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Category Romance Review: Wish on the Moon by Sally Wentworth

March 16, 2022May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 2 Comments

Wish on the Moon by Sally Wentworth has gotten mixed to low reviews around the internet, but it's a romance I fully enjoyed. This is an unusual romance because technically, the heroine is "the other woman." She comes in and breaks up a seemingly happy engagement--and not just a random stranger's but her cousin's. 4 stars Read more

4 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance, year 1990

Historical Romance Review: Stranger in My Arms by Louisa Rawlings

January 23, 2022May 9, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

Harlequin Historical #90 Stranger in My Arms by Louisa Rawlings is a book I've read many times, and I love it more today than ever. Absolute perfection. 5 stars Read more

5 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Harlequin, Harlequin Historical, Historical Romance, Sylvia Halliday, year 1991

Historical Romance Review: Angel in Scarlet by Jennifer Wilde

December 28, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Angel In Scarlet isn't a bodice ripper. It's a Georgian-Era chick-lit. This is a hard one to categorize. It's not just a romance, but more of a heroine's journey through life and her relationships with several men she meets along the way. 4 stars Read more

4 stars, Avon, Book Review, Elaine Duillo, Historical Romance, Jennifer Wilde, Romance

Category Romance Review: Marriage on the Rebound by Michelle Reid

December 22, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Michelle Reid's Marriage on The Rebound is about keeping it all in the family. Shaan Saketa is unique for a Harlequin Presents circa 1998 heroine, as she's of mixed ethnic heritage: English and Lebanese. It's her wedding day. Unfortunately for Shaan, she's about to be dumped at the altar. 4 stars Read more

4 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance, year 1997

Category Romance Review: Whisper to the Waves by Helen Beaumont

September 15, 2021May 2, 2022 arkansasannie 2 Comments

Whisper to the Waves is a good contemporary romance that with a little tweaking could've been an excellent one. It was published by RCA Marketing in 1982 in its Sapphire Romance series. These were American reprints of British originals; this one was first published by Hamlyn Paperbacks in 1981. 4 stars Read more

4 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Sapphire Romance, Vintage romance

Dueling Historical Romance Review #1: Desperado Dream by Karen A. Bale

July 20, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 9 Comments

In this new segment, we have two reviewers offering their opinions on a single romance. Here, Introvert Reader explains her negative perspective of Karen A. Bale's historical romance, Desperado Dream. Blue Falcon, on the other hand, gave it a positive review and found the book emotionally captivating. 1 star Read more

1 star, Book Review, Historical Romance, Kensington, Romance, Zebra Lovegram

Category Romance Review: Yesterday’s Love by Marsha Manning

July 5, 2021May 2, 2022 arkansasannie 4 Comments

Yesterday's Love is a moving romance with a rather mysterious background. It's part of the Magnum Books imprint of Prestige Books, Inc., a small New York paperback publisher active during the mid to late 1970s. Read more

5 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Easy Eye, Magnum Books, Romance

Historical Romance Review: Sapphire by Patricia Matthews

June 20, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

In Patricia Matthews' late-Victorian era set Sapphire, treasure hunting and separated lovers are the two driving plot points of this 1989 historical romance. 3 stars Read more

3 stars, Book Review, Harlequin, Historical Romance, Romance

Category Romance Review: Tangled Hearts by JoAnn Ross

June 17, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 2 Comments

Harlequin Temptation #333 I have to give it JoAnn Ross for her book Tangled Hearts, in that she tried to do something unique in a category romance novel. It's just unfortunate for me that I didn't like where she went with it. Read more

1 star, 1 star and a half, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Temptation, Romance

Historical Romance Review: Kathleen’s Surrender by Nan Ryan

June 8, 2021May 2, 2022 Blue Falcon 2 Comments

This review is based on the Zebra print version of the book published back in 1983. Kathleen's Surrender by Nancy Henderson Ryan--known better these days as Nan Ryan--is without question one of the best, most emotional romance novels I've ever read. 5 stars Read more

5 stars, Book Review, Historical Romance, Kensington, Romance, Zebra Historical Romance

Category Romance Review: No Gentle Possession by Anne Mather

June 7, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

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

3 stars and a half, Anne Mather, Book Review, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance

Category Romance Review: Mansion for My Love by Robyn Donald

May 24, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

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 Read more

3 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Robyn Donald, Romance, year 1990

Historical Romance Review: The Coach to Hell by Rachel Cosgrove Payes

May 6, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

Coach to Hell by Rachel Cosgrove Payes is a Gothic bodice ripper romance. Georgina falls for a coachman who drives her across England to her new home, a manor filled with secrets. 2 1/2 stars Read more

2 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Playboy Press, year 1979

Category Romance Review: Don’t Ask Me Now by Emma Darcy

May 2, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

Harlequin Presents #948 Don't Ask Me Now by Emma Darcy features a unique love triangle about one woman, her ex-lover, a rich playboy, and her nice best friend. Guess who wins? 5 stars Read more

5 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents

Category Romance Review: My Heart’s Undoing by Phyllis Halldorson

April 26, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Silhouette Special Edition #290 After Erik is left at the altar, Colleen gives him comfort. But when his ex-fiancee returns, then what? 3 stars Read more

3 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Silhouette, Silhouette Special Edition

Historical Romance Review: Rapture’s Rebel by Iris Bancroft

April 18, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Rapture's Rebel by Iris Bancroft is the first non-Viking historical romance set in Scandinavia that I've read. Sadly, it's disappointing. 1 1/2 stars Read more

1 star and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Pinnacle, Romance, year 1980

Historical Romance Review: The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers

April 6, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

In Rosemary Rogers' The Wildest Heart Lady Rowena Dangerfield is a beautiful woman who's valued by many men for her beauty or her wealth, or both. 3 1/2 stars Read more

3 stars and a half, Avon, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Robert McGinnis, Rosemary Rogers

Historical Romance Review: The Masquers, aka Splendid Torment, by Natasha Peters

April 3, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Natasha Peter’s Splendid Torment--originally published as The Masquers-- takes us to late 18th century Venice, to the world of Fosca Loredan, a titian-haired young noblewoman trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older nobleman. Read more

4 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Elaine Gignilliat, Historical Romance, Natasha Peters

Historical Romance Review: Dangerous Obsession by Natasha Peters

April 3, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

Dangerous Obsession is the sequel to Natasha Peters' first book, Savage Surrender, although the relation between the books is not revealed until midway through this 630 page epic. Read more

5 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Natasha Peters, year 1978

Historical Romance Review: Across a Starlit Sea by Rebecca Brandewyne

April 1, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Across a Starlit Sea was a tempestuous romance written by Rebecca Brandewyne. This was a sequel to one of my all-time beloved love stories, Upon a Moon-Dark Moor. Read more

4 stars, Book Review, Gothic Romance, Historical Romance, Melissa Duillo-Gallo, Rebecca Brandewyne, Warner Books

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