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Historical Romance Review: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small

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In Skye O'Malley by Bertrice Small a beautiful Irish woman in the Elizabethan Tudor era experiences adventures and love with many men. Read more “Historical Romance Review: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small”
4 stars, Ballantine, Bertrice Small, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, year 1980

Historical Romance Review: Raven by Shana Carrol

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Raven by Shana Carol (aka Christina Savage, aka Mr. Kerry Newcomb & Mr. Frank Schaeffer) is a riveting bodice-ripper. It's a pirate adventure that features a kickass, resilient heroine whom I adore. It also stars a hero who isn't worthy to lick the underside of her shoes. This is one of those books I both hate and love and wavered for a long time what rating to give it. 3.49 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: Raven by Shana Carrol”
3 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Jove/ Pyramid, Ray Kursar, Romance, year 1979

Historical Romance Review: Angel in Scarlet by Jennifer Wilde

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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 “Historical Romance Review: Angel in Scarlet by Jennifer Wilde”
4 stars, Avon, Book Review, Elaine Duillo, Historical Romance, Jennifer Wilde, Romance

Historical Romance Review: Passion’s Wicked Torment by Melissa Hepburne

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Pinnacle Books' Passion's Wicked Torment is a balls-to-wall 20th-century bodice ripper set in the gangster era during American Prohibition. From New York to Chicago, from Alaska to Europe, this book hops around the globe and features lots of mutually lusty sex scenes, rapes, and gangbangs. It stars a heroine so stupid and dumb, she could only have been written by Mr. Melissa Hepburne himself, the author of the blockbuster bestseller (I'm not kidding, it sold over a million copies!) Passion's Proud Captive. 3 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: Passion’s Wicked Torment by Melissa Hepburne”
3 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Pinnacle, Romance

Historical Romance Review: The Frost and the Flame by Drusilla Campbell

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Drusilla Campbell's The Frost and the Flame is one of those naughty bodice rippers where the heroine is separated for a long period of time from her true love, the dull, hero, and instead spends more time with the lusty, evil villain. This is the kind of bodice ripper I like: one that does not take itself seriously and knows how to throw crazy tropes at you, so you'll keep the pages turning, even if the story is not really romantic. 4 1/2 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: The Frost and the Flame by Drusilla Campbell”
4 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Harry Bennett, Historical Romance, Pocket Books, Romance, year 1980

Historical Romance Review: Emmie’s Love by Janette Seymour

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Emmie's Love is Purity's Passion, redux. Just as in Purity's Passion and Purity's Ecstasy, the heroine is separated from her true love and must "find" her way back to him. 3 1/2 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: Emmie’s Love by Janette Seymour”
3 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Harry Bennett, Historical Romance, Pocket Books

Historical Romance Review: This Towering Passion by Valerie Sherwood

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Lovely red-gold-haired, violet-eyed Lenore is the female protagonist of Valerie Sherwood's This Towering Passion and the primary heroine of its sequel, Her Shining Splendor, which tells the tale of both Lenore and her daughter, Lorena, from the English Civil War to the Restoration eras. 4 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: This Towering Passion by Valerie Sherwood”
4 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Romance, Valerie Sherwood, Warner Books

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

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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 “Historical Romance Review: The Coach to Hell by Rachel Cosgrove Payes”
2 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Playboy Press, year 1979

Historical Romance Review: Enchantress Mine by Bertrice Small

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Despite some crazy scenes, the Bertrice Small Medieval Romance, Enchantress Mine, suffers from a too-perfect heroine and a dull hero. 2 1 /2 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: Enchantress Mine by Bertrice Small”
2 stars and a half, Bertrice Small, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Elaine Duillo, Erotic Historical Romance, Historical Romance, Romance, Signet

Historical Romance Review: Wicked, Loving Lies by Rosemary Rogers

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Wicked Loving Lies is "The Queen of Historical Romance" Rosemary Roger's best book! It's a bodice ripper classic, not for the faint of heart. Read more “Historical Romance Review: Wicked, Loving Lies by Rosemary Rogers”
5 stars, Avon, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Robert McGinnis, Rosemary Rogers, year 1975

Historical Romance Review: Rapture’s Rebel by Iris Bancroft

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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 “Historical Romance Review: Rapture’s Rebel by Iris Bancroft”
1 star and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Pinnacle, Romance, year 1980

Historical Romance Review: Tara’s Song by Barbara Ferry Johnson

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Tara’s Song by Barbara Ferry Johnson is yet another middling Viking romance that disappoints. Written in the late ’70s at the height of the bodice ripper era, you’d expect this Viking romance to rapacious and fun, but I found it rather ho-hum. 2 stars Read more “Historical Romance Review: Tara’s Song by Barbara Ferry Johnson”
2 stars, Avon, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance

Historical Book Review: Divided Heart by Angelica Aimes

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After being loved and abandoned by an English Redcoat soldier, Augusta disguises herself as a male & fights in the American Revolution. Along the way she will find passion and perhaps love. 2 1/2 stars Read more “Historical Book Review: Divided Heart by Angelica Aimes”
2 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Norm Eastman, Pinnacle, year 1983

Historical Romance: Passion’s Proud Captive by Melissa Hepburne

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Passion's Proud Captive by Melissa Hepburne is not a book for modern readers, but it's tailor-made to suit my tastes. A hilarious bodice ripper! 4 stars Read more “Historical Romance: Passion’s Proud Captive by Melissa Hepburne”
4 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Pinnacle, year 1978

Historical Romance Review: So Wild a Rapture by Andrea Layton

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From the opening pages of Andrea Layton's So Wild a Rapture, we are introduced to the 16-year-old heroine, the noble Juliette de Condillac, and her "one true love" Francois du Quesnay, Read more “Historical Romance Review: So Wild a Rapture by Andrea Layton”
2 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Playboy Press

Historical Romance Review: The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers

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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 “Historical Romance Review: The Wildest Heart by Rosemary Rogers”
3 stars and a half, Avon, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Robert McGinnis, Rosemary Rogers

Historical Romance Review: Purity’s Passion by Janette Seymour

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The tale of Purity Jarsy, Purity's Passion, (Part 1 of 3) begins with the horrors of the French Revolution and ends in France after Napoleon's final defeat. Read more “Historical Romance Review: Purity’s Passion by Janette Seymour”
4 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Harry Bennett, Historical Romance, Pocket Books

Historical Romance Review: Dangerous Obsession by Natasha Peters

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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 “Historical Romance Review: Dangerous Obsession by Natasha Peters”
5 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Natasha Peters, year 1978