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Escape From Desire

Category Romance Review: Escape From Desire by Penny Jordan

Posted on April 12, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #569 Escape From Desire Penny Jordan Tamara survives a harrowing jungle experience with a stranger and passion ensues. 3 1/2 stars

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Category Romance Review: Call Back Yesterday by Charlotte Lamb

Posted on April 11, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #253 Call Back Yesterday by Charlotte Lamb A woman return to her home village and reignites passion with the man she left behind. 4 stars

highland tryst

Historical Romance Review: Highland Tryst by Jean Canavan

Posted on April 11, 2021June 5, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Sad to say but Highland Tryst by Jean Canavan is one of the most incompetent, dullest historical romances I’ve read…ever. 1 star

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Historical Romance Review: Viking Rose by Ashland Price

Posted on April 9, 2021November 13, 2022 by IntrovertReader

In this Zebra Lovegram historical romance, Viking Rose by Ashland Price, Irishwoman Alanna is taken captive by a Viking.

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Historical Romance Review: The Innocent by Bertrice Small

Posted on April 9, 2021November 10, 2022 by IntrovertReader

It was a bad sign that Bertrice Small’s The Innocent features one of her dullest covers ever. The lone positive was that it was designed as one last created by legendary artist Elaine Duillo for her dear friend Bertrice. 1 star

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Historical Book Review: Divided Heart by Angelica Aimes

Posted on April 8, 2021June 5, 2023 by IntrovertReader

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

Tender Warrior

Historical Book Review: Tender Warrior by Fern Michaels

Posted on April 8, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

In Tender Warrior by Fern Michaels, Mirjana, a Muslim princess, seeks protection, only to be captured by her enemy, the warrior El Cid.

Passion's Proud Captive

Historical Romance: Passion’s Proud Captive by Melissa Hepburne

Posted on April 8, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

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

so wild a rapture

Historical Romance Review: So Wild a Rapture by Andrea Layton

Posted on April 7, 2021November 19, 2022 by IntrovertReader

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,

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Historical Romance Review: Edin’s Embrace by Nadine Crenshaw

Posted on April 7, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

Edin’s Embrace by Nadine Crenshaw is a Zebra Lovegram published in 1989. It’s a fabulous Viking romance. 5 stars

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