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Review: The Forbidden Wife by Sharon Kendrick

by Keira 11.26.2011

Before you start: Have you read Jane Eyre? Did you like it? Well The Forbidden Wife followed Jane Eyre to a Tee, which is great if you love Jane Eyre (which I do) but awful if you’re looking for new surprises (I was and there wasn’t any). Heroine: 18 year old Ashley Jones is an [...]

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The Brontë Sisters by historygirlsthe

by Keira 05.27.2011

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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: Sloane Hall by Libby Sternberg

by Sandra Scholes 02.17.2011

by Sandra Scholes, guest reviewer Inspired by the work of Charlotte Bronte, namely Jane Eyre, Libby hoped to bring back that same romantic feeling with this period work of hers set in the romantic backdrop of the 1920s where many hoped they would become the actors and starlets of the day, Buster Keaton, the famous [...]

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So What Does A Man Want In A Woman…

by Guest Blogger 01.11.2011

by Tessa Radley, guest blogger and author of Millionaire Under the Mistletoe. I’ve been thinking a lot about heroines lately. About the careers they have, the jobs they do, and the effect their career, earning ability and self-esteem have on their relationship with the hero. I write romance for Silhouette Desire. Romance novels have always—as [...]

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Romantic Classics and Why I Prefer Them in Film

by Keira 11.16.2010

Much of my contact with romantic classics was in high school. It seems odd as a lover of romance novels to prefer most of them in film over the book. In part, I blame forced reading in classes. As Orson Scott Card says, “No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.” To date I’ve [...]

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The Flawed Hero and Heroine: Are They “Lovable”?

by Guest Blogger 10.06.2010

by Libby Sternberg, guest blogger and author of Sloane Hall Sloane Hall, my Jane Eyre-inspired novel, is my first historical in hardcover. My previous women’s fiction releases have been humorous books published under my maiden name, Libby Malin. Sloane Hall, on the other hand, has a serious tone, even a Gothic-like gloom at times as [...]

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Reader Highlight with Heidenkind

by Keira 03.16.2010

Keira: Which do you like more: finishing a book or starting a new one? Heidenkind: Probably finishing a book, because I like to think about what to read next. Keira: Which historical romances do you prefer more and why: Classical Novels or Current Regency Based Novels? Heidenkind: Contemporary novels set in the Regency era tend [...]