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Genre: Contemporary Romance

Category Romance Review: Love Conquers All by Roseanne Williams

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Love Conquers All by Roseanne Williams, stars a heroine with an exotic career and an Asian-American hero–rare in a retro romance from 1991. 4 Stars

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Category Romance Review: The Passionate Sinner by Violet Winspear

Posted on September 6, 2023September 5, 2023 by IntrovertReader

The Passionate Sinner by Violet Winspear is a vintage Harlequin Presents romance novel that follows the story of Merlin, a nurse who accidentally blinds Dr. Paul van Setan, a brilliant surgeon. 5 tars

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Category Romance Review: A Durable Fire by Robyn Donald

Posted on August 23, 2023August 24, 2023 by IntrovertReader

A Durable Fire by Robyn Donald is an intense Harlequin Presents where Arminel, a beautiful woman with no money, gets entangled in a web of emotions with a cruel hero and his family. 5 Stars

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Category Romance Review: Red Rose for Love by Carole Mortimer

Posted on August 13, 2023August 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Carole Mortimer’s Red Rose For Love is one of my favorite Harlequin Presents, mainly for the gentle hero in pursuit of a heroine with a troubled past. 5 Stars

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Category Romance Review: Fantasy by Emma Darcy

Posted on June 7, 2023June 4, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #840 Fantasy by Emma Darcy Heroine finds her fiancé in bed with another man. She tries to drown herself but the hero saves her. 5 stars

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Category Romance Review: The Dream by Barbara Delinsky

Posted on May 24, 2023May 20, 2023 by IntrovertReader

The Dream, the first entry in Barbara Delinsky’s Crosslyn Rise Trilogy, is the story of a woman who’s the last in her once-wealthy family and tries to hold on to her familial estate with the help of her former childhood bully. 3.5 Stars

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Category Romance Review: Impulsive Butterfly by Kay Gregory

Posted on May 10, 2023May 8, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Impulsive Butterfly by Kay Gregory features, quite frankly, a rather skeezy romance where an engaged owner of an employment agency tries to find work for a woman he’s attracted to. 3 Stars

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Category Romance Review: Night Light by Jennifer Greene

Posted on April 26, 2023April 27, 2023 by IntrovertReader

In Night Light by Jennifer Greene, a surly man opens his home to a stranded woman during a thunderstorm. She stays for the night. That’s when things get weird. 4 Stars

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Category Romance Review: Wrong Address, Right Place by Lass Small

Posted on April 19, 2023April 21, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Wrong Address, Right Place has a paper-thin plot that would be difficult to swallow if written by most writers. Thankfully, in the hands of seasoned funny-lady Lass Small, this romance is an entertaining and zany read. 4 Stars

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Category Romance Review: The Reluctant Lark by Iris Johansen

Posted on April 5, 2023April 5, 2023 by IntrovertReader

The Reluctant Lark, a Bantam Loveswept romance by Iris Johansen, is so over the top with its possibly offensive 1980s themes that I had a blast reading it. 4 Stars

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