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Historical Romance Review: Yankee Mistress by Ashley Snow

March 21, 2022May 2, 2022 Blue Falcon No Comments

This review is of Yankee Mistress a standalone from May 1989 by Ashley Snow, published by Zebra/Kensington as a Zebra Heartfire. 1 star Read more

1 star, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Kensington, Romance, year 1989, Zebra Heartfire

Historical Romance Review: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small

February 12, 2022May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

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

4 stars, Ballantine, Bertrice Small, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, year 1980

Historical Romance Review: Raven by Shana Carrol

January 25, 2022May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

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

3 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Jove/ Pyramid, Ray Kursar, Romance, year 1979

Category Romance Review: Hard To Get by Carole Mortimer

January 13, 2022May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Oh boy, when I read "the heroine in pursuit plot" synopsis for this Harlequin Presents, was I ever excited to read it. Heroines who are determined to get their men are my favorite kinds! Alas, when the object of said pursuit is a mean arsehole, the chase isn't worth it. Still, Hard to Get by Carole Mortimer was a wild, emotional whirlwind. With a more charismatic hero, I could have loved this as opposed to liking it. 3.62 stars Read more

3 stars and a half, Book Review, Carole Mortimer, Category romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance, year 1984

Category Romance Review: Stranger in the Night by Charlotte Lamb

October 28, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Charlotte Lamb's Stranger in the Night deals with a sensitive topic she's approached several times: rape. No, it does not employ the controversial trope of "dubious consent" found in many Harlequins from the 1970s and 1980s. This is a healing love story about a traumatic assault that upended a woman's life and affected her relationships with men. 5 Stars Read more

5 stars, Book Review, Category romance, Charlotte Lamb, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Harlequin Presents, Romance, Vintage romance

Historical Romance Review: Hearts of Fire by Anita Mills

September 19, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Hearts of Fire is a more satisfying sequel to the first installment of Anita Mills' medieval romance series, Lady of Fire, than its second outing, Fire and Steel was. The forbidden romance between Richard and Gilliane de Lacey is stellar. 4 stars Read more

4 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Gregg Gulbronson, Historical Romance, Onyx, Romance

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

August 8, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

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

3 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Pinnacle, Romance

Contemporary Romance Review: A Violation by Charlotte Lamb

July 31, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

A Violation, a full-length novel by category author Charlotte Lamb, isn’t a straightforward romance, somewhere more between women’s fiction and romantic fiction. Like so many of her works, the major themes are the philosophy of love and what are the defined roles of being a man and a woman, especially when it comes to amorous relationships. 3 stars Read more

3 stars, Book Review, Charlotte Lamb, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, Romance

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

July 24, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 2 Comments

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

4 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Harry Bennett, Historical Romance, Pocket Books, Romance, year 1980

Historical Romance Review: Lady of Fire by Anita Mills

May 18, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

The action-packed and romantic medieval Lady of Fire by Anita Mills features one of the greatest villains ever in a historical romance novel. 5 stars Read more

5 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Gregg Gulbronson, Historical Romance, New American Library, Onyx, year 1987

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: Purity’s Ecstasy by Janette Seymour

April 14, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

Michael Butterworth's (aka Janette Seymour) second entry into his Purity trilogy, Purity's Ecstasy, is a tawdry, rollicking ride filled with just about every 'ripper trope and then some. 3 1/2 stars Read more

3 stars and a half, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Harry Bennett, Historical Romance, Pocket Books, year 1978

Historical Romance Review: A Pirate’s Love by Johanna Lindsey

April 13, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader 1 Comment

In a Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey Bettina Verlaine travels across the sea to an unwanted fiance when she is captured by the pirate Tristan Matisse. 1 star Read more

1 star, Avon, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Historical Romance, Johanna Lindsey, Robert McGinnis

Historical Romance Review: Love, Cherish Me by Rebecca Brandewyne

April 3, 2021May 2, 2022 IntrovertReader No Comments

Love Cherish Me by Rebecca Brandewyne is an is a western epic, filled with murder, sex, death, trauma. Absolutely amazing. 5 stars Read more

5 stars, Bodice Ripper, Book Review, Elaine Duillo, Historical Romance, Rebecca Brandewyne, Warner Books, year 1983

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