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Historical Romance Review: Heather by Cordia Byers

Posted on March 31, 2022November 10, 2022 by IntrovertReader

In Heather by Cordelia Byers, stuff occurs while characters are like marionettes being pulled by strings to the next scene. 1 star

Time Travel Romance Review: When Lightning Strikes by Kristin Hannah

Posted on December 10, 2021July 25, 2024 by IntrovertReader

Kristin Hannah is a successful author of women’s fiction. It’s fortunate she found success in that genre because her romances I’ve encountered are–sad to say–lacking in excitement. When Lightning Strikes is a time travel romance that starts out promisingly but takes a boring turn into snoozeville with its drawn-out plot. This should have been a category-length romance of 190 pages not 400 pages long!

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Historical Romance Review: The Treacherous Heart by Angela Alexie

Posted on July 2, 2021April 17, 2023 by IntrovertReader

The Treacherous Heart by Angela Alexie is a tale of a Gaelic, black-haired, fiery-spirited lass forced by circumstances to become a thief to provide for her family, only to be thwarted by an arrogant, scar-faced, golden-haired Duke

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