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Category Romance Review: Fantasy by Emma Darcy

Posted on June 7, 2023January 9, 2024 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: Smoke in the Wind by Robyn Donald

Posted on February 3, 2023November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Smoke in the Wind by Robyn Donald features one of her trademark piggishly cruel heroes. However, it’s one of her better books. 4.5 Stars

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Category Romance Review: Mansion for My Love by Robyn Donald

Posted on June 4, 2022November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #567 Mansion for My Love is one of those Robyn Donald books where you can’t believe what the supposed hero does to the heroine. 3 stars

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Contemporary Romance Review: Stormspell by Anne Mather

Posted on April 19, 2021January 26, 2023 by IntrovertReader

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

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