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Courting Miss Hattie

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Cat In Books

Courting Miss Hattie Pamela Morsi Genre: Historical – Early 20th century American Publication Info.: Bantam Books, 1998, ISBN: 9780553761955   I originally put off reading this book because the description didn’t capture my imagination.  Miss Hattie Colfax owns and runs … Continue reading →

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The Spymaster’s Lady

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Cat In Books

The Spymaster’s Lady Joanna Bourne Historical – Regency Publication Info.: Berkley Sensation, 2008, ISBN: 9780425219607   I’m going to tell you a little story about this book, but first I have to tell you about my mother-in-law.  She’s a reader, … Continue reading →

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The Corset & The Crinolin

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Cat In Books

The Corset & The Crinoline: An Illustrated History W. B. Lord Publication Info.: Dover Publications, 2007, (1868 by Ward, Lock, and Tyler), ISBN: 139780486461861   You can’t read historical romance without learning a thing or two about women’s underwear.  No … Continue reading →

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The Sheik

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Cat In Books

The Sheik E. M. Hull Genre: Historical – Algeria 1919 Publication Info: http://www.publicbookshelf.com/romance/the-sheik/   The Sheik is one of those books that’s so significant to modern popular culture that its importance is universally recognized even while there is broad disagreement … Continue reading →

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The Soldier

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Cat In Books

The Soldier Grace Burrowes Genre: Historical – Regency Publication Info.: Sourcebooks, 2011, ISBN: 978-1402245671     This is the second book in The Duke’s Obsession series (trilogy?).  I’m reviewing it before The Heir simply because it’s so new.  You don’t … Continue reading →

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Waltzing in Ragtime

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Cat In Books

Waltzing in Ragtime Eileen Charbonneau Genre: Historical – American (1900) Publication Info.: Tom Doherty Associates, 1996, ISBN: 0812544684     You could give this book to the snobbiest bibliophile you know–one who wouldn’t touch a clinch-cover with a ten foot pole–and they … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of Pleasure

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Cat In Books

The Pursuit of Pleasure Elizabeth Essex Genre: Historical – Georgian (1794) Publication Info.: Kensington Books, 2010, ISBN: 0758251548   The things that are right about the Pursuit of Pleasure  are so right that I’m not particularly concerned about what’s wrong … Continue reading →

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The Windflower

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Cat In Books

“Merry Patricia Wilding was sitting on a cobblestone wall, sketching three rutabagas and daydreaming about the unicorn.” Not a unicorn, but the unicorn.  I love it, right from the get-go, straight out of the gates.  I’m sure this is due just a little to the … Continue reading →

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