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REVIEW of Salt Hendon Series (#1-2) by Lucinda Brant
SALT BRIDE (Salt Hendon #1) Jane Despard thought the earl had loved her. But when she woke up from the nightmare of betrayal, she found herself alone, destitute, and obliged to rely on the aid of a miserly merchant who wants nothing more than to punish the Earl of Salt-Hendon. Salt thought Jane was the…
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REVIEW of The Feud Series (#1-#3) by Tamara Leigh
When three knights band together against their overlord to reveal his treacherous plot against the king, they are rewarded by gaining his land to split between them. But it’s not long before the barons of Godsmere, Emberly, and Blackwood are at each others’ throats–burning crops, slaughtering cattle, and attacking lands by stealth. It’s up to…
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REVIEW of Merciless (Age of Conquest #1) by Tamara Leigh
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REVIEW of The Governess of Penwythe Hall (Cornwall #1) by Sarah E. Ladd
Driven from Cornwall by her late husband’s relatives, Delia Greythorne finds refuge as a governess, becoming devoted to her young charges. But when her new employer dies three years later, she finds that the children are being left in the care of their estranged uncle and that his estate of Penwythe Hall lies a mere…
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REVIEW of A Silken Thread by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Laurel Millard dreams of a husband and family of her own, but her older siblings have decided it will be her lot to take care of their mother. Hoping to find a man who’ll agree to take on that responsibility, Laurel interviews for a position at the International Cotton Exposition in 1881 Atlanta. In the…
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REVIEW of The Unveiling (Age of Faith #1) by Tamara Leigh
When Jonas Bretanne is returned to his family dead (with mysterious rope marks around his neck), his sister Annyn swears to avenge him. Educating herself in swordplay and horse riding, she dresses as a squire and goes to the same training camp where Jonas served, at a castle belonging to Baron Wulfrith. Her sole aim…
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REVIEW of A Modest Independence (Parish Orphans of Devon #2) by Mimi Matthews
Following the marriage of Lady Helena, Jenny Holloway is no longer needed as a lady’s companion. Jenny receives a “modest independence” of five thousand pounds and determines to never give up that independence by marrying. She makes plans to travel to India to locate a longlost cousin, but when she alerts her solicitor, Mr. Finchley,…
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REVIEW of Bride of Dreams by Jane Aiken Hodge
Amanda Carteret hopes to marry her childhood friend John Purvis, but when the evil Lord Meynel contrives to send John away into the navy, the naive seventeen-year-old is entrapped into marrying Lord Meynel himself. What follows is the saga of Amanda’s life as she endures the abuse of a sadistic elderly husband, grows to womanhood…
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REVIEW of The Adventurers by Jane Aiken Hodge
When a crew of Napoleon’s soldiers pillage young Sophie Von Hugel’s estate outside Leipzig, she escapes by the skin of her teeth, traumatized and unsure where to turn. At a nearby inn, she meets adventurer Charles Vincent over a game of cards, and in short order, they determine to flee to a nearby city. They…
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REVIEW of Emma (BBC Film, 2009)
Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content to live in Highbury, managing the house for her hypochondriacal father. As the foremost lady of village society, she has no need to marry to be a person of consequence. But where others are concerned, she enjoys a bit of matchmaking, and after she predicts that her governess Miss Taylor…
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