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Romance

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I suppose you could say I've always been a dreamer. In my mind's eye, I can still see my first-grade teacher shaking her head and scolding, “Hope, stop daydreaming and pay attention!”

I tried, really I did. But how could the dreary assignment on the chalkboard begin to lure me away from the dashing Disney fairy-tale figures populating my head? Cinderella and Prince Charming, Snow White and Prince Charming, Sleeping Beauty and Pr—

Well, you get the picture.

In middle school, I “graduated” from romance a la Walt Disney to grownup love stories by the likes of Victoria Holt, Anya Seton, and Daphne Du Maurier. Someday, I promised myself as I thumbed through my dog-eared copy of “Forever Amber,” I’d write a romance novel of my very own.

That dream ha...more

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The Joy of Being Popular: Lady Jane’s & The Popular Romance Project

Last June ’11, we at Lady Jane’s had a very special group of visitors, Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker, Laurie Kahn and her crew with The Popular Romance Project.

With grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mass Humanities, Romance Writers of America, and the Tavris Fund at Brandeis University/Women’s Studies Research Center, The Popular Romance Project seeks to “exp...

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Books by Hope Tarr

Average rating: 3.40 · 649 ratings · 114 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Vanquished (The Roxbury Trilogy, #1) 3.26 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bound To Please (Blaze Historical) (Harlequin Blaze #407) 3.21 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Haunting (Extreme Blaze) (Harlequin Blaze, #317) 3.56 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Tutor (Harlequin Blaze, #552) 3.40 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Tempting 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	My Lord Jack 3.41 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	It's A Wonderfully Sexy Life (Harlequin Blaze #293)(Extreme Blaze) 3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Enslaved (The Roxbury Trilogy, #2) 3.17 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Strokes Of Midnight (Harlequin Blaze #364)(The Wrong Bed) 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Rogue's Pleasure 3.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Hope Tarr

The Roxbury Trilogy (3 books)
by Hope Tarr (Goodreads Author)

3.26 avg rating — 184 ratings

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Hope Tarr added: The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2010	My rating:
May 29, 2012 10:26am
Hope Tarr said "yes" to attending the event: Lady Jane's Salon NYC date: May 07, 2012 06:30PM location: Madame X Lounge, 54 S. Houston St., Manhattan, New York, NY, The United States description: I'll read from FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS, joining authors Suleikha Snyder, Zoraida Cordova, Kate Cross, and Alethea Kontis for a night of great women's fiction at the sexiest lounge in Manhattan. Please come and join us! Copies of my book will be on sale at this event -- cash only! ($16) Hope said: I surely will be there. :)
May 06, 2012 08:46am
Hope Tarr added: Hold Love Strong: A Novel by Matthew Aaron Goodman read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 06, 2012 08:46am
Hope Tarr liked Leanna Renee Hieber's blog post: New Contest: featuring Hope Tarr's TEMPTING and more... "New Contest! Victorian Goodness Galore! Please visit one of my favourite authors and dear friend and Lady Jane's Salon co-founder Hope Tarr and join in the incredible giveaway she's hosting not onl..." ...read it »
Feb 23, 2012 08:37am
Hope Tarr added: The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) by Caleb Carr read in November, 2011	My rating:
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Hope Tarr gave to: Darker Still (Magic Most Foul, #1) by Leanna Renee Hieber (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2011	My rating:
Wonderful launch to the talented Ms. Hieber's "Magic Most Foul" YA series!
Dec 23, 2011 11:56am · see review
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