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Category Romance Review: Moon Witch by Anne Mather

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Category Romance Review: Moon Witch by Anne Mather
Harlequin Presents #38 Moon Witch by Anne Mather In this vintage romance, a much older man falls for his younger ward. It's an uncomfortable, but compelling read. 3 1/2 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: Moon Witch by Anne Mather”
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Category Romance Review: A Passionate Affair by Anne Mather

Posted on March 2, 2022May 2, 2022 By jacquelinediaz No Comments on Category Romance Review: A Passionate Affair by Anne Mather
Category Romance Review: A Passionate Affair by Anne Mather
In Anne Mather’s A Passionate Affair, the heroine, Cassandra, is a divorcee whom the hero pursues and they engage in a...passionate affair. This was revolutionary. Before this book, lovemaking in this line had been restricted to married couples or "forced seductions" of initially unwilling virgins whose bodies "betrayed them." A solid romance. 3.5 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: A Passionate Affair by Anne Mather”
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Category Romance Review: For the Love of Sara by Anne Mather

Posted on December 30, 2021May 2, 2022 By IntrovertReader No Comments on Category Romance Review: For the Love of Sara by Anne Mather
Category Romance Review: For the Love of Sara by Anne Mather
For the Love of Sara isn't one of Anne Mather's bests. It features a rather unlikeable hero, which is par for the course for Mather. It doesn't help that he's a functioning alcoholic who keeps cans of beer in his glove compartment to help him deal with stress. The heroine isn't any better. She's a professional martyr who's made a lot of poor life decisions. When the book opens, she's about to embark on another bad choice, but in this case, she's doing it to save someone she cares for. 2 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: For the Love of Sara by Anne Mather”
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Category Romance Review: Tangled Tapestry by Anne Mather

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Category Romance Review: Tangled Tapestry by Anne Mather
Thanks to Anne Mather's Tangled Tapestry I now realize publishers don't always put the correct copyright information in the front of e-books. Going into this read, I knew it was a vintage romance, but you only get to know that it was published in 1969 after you finish it. I'm only stating this because, like many things written in the mid 20th century, it's aged as if... it was written in the mid-20th century! This book may offend some readers' sensibilities, or, if you're twisted like me, make you laugh! 2 1/2 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: Tangled Tapestry by Anne Mather”
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Covers of the Week #17

Posted on August 1, 2021January 30, 2022 By jacquelinediaz 4 Comments on Covers of the Week #17
Covers of the Week #17
I enjoy playing the game of "I Spy" with my vintage book romance covers. Can you guess this week's theme? For the week of Aug 2 to Aug 6, here are some contemporary and historical covers for you to look over and play "I Spy." Read more “Covers of the Week #17”
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Category Romance Review: Sirocco by Anne Mather

Posted on July 14, 2021May 2, 2022 By IntrovertReader 2 Comments on Category Romance Review: Sirocco by Anne Mather
Category Romance Review: Sirocco by Anne Mather
An Anne Mather Harlequin Presents is what I considered to be an "old reliable." In this category romance, Sirocco, Anne Mather employs one of her commonly used tropes: a hero in pursuit of an already "attached" woman. 3 1/2 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: Sirocco by Anne Mather”
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Category Romance Review: No Gentle Possession by Anne Mather

Posted on June 7, 2021May 2, 2022 By IntrovertReader No Comments on Category Romance Review: No Gentle Possession by Anne Mather
Category Romance Review: No Gentle Possession by Anne Mather
Harlequin Presents #105 Anne Mather's No Gentle Possession consists of two plot points she's employed many times in her works: separated lovers and cheating. Well, in this book, it wasn't so much a case of separated lovers as two people who briefly dated in the past. The heroine broke it off with the hero when she thought his relationship with his young stepmother was a bit too close for comfort and creepy. 3 1/2 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: No Gentle Possession by Anne Mather”
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Category Romance Review: The Waterfalls of the Moon by Anne Mather

Posted on May 27, 2021May 2, 2022 By IntrovertReader No Comments on Category Romance Review: The Waterfalls of the Moon by Anne Mather
Category Romance Review: The Waterfalls of the Moon by Anne Mather
In Anne Mather's The Waterfalls of the Moon the teenaged heroine is in pursuit of a much older man, but the hero's not taking what she's offering so easily. 3.5 stars Read more “Category Romance Review: The Waterfalls of the Moon by Anne Mather”
3 stars and a half, Anne Mather, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance

Contemporary Romance Review: Stormspell by Anne Mather

Posted on April 19, 2021May 2, 2022 By IntrovertReader 1 Comment on Contemporary Romance Review: Stormspell by Anne Mather
Contemporary Romance Review: Stormspell by Anne Mather
Written in 1983, Anne Mather's Stormspell was anachronistic even for its day. A sheltered heroine rescues an engaged shipwrecked Englishman. 4 1/2 stars Read more “Contemporary Romance Review: Stormspell by Anne Mather”
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