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Historical Romance Review: Dakota Dreams by Constance O’Banyon

Posted on June 21, 2021November 28, 2023 by Blue Falcon

Dakota Dreams is a good romance by Constance O’Banyon for the Zebra Lovegram line. But it could have been so much more. 3 Stars

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Historical Romance Review: Sweet Fire by Jo Goodman

Posted on June 12, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

Sweet Fire by Jo Goodman is an action-packed romance filled with the requisite passion you’d look for in a Zebra Heartfire, but also adventure, murder mystery, and drama. 4 1/2 stars

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Historical Romance Review: Fires of Winter by Roberta Gellis

Posted on May 26, 2021November 16, 2022 by IntrovertReader

Told through alternating first-person perspectives, Roberta Gellis’s Fires of Winter starts with a bang but ends with a whimper. 3 stars

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Historical Romance Review: Tender Feud by Nicole Jordan

Posted on May 25, 2021October 20, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

Tender Feud by Nicole Jordan is one of the better Scottish clan feuding & kidnapping love stories I’ve read. 4 1/2 stars

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Historical Romance Review: Lovespell by Deana James

Posted on May 23, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

Lovespell is yet another great romance by the eclectic Deana James. Gillian is an English fletcher who poses as twins, the male Gil & female Gillian. 4 1/2 stars

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Covers of the Week #6: Pino Daeni Stepbacks

Posted on May 17, 2021March 6, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

A pair of Pino covers! For the week of May 17 to May 23 let’s admire some historical romance novel stepback covers illustrated by Giuseppe Dangelico Daeni, aka Pino, a legendary artist we will explore at length very soon here at SweetSavageFlame.com!

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Historical Romance Review: Pirate’s Angel by Marsha Bauer

Posted on May 8, 2021October 20, 2023 by IntrovertReader

SPOILER ALERT ⚠ 5 Stars The Book First of all, I love the original Pirate’s Angel Zebra Heartfire cover, but man-oh-man, have you taken a look at the e-book version? Authors, why are you doing this to your books? Lots of folks love to mock old-school covers and Fabio, but there are e-book covers that…

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Covers of the Week #4: Medieval Romance

Posted on May 3, 2021June 15, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

May is upon us! May your days be full of love and joy! Here are some beautiful May-deval romance covers to enjoy for the week of May 3 to May 9. (Groan) That’s an awful pun!

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Historical Romance Review: Texas Tempest by Deana James

Posted on April 21, 2021December 17, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Zebra Historical Romance Texas Tempest features yet another great, steel-willed Deana James heroine and a wonderful hero who is the only man to be her match. 4 stars

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Covers of the Week #2

Posted on April 18, 2021June 7, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

Happy April! For the week of April 19 to April 25, these are my picks for stunning covers to gaze upon!

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