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Tag Archives: historic romance
Courting Miss Hattie
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
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 Sheik
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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A Rose By Any Other Name
Have you noticed that romance heroines usually have unusual names? Bryony, Gigi, Freyja, Annique, Evangeline–these are the heroines of the first five books I pulled from my shelf, all published fairly recently. Even among the older set there’s Mariah, Merry, … Continue reading
The Soldier
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
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
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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Shopping Spree
Have you noticed how often historical heroines get to go on shopping sprees? This is a recurring motif in historical romance that I’ve noticed for a long time. I don’t know if this happens in contemporary stories because I don’t read enough … Continue reading
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The Windflower
“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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