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June 30, 2016

Comfort and Joy

June 30, 2016/ Rohan Maitzen

Mary Balogh’s Survivors’ Club novels are romances, which means they tell hopeful stories about people whose struggles end happily. Why should that optimism earn them such disdain?

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June 30, 2016/ Rohan Maitzen/
Fiction, Literary Criticism, Romance
Book Review, fiction, June 2016, literary criticism, rohan maitzen, romance novels
May 02, 2014

Book Review: The Chance

May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The scenic seacoast town of Thunder Point plays host to more than its fair share of romantic drama in Robyn Carr's popular series

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May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2014, romance novels
May 02, 2014

Book Review: Midnight Pursuits

May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

An elite mercenary and an elite thief cross paths - with wonderfully predictable results - in Elle Kennedy's latest "Killer Instincts" novel

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May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2014, romance novels
May 02, 2014

Book Review: Risky Game

May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A muscular NFL demigod is stalked by a spunky blogger in Tracy Solheim's latest "Out of Bounds" novel

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May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2014, romance novels
May 02, 2014

Book Review: Hope Ignites

May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A hard-hearted cattle rancher is intrigued by the young Hollywood movie star filming shoot on his property in Jaci Burton's latest "Hope" novel

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May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2014, romance novels
May 02, 2014

Book Review: Willing Sacrifice

May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A battle-hardened warrior must fight for the very memory of the woman he loves in Shannon Butcher's latest 'Sentinel Wars' novel

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May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2014, romance novels
May 02, 2014

Book Review: The Sweetheart Rules

May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

Three old ladies watch over a town in Florida where broken hearts go to mend in Shirley Jump's follow-up to "The Sweetheart Bargain"

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May 02, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2014, romance novels
February 14, 2014

Book Review: Must Love Dukes

February 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The lovers in Elizabeth Michels' new novel get off to a rapturous, then a rocky start - and when next they meet, a year later, the real games begin

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February 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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February 2014, romance novels
February 14, 2014

Book Review: Much Ado About Jack

February 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A strong-willed countess and a dynamic sailor become Shakespearean-style star-crossed lovers in Christy English's latest novel

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February 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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February 2014, romance novels
February 14, 2014

Book Review: Romancing the Duke

February 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

The daughter of a famous novelist has her own life take on a decidedly fairy-tale twist in Tessa Dare's new novel

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February 14, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
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February 2014, romance novels
May 20, 2012

Book Review: The Taming of the Rogue

May 20, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A sensible young widow tries hard not to fall in love with a dashing young playwright in the latest offering from good old Harlequin Romances!

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May 20, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
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May 2012, romance novels
January 31, 2012

A Fine Romance

January 31, 2012/ Jessica Miller

Is there more to romance fiction than perfect people meeting cute and living happily ever after? Sarah Wendell thinks so, but her arguments in defense of this most reviled of genres may themselves sell it short.

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January 31, 2012/ Jessica Miller/
Fiction, Literary Criticism
Book Review, February 2012, fiction, Fiction Review, literary criticism, New York Times, romance novels
January 20, 2012

Interview: Christina Brooke

January 20, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

An interview with Romance author Christina Brooke!

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January 20, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
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Interview, January 2012, romance, romance novels
January 19, 2012

Book Review: Mad About the Earl

January 19, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

When it comes to matters of matrimony, Christina Brooke's Ministry of Marriage will have its way, even if - in her latest novel - it means matching a ravishing beauty with a reluctant beast!

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January 19, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
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fiction, January 2012, romance novels
January 06, 2012

Book Review: When Passion Rules

January 06, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

In Johanna Lindsey's latest, the heiress to a distant kingdom returns home to stop a war and promptly falls into tempestuous love with the captain of the palace guard, giving whole new meanings to 'porous borders'

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January 06, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
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fiction, January 2012, romance novels
December 04, 2011

Book Review: A Beginner's Guide to Rakes

December 04, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A spirited and enterprising widow returns to London and finds herself locking horns with the cardsharp lord who crossed her path three years before in Vienna ...

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December 04, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
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December 2011, regency romance, romance, romance novels
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