Spindle Cove (8 books in series)
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review 1: 4.5 stars. (Romance is graded on a curve.)Probably the most perfect Regency romance I've had the pleasure of reading so far. Not as silly or repetitive as others. With a little humor as an added bonus."That's absurd," he scoffed. "You're just begging to be taught a hard, fast les...
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review 1: This was very fun! I enjoyed the characters very much, and the sex scenes were amazing! However, I felt that the language and setting of this book didn't fit together quite well. The dialogue was very modern, but the era is supposed to be the early 1800s, so it was confusing. In ...
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review 1: I wish I didn't love this book because romance novels in general embarass me, but Tessa Dare provided everything I hoped for in my first romance novel in 10 years. No cheap plot based on miscommunication or stubbornness that could be solved in a conversation that uses actual full...
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review 1: Instead of a 'spinster' finding true love, it is a rake. I loved all the facets of this story. Pauline' s sister, her love of books, and her undying determination. However, I do find the situation implausible. Cinderella stories rarely happen today much less then. You come to ...
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review 1: This book was up and down for me. It started out kind of slow. But the characters were so interestingly flawed I couldn't put it down. I was curious to see how they'd get to their happily ever after. I gave this 3 stars because the beginning would have gotten about 2 1/2 stars, b...
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review 1: So am a HUGE fan of Lisa Kleypas and her novels... but the one story I didn't seem to enjoy as much (and that EVERYONE seemed to love) was Devil in Winter, were a socially-awkward spinster and a devilish rake run away for a marriage of convince and elope in Scotland. In Devil in ...
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review 1: 3.5 stars. I liked the mystery behind Kate's birth/childhood and the hints of unknown history between her and Thorne. What gave me pause was the "redemption of a difficult man just by force of love" trope. While I certainly agree with the sometimes delicious angst it can give a...
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review 1: One of the best books that I have read in a LONG time!!! Even after I was only to the second or third chapter, I was already telling myself that this will definitely be a keeper so that I can read it again just in case I missed one little detail. So good! The story started off ...