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Historical Romance Review: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small

Posted on February 12, 2022August 6, 2023 by IntrovertReader

In Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small a beautiful Irish woman in the Elizabethan Tudor era experiences adventures and love with many men.

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Historical Romance Review: Texas Treasure by Victoria Thompson

Posted on January 31, 2022November 28, 2023 by Blue Falcon

This review is of Texas Treasure, book #1 in the “The Cowboy and the Lady” series by Victoria Thompson. It is not a bad book, but it is also not a dynamic one, with too many issues to keep it from being a very good book. 3 stars

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Author Spotlight: Cassie Edwards

Posted on January 19, 2022October 1, 2022 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

For Blue Falcon’s first author spotlight for Sweet Savage Flame, we want to focus on the prolific, but controversial author Cassie Edwards. 

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Historical Romance Review: Through the Storm by Beverly Jenkins

Posted on December 25, 2021April 19, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Beverly Jenkins’ Through the Storm is a romance about a former slave finding love during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era with a man from a proud and established Louisiana family of Haitian descent. 3 stars

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Category Romance Review: The Lady in the Mirror by Judith Arnold

Posted on December 7, 2021November 28, 2023 by Blue Falcon

This review is of The Lady in the Mirror, book #10 in the “Bachelor Arms” series, and the first of two books in the series written by Judith Arnold, a pseudonym for Barbara Keiler. (Harlequin Temptation #561, November 1995). 2.77 stars.

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Historical Romance Review: Texas Fire by Caroline Bourne

Posted on December 2, 2021November 28, 2023 by Blue Falcon

This review is of Texas Fire by Caroline Bourne. This book, published by Zebra/Kensington in March 1989, is the sequel to her book Texas Conquest. 2.5 stars

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Historical Romance Review: Texas Conquest by Caroline Bourne

Posted on November 23, 2021November 28, 2023 by Blue Falcon

This review is of Texas Conquest by Caroline Bourne. This historical romance is a Zebra Lovegram, published in 1988. Texas Conquest is a frustrating book because there are good elements, but Ms. Bourne doesn’t put them together. Hopefully, she can address these issues in future books. 2 stars

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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

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Category Romance Review: A> Loverboy by Judith Arnold

Posted on October 31, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Published in 1991, Judith Arnold’s A> Loverboy is the final installment in the Harlequin American Romance line “A Century of Romance” series. A> Loverboy is a humorous romance about two coworkers falling in for each other in an unusual way. Before there was “You’ve Got Mail” with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, there was this book. 4 stars

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Category Romance Review: Seduced and Betrayed by Candace Schuler

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

This review is of “Seduced and Betrayed”, #8 in the “Bachelor Arms” series, and book #2 of 3 in the series written by Candace Schuler. The book begins in 1970. A woman finds her boyfriend, naked, in bed with another woman, who is also naked. Their relationship isn’t the only thing that ends that night. 4 & 1/2 stars

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