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REVIEW: Temporary Wife Temptation by Jayci Lee

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Much more than he bargained for…

“You want me to find you a wife?”

“No. I want you to be my wife.”

Garrett Song is this close to taking the reins of his family’s LA fashion empire…until the Song matriarch insists he marry her handpicked bride first. To block her matchmaking, he recruits Natalie Sobol to pose as his wife. She needs a fake spouse as badly as he does. But when passion burns down their chaste agreement, the flames could destroy them all…

Dear Ms. Lee,

It’s been a while since I...

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Ignite on Contact...

REVIEW: Reflections in the Nile by J. Suzanne Frank

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After entering an ancient chamber on an archaeological dig, Cloe Kingsley is sent back in time to the year 1452 B.C. to the Egyptian court of Hatshepsut and into the body of a corrupt priestess, where she is now forced to face her new environment and the challenges it holds. A first novel.

Dear Ms. Frank,

Back in 1997, you published Reflections in the Nile. That’s 23 years ago, and many things have changed since those days. However, in the romance world lately, there’s been a lot of...

DUELING REVIEW: The Shadow and the Star by Laura Kinsale, Part III

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childhood sexual abuse, orientalism, rape, racism.

Note: I asked Janine to join me for this review and it turns out we had Thoughts. Many, many Thoughts. So many that we’ve split this review into three parts. You can find the earlier parts of our discussion below. –Jennie

PART ONE

PART TWO

Janine: Did the first time they have sex read as consensual to you?

[image error]Jennie: It’s interesting that you ask that because I did not see that scene as non-consensual. But I...

JOINT REVIEW: Once a Fallen Lady by Eve Pendle

Because it sounded interesting to both of us, Jayne and I decided to review Eve Pendle’s new long novella / short novel, Once a Fallen Lady, together. — Janine

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childhood sexual abuse
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attempted abortion

Janine: Although I had some caveats about it, I enjoyed Eve Pendle’s novel, Falling for a Rake. Oscar, the hero of that book had been a true rake in his past; he had “ruined” a young woman, gotten her pregnant, and refused to...

DUELING REVIEW: The Shadow and the Star, Part II

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childhood sexual abuse, orientalism, rape, racism.

Note: Jennie asked me to collaborate on this review with her and as it turned out, we had a lot of thoughts. So many that we decided to split this review in three. This is the second part. You can find the first part of our discussion linked below. The third will run in two days. –Janine

Part I

Janine: I didn’t find Samuel believable as a character. Despite his extensive exposure to sex as a child, he doesn’...

REVIEW: Whiteout by Adriana Anders

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I had a bit of trouble getting into Whiteout. I kept stumbling on little things which didn’t quite ring true and which made it hard for me to relax into the story. However, once past the setup I enjoyed the romance. The sections where the protagonists are on the run for their lives in Antarctica were great and were the highlights of the book for me. The landing didn’t quite stick for me either but there was a lot to enjoy nonetheless.

Angel Smith is a cook for the NSF at...

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DUELING REVIEW: The Shadow and the Star, Part I

Trigger warnings:

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childhood sexual abuse, orientalism, rape, racism.

Note: I asked Janine to join me for this review and it turns out we had Thoughts. Many, many Thoughts. So many that we’ve split this review into three parts. This is Part I. –Jennie

[image error]Jennie: The Shadow and the Star is a sequel of sorts to The Hidden Heart; the hero is a very minor (though pivotal) character seen as a child in the first book, and the hero and heroine of that book are prominent secondary...

REVIEW: A Capitol Death by Lindsey Davis

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In Rome, ruled by the erratic Emperor Domitian, Flavia Albia is dragged into the worst sort of investigation—a politically charged murder—in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, A Capitol Death.

A man falls to his death from the Tarpeian Rock, which overlooks the Forum in the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome. While it looks like a suicide, one witness swears that she saw it happen and that he was pushed. Normally, this would attract very little official notice but this man happened to be...