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Review: The Soldier by Grace Burrowes

by Aggie S. 11.07.2011

Reviewed by Aggie S. Devlin has finished with war and serving his King. He just wants to go home and take care of the family holdings. Upon arrival he finds a waif of a child in his fountain, dirty and straggling looking. He is informed that this waif conveyed with the estate, which he finds [...]

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Review: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton (The Burgundy Club, Book 3) by Miranda Neville

by Keira 10.05.2011

Heroine: Kidnapped, Celia Seaton is no passive miss. At the first opportunity she gets out of the attic of a two story cottage wearing only her under clothes. Stumbling upon her worst enemy (who doesn’t even know he’s her enemy because she doesn’t register on his radar) conked out across the threshold of the house, [...]

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Review: Seducing an Angel by Mary Balogh

by Marcia 06.12.2011

by Marcia, guest reviewer Lady Paget, Cassandra Belmont is rumored to have killed her husband—with an axe. She is in terrible financial straits and must find a rich man who can support her and her household; Alice her companion and former governess, Mary the housemaid and cook, Belinda, Mary’s illegitimate daughter and Roger the three [...]

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Only Mr. Darcy Will Do and the Treasure Hunt

by Guest Blogger 03.23.2011

by Kara Louise, guest blogger and author of Only Mr. Darcy Will Do Keira invited me here today and gave me a very interesting suggestion for for my guest blog. She asked me to prepare a treasure hunt similar to what Darcy did in my newest book, Only Mr. Darcy Will Do. In this variation [...]

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Review: Only Mr. Darcy Will Do by Kara Louise

by Keira 03.06.2011

Kara Louise is a must read! The Story: Elizabeth’s trip to Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle is canceled when Mr. Bennet dies. The only thing for the four girls and Mrs. Bennet to do is to make the best of a bad situation. Jane and Elizabeth take positions as governesses with Jane working for [...]

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Review: Seducing the Governess by Margo Maguire

by Keira 02.21.2011

The story: Nash, the current Earl of Ashby, was never supposed to be the earl. He was the youngest of three brothers. He forged his destiny in war and got the scars to prove it. He hadn’t the first notion of how to manage Ashby Hall and make it profitable once more. It probably meant [...]

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Review: A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh

by Keira 02.15.2011

I got this novel from the library when MagdalenB recommended it for a hero who bumbles his first declaration of love/marriage proposal: Balogh’s A Precious Jewel. Gerald tries to explain why marriage is good idea; forgets to mention “love.” Twice! Read it in a day because it was so different than any courtesan romance I [...]

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Charlotte as Currer and Collette as Colin: Why Women Used Male Pseudonyms in the Victorian Era

by Guest Blogger 06.22.2010

by Donna Lea Simpson, guest blogger and author of The Last Days of a Rake and Love and Scandal Today it’s hard to imagine that once, writing was not considered a suitable career or even pastime for women. Jane Austen hid the fact that she wrote, partly because of a need for privacy, but also [...]