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Top Ten: Marriage of Convenience Regency Romances

By Anne | July 30, 2017 - 7:55 am |September 12, 2017 2-3 Flames, Top Ten

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One of my favorite romance tropes (especially if comedy) is the marriage/engagement of convenience. I haven’t analyzed why I love it very deeply, but my Continue →

Candice Hern: Just One of Those Flings

By Anne | July 6, 2017 - 7:51 am |July 14, 2017 2-3 Flames, 4-5 Flames, Book Review, Candice Hern

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The Merry Widows are thought to be among the finest ladies of society. Though secretly, their thoughts are quite unrefined. With the comforts of wealth Continue →

Susan Carroll: The Wooing of Miss Masters

By Anne | June 18, 2017 - 8:06 am |July 5, 2017 0-1 Flames, Funny Regencies, Susan Carroll

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AUDRA LEIGH MASTERS HAD NO INTEREST IN DUKES, ELIGIBLE OR OTHERWISE! The entire county, however, was agog with the news that the infamous Duke of Continue →

Georgette Heyer: Venetia

By anneglover | August 16, 2008 - 10:27 pm |February 28, 2023 0-1 Flames, Authors, Book Review, Georgette Heyer

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There is a reason that Georgette Heyer is renowned as a more contemporary Jane Austen. Writing in the 1920s until the 70s, her books created Continue →