SSF icon 150

Sweet Savage Flame

Old School Romance

Menu
  • Home
    • Old School Romance From Avon to Zebra
    • Subscribe to Sweet Savage Flame
  • Discussion
  • Authors
  • Reviews
    • Reviews by Author
    • Reviews by Genre
    • Reviews by Title
    • Reviews by Publisher
  • Romance Book Clinch Covers
    • Master List of Romance Cover Artists
    • Renato Aime
    • Francesco Accornero (Franco)
    • Harry Bennett
    • George (G. A.) Bush
    • Pino Daeni
    • Elaine Duillo
    • John Ennis
    • Victor Gadino
    • Melissa Duillo-Gallo
    • Charles Gehm
    • Max Ginsburg
    • Gregg Gulbronson
    • H. Tom Hall
    • Frank Kalan
    • Roger Kastel
    • Robert McGinnis
    • Gary McLaughlin
    • Tony Meers
    • Raymond Kursar
    • Robert Sabin
    • Diane Sivavec
    • Ed Tadiello
    • Sharon Spiak
  • Publishers
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Licensing and Fair Use Page
    • Affiliate Disclosure and Review Policy
    • Thank You
  • Search Articles and Reviews by Category
  • Search Articles and Reviews by Tags
Menu

married couple

Dark Before the Rising Sun

Historical Romance Review: Dark Before the Rising Sun by Laurie McBain

Posted on November 6, 2021May 3, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Dark Before the Rising Sun, is the last installment in the Laurie McBain trilogy that began with Moonstruck Madness. It is a direct continuation of its sequel, Chance the Winds of Fortune. 1 1/2 stars

Desperado Dream sabin

Dueling Review: Desperado Dream by Karen A. Bale #1 (Blue Falcon)

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

In this new segment, we have two reviewers offering their opinions on a single romance. Blue Falcon gives Karen A. Bale’s Desperado Dream a positive review and found the book emotionally captivating. Introvert Reader, on the other hand, explains her negative perspective of the historical romance in her review. 4 1/2 stars

Desperado Dream sabin

Dueling Review: Desperado Dream by Karen A. Bale #2 (Introvert Reader)

Posted on July 20, 2021November 18, 2023 by IntrovertReader

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

Forbidden Fantasy cinille

Category Romance Review: Forbidden Fantasy by Tiffany White

Posted on July 13, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

As long as I have memory, Tiffany White’s Forbidden Fantasy is a book I will never forget reading. Hopefully, if you pick it up, you’ll feel the same way, just for a slightly different reason. 4 stars

blood red roses

Historical Romance Review: Blood Red Roses by Katherine Deauxville

Posted on June 15, 2021April 19, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Blood Red Roses is understandably a difficult book for some to enjoy. It could be nostalgia goggles on this one for me, plus a love for the glorious red stepback cover. Or it could be the vivid Middle Ages setting, my favorite time period. I read this Medieval romance by Katherine Deauxville (Maggie Davis) twice: once in middle school and then years later in high school, and was swept away in the story both times. 5 stars

firs of winter gellis

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

texas torment

Historical Romance Review: Texas Torment by Catherine Creel

Posted on May 19, 2021October 20, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Catherine Creel’s Texas Torment is a Zebra historical romance with a secret-marriage plot we’ve seen before in her more superior Passion’s Chains. 2 stars

show me

Category Romance Review: Show Me by Janet Dailey

Posted on May 15, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #200 Show Me Janet Dailey An embittered husband returns back home to face the wife and child he never wanted. 2 stars

shattered dreams len goldberg

Category Romance Review: Shattered Dreams by Sally Wentworth

Posted on May 8, 2021April 19, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #629 Shattered Dreams by Sally Wentworth is a legendary train wreck romance read. 1 1/2 stars

change of life arnold

Category Romance Review: Change of Life by Judith Arnold

Posted on May 6, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

American Romance #362 Change of Life, Judith Arnold Married woman feels ignored, abandons the family to seek fulfillment, can her husband convince her to come back? 2 1/2 stars

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next

LATEST POSTS

  • Historical Romance Review: Silken Rapture by Cassie Edwards
  • Covers of the Week #155: Regency Easter by Zebra Books
  • Historical Romance Review: Bandit’s Embrace by Georgina Gentry
  • January 2024: Monthly Wrap-Up
  • Covers of the Week #131: Steve Holland

Sweet Savage Flame participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, which means that we may earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com, as per FTC guidelines.

TOP POSTS

  • 21 Old-School Cover Artists All Romance Readers Should Know
  • Most Expensive and Hard to Find or Out-of-Print Romances
  • A Closer Look At Pino
  • Historical Romance Review: Lady of Fire by Anita Mills
  • The Hero Kidnaps the Heroine: List of 100+ Bodice Ripper Romances with this Plot
  • Category Romance Review: Four Dollars and Fifty-One Cents by Lass Small
  • Category Romance Review: Hard To Get by Carole Mortimer
  • Historical Romance Review: Silken Rapture by Cassie Edwards
  • Classic Romance Review: The Sheik by Edith M. Hull
  • Author Spotlight: Rebecca Paisley

TOP PAGES

  • Old School Romance From Avon to Zebra
  • Avon
  • Past Romance Covers of the Week
  • Master List of Romance Cover Artists
  • Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

All original Sweet Savage Flame work by Sweet Savage Flame contributors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Sweet Savage Flame participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, which means that we may earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com, as per FTC guidelines.

Sweet Savage Flame 2026 All Rights Reserved
Sweet Savage Flame
Privacy Policy / Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Simple ResponsiveBlogily.