no different from other historical romances so don’t let that [...]
by Keira on June 3, 2011 · 0 comments
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Tobacco brides were sent by The Virginia Company of London to the Virginia colony where men could buy the brides with 150 pounds of tobacco leaves. In the beginning, the brides were spinsters, widows, and orphans, but few women were willing to risk all to come to America. In 1643, more likely the brides were [...]
by Keira on May 7, 2011 · 1 comment
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Heroine: Larissa Zahn has been busy since she broke up with Jason Cantrell two years ago. From the growth of a romance novel blog she’s become an authority on romance with a column about the Rules of Romance. Her dream is to open Isn’t it Romantic a store for romance in the Cartwright Hotel specialty [...]
by Keira on May 1, 2011 · 2 comments
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Starlight and Promises in short, is fantastic. It has a feel of the older romances with the exotic locations and seafaring travel, but is fresh and fun. I simply loved how the romance developed on the way to where the expedition would start. The romantic timeline is a lengthy one – their romance does not [...]