This debut novel is an excellent start to Suzanne Enoch’s career. She starts strong with her signature leads going toe to toe in a playful battle of wills. If the dynamic between the two hadn’t fallen apart in the latter half of the novel, it would have been a five-star read for me.
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Review: Stephanie Laurens – Four In Hand
Four In Hand is one of the weaker Stephanie Laurens’ novels that I’ve read. Four romances, plus the chaos that the Twinning sisters create, leaves the character development lacking.
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- April 26, 2021
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Review: Kaye Dacus – Ransome’s Honor
Ransome’s Honor has a lot in common with one of my favorite books, Persuasion by Jane Austen. The main characters are both older with the maturity experience brings. The navy plays a large part as it is central to both Julia and William’s families. A close-knit group of family and friends are easy to fall in love with, and an engagement that never happened is in their past. It’s truly a pity that Julia and William were such frustrating characters who acted the opposite of their established backgrounds.
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- January 25, 2021
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Review: Sarah E. Ladd – The Heiress of Winterwood
The Heiress of Winterwood is an enchanting debut novel. It has a slow start, but once the action starts, everything comes together beautifully. Amelia and Graham really began to click for me as they came together to save Lucy.
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- January 4, 2021
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Review: Anthology – Once Upon A Christmas Wedding
The worst part about this anthology is its massive size. 27 novellas is a lot to work through, and the similarities between them are accentuated the further you get. Most of these Christmas romances are set in the Regency era, but some forays are into the Medieval, Victorian, and Edwardian eras.
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- December 31, 2020
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Review: Regina Scott – My True Love Gave To Me
My True Love Gave to Me has a cute concept, and it works very well. The gifts are very inventive and entertaining. Sadly, the ongoing lack of communication between the lead characters spoiled the story for me.
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- December 17, 2020
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Review: Mary Jo Putney – The Bargain
I expected this book to be four or five stars in the early chapters. Sadly, it hit a brick wall and went from fun fluffiness to angsty drama around the halfway point. The second half of the book took me nearly twice as long as the first because I would keep putting it down.
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- December 14, 2020
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Review: Anthology – Christmas Brides
I picked up this anthology for the Suzanne Enoch story. Sadly, it was the only one that I truly enjoyed.
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- December 10, 2020
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Review: Anthology – 12 Rogues of Christmas
I usually have trouble with anthologies because they tend to be a mixed bag. This one is no different, and it was hard to keep going because I didn’t like the first three novellas. Fortunately, some standouts are worth reading. Four Calling Cards, Eight Ships A’sailing, and Nine Years ‘Til Christmas were my favorites.
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- December 3, 2020
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Review: Suzanne Allain – Mr. Malcolm’s List
This book presents itself as a take on Pride and Prejudice or a comedy of errors and fails miserably on both counts. A grating writing style only compounds the problems caused by a cast of manipulative characters in a series of events that get progressively crueler.
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- November 23, 2020
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