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Category Romance Review: A Frozen Fire by Charlotte Lamb

Posted on May 5, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Charlotte Lamb Harlequin Presents #380 A Frozen Fire is a strange romance about a married woman with a cheating husband. She falls for her coworker but she can’t be with him.

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Category Romance Review: Stay Through the Night by Flora Kidd

Posted on May 4, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Stay Through the Night by Flora Kidd is a romance about big misunderstandings, adultery, & kidnapping. 4 Stars

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Contemporary Romance Review: Gypsy by Carole Mortimer

Posted on April 30, 2021November 1, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Widowed and pregnant Shay returns to the home of her former lover, her dead husband’s brother, Lyon Falconer. Lyon’s still married, though. Will Shay and Lyon reignite their affair?

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Historical Romance Review: Wicked Loving Lies by Rosemary Rogers

Posted on April 28, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

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.

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Category Romance Review: Love Unspoken by Carole Mortimer

Posted on April 24, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #636 Carole Mortimer’s Love Unspoken is one of those infamously controversial Harlequin Presents where readers can’t stop talking about it. 4 1/2 stars

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Historical Romance Review: Runaway Bride by Rosalyn Alsobrook

Posted on April 23, 2021November 10, 2022 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

Rosalyn Alsobrook’s Runaway Bride was about Katherine, a pregnant woman who left her drunk, abusive husband to find love with a rancher. 1 star

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Historical Romance Review: Terms of Surrender by Mollie Ashton

Posted on April 22, 2021November 11, 2022 by IntrovertReader

Mollie Ashton’s Terms of Surrender was my first Harlequin Historical, and it got me hooked on the series for a long time! It’s a wonderful gem of a book. 4 stars

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Historical Romance Review: Texas Tempest by Deana James

Posted on April 21, 2021December 17, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Zebra Historical Romance Texas Tempest features yet another great, steel-willed Deana James heroine and a wonderful hero who is the only man to be her match. 4 stars

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Category Romance Review: Temporary Wife by Roberta Leigh

Posted on April 21, 2021November 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

Harlequin Presents #109 Roberta Leigh’s Temporary Wife features a great heroine for a great book. 5 stars

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Historical Romance Review: To Touch the Sun by Barbara Leigh

Posted on April 19, 2021March 28, 2023 by IntrovertReader

To Touch the Sun is a Harlequin Historical by Barbara Leigh. This unique tale is about a woman in Medieval England raised alongside her brother as a boy and eventually becomes a knight. 4 Stars

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