Books by Mary Balogh
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review 1: Two delightful stories, with wonderful characters and intriguing obstacles for the couples to overcome. In The Counterfeit Betrothal, a long-estranged couple are forced to spend a month together to celebrate their daughter's proposal, which is a sham, concocted with the hope of r...
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review 1: I'm not exactly sure who may have told me about this book or if I saw it while "browsing" through Goodreads but I am a fan of Jane Austen and have this "thing" for anything about witches or vampires. As I am a fan of Mary Balough and Colleen Gleason, I thought I'd give it a read...
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review 1: Balogh is a favorite if mine. Cornick is a little over the top for me. I've never heard of Milan.The Balogh story was just too far fetched. The money she was paid for a weekend was absurd. A country gentry girl outwitted the cream of society and pulled off pretending to be a cour...
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review 1: What a charming story. Balogh had me hooked. Her fantastic storytelling combined with the unique and yet straightforward descriptions brought this world to life in a realistic yet vividly fantastic manner. Readers are transported to The Season amidst London’s ton scene. Balls...
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review 1: There is no wager the notorious Baron Montford cannot win.On his 25th birthday „Monty“ agrees to a wager most scandalous. He ist to seduce the innocent, virtuous Katherine Huxtable within a fortnight. He has her willing and defenseless long before his time runs out but then his b...
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review 1: It was a short and sweet composition of two quirky stories. I expected to enjoy them a bit more, knowing how well Balogh usually writes, but I wasn't horribly disappointed in the two. The book is a part of her early works, so it's only natural that her later works are better writ...
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review 1: Read the 1st a while ago, read A Christmas Beau yeasterday and just loved it. Misunderstandings abound as they always do. I love the way Balogh writes, and I was sitting in Disneyland, finishing this as I waited for my daughter to get off a ride, tears pouring down my face at the...
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review 1: I read The Temporary Wife, on July 13, just before leaving on holiday, and have now picked the book up again to read the second novel in this edition. I enjoyed both very much, but felt the first was a more traditional type of tale. A Promise of Spring, like the sown seeds gradua...
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review 1: Hmm, I don't know, but I didn't enjoy this story as much as I usually enjoy Mary Balog's stories. First I didn't get the title, I know I was more then half way in, before the meaning of the title came through. There was so much like/dislike between these two, and to have Edward n...
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review 1: I thought this was a sweet short story. I did not expect to like it so much based on the reviews here. But I did. It was just a simple love story two years in the making.Philippa had become enamored of Julian when she was just 16. Her father caught them holding hands and banished...
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review 1: Hemmmmmm ..... Sebenarnya gak jelek sih. Cenderung ke bagus malah karena dialog Heronya kadang bikin senyum sendiri. Tapi jujur ini bukan the best HR yang pernah saya baca, membosankan, penokohanya gak jelas, dan story linenya pasaran ... Saya sudah menurunkan standart saya untuk...
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review 1: just did not like it really like the first in the series the second was ok and this one just wasn't there. I really love the heroine didn't really like the hero the secret twist in the story line was weird and like didn't really fit with the rest of the stories and it was just li...
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review 1: Great book.
review 2: different kinda heroine... good historical romance overall..
review 2: different kinda heroine... good historical romance overall..
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review 1: Honestly, it's not that I didn't like this book, but I preferred the first two books in the series, they had more drama, more sublime in them.Since the events in this book are played 6 years before the beginning of the series, showing us the circumstances of the romance of the th...
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review 1: DNF. I skimmed the pages seeking a story, but instead all I found were author notes and missing/alternate scenes from her books.When I purchase a DVD, I like the extras cause I can watch them right after I've watched the movie.But a book full of deleted scenes from books I read m...
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review 1: This might just be my favorite of the series. I expected Margaret's story to be boring, but it was the complete opposite. I think Duncan made it what it was. He is a total anti-hero, who caused one of the most explosive scandals I've ever read about in a Regency novel. I loved th...
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review 1: Do opposites attract? Stephen who could also be called a golden god of sunshine Huxtable meets a beautiful woman who might be an axe murderer. Deliberately Cassandra seeks a man who can afford to provide for her as she provides sex for him. Cass is a widow with a terrible repu...
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review 1: This is a nice short novel. Reginald Mason is the son of a man who made his money in coal. Annabelle is the daughter of an earl. For thirty years, their families have lived near each other, but were separated by instructions from parents to each ignore the other family. Regi...
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review 1: A short book, quick read. I liked this, but I would have enjoyed it more had I not guessed the secret early on. After it was confirmed and I finished the book, I re-read some of the scenes/ thoughts of Reggie and Anna, and I can say I really liked how the author worded everythin...