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Once More with Feeling Series: I Am Not Esther by Fleur Beale
Wednesday, 1 April 2009 8:01 P GMT-05
I didn't know exactly what to expect from Can You Keep a Secret?. Becky Bloomwood, the heroine of Kinsella's previous books, the Shopaholic trilogy, struck me as an irresponsible twit, but Kinsella's writing was enjoyable. So this time I was hoping f
Once More with Feeling Series: Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Sunday, 22 March 2009 8:02 P GMT-05
I didn't know exactly what to expect from Can You Keep a Secret?. Becky Bloomwood, the heroine of Kinsella's previous books, the Shopaholic trilogy, struck me as an irresponsible twit, but Kinsella's writing was enjoyable. So this time I was hoping f
Once More with Feeling Series: Miranda Blue Calling by Michelle Curry Wright
Saturday, 14 March 2009 1:20 P GMT-05
Miranda Blue CallingMichelle Curry WrightChick Lit 2004 Rating: B "A friend of mine recommended Miranda Blue Calling to me, comparing it to Tim Farrington's The Monk Downstairs . Since I enjoyed that book so much I was eager to try Mich
Once More with Feeling Series: Blindsided by Leslie LaFoy
Saturday, 7 March 2009 9:46 A GMT-05
BlindsidedLeslie LaFoySilhouette Special Edition #1716 2005Rating: B "Catherine Talbott is stuck in a pit not of her own digging. Her husband left her and their twelve-year-old son, Kyle, taking all of their money with him. Her brother Tom
Once More with Feeling Series: Nick's Kind of Woman by Margot Early
Monday, 23 February 2009 8:45 A GMT-05
Nick's Kind of WomanMargot EarlyHarlequin Superromance #724 1996Rating: B+ "I came across Margot Early's name in an online recommendation of her book The Keeper, a very unique category romance dealing with mental illness. As
Once More with Feeling Series: The Wedding Party by Robyn Carr
Tuesday, 30 December 2008 9:21 P GMT-05
The Wedding PartyRobyn CarrWomen's Fiction 2001 Rating:B+ "Charlene Dugan, family lawyer extraordinaire, is very much in control of her life. And then one day. . .she isn't. On one spring day, April 1st, everything seems to fall apa
Once More with Feeling Series: The Emerald Necklace by Diana Brown
Sunday, 21 December 2008 12:00 A GMT-05
The Emerald Necklace Diana BrownSignet Regency 1981 Rating: B+ "Lady Leonora Fordyce finds herself involuntarily engaged and subsequently married to a man not of her selection nor to her taste. Etienne St. Clair Lambert is a financial up
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Once More with Feeling Series: Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 9:36 P GMT-05
Touch Not the Cat Mary StewartGothic Romance 1976 Rating: B+ "Bryony Ashley comes from a long line of survivors. The Ashleys have been at Ashley Court since before the Conqueror. Through amazing instincts of self-preservation, they
Once More with Feeling Series: The Dream Hunter by Laura Kinsale
Monday, 11 August 2008 7:17 P GMT-05
The Dream Hunter Laura Kinsale Romance novel 1994 Rating: B+ "The first time I read The Dream Hunter, seven years ago, I didn't like it. At all. I don't remember specific reasons, but I recorded a D as my grad
Once More with Feeling Series: Beloved Stranger by Joan Wolf
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 8:03 P GMT-05
Beloved Stranger Joan WolfRapture Romance #58 3/1984 Rating:A- "Joan Wolf is a major comfort read for me. I’ve read more of her books than just about any other romance author. And while all of her books have not been A’s f
Once More with Feeling Series: Till the Stars Fall by Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Sunday, 11 May 2008 8:11 A GMT-05
Till the Stars Fall Kathleen Gilles SeidelBook 1994 Rating: A "Kathleen Gilles Seidel is amazing. Why she is not better known and more widely read is a complete mystery. Her books are masterpieces of characterization and storytelling
Once More with Feeling Series: Never Change by Elizabeth Berg
Sunday, 4 May 2008 7:57 A GMT-05
Never Change Elizabeth BergWomen's Fiction 2001 Rating: A "Myra Lipinski you know. She's the girl that you felt sorry for in high school, the one who was nice, but shy and quite, quite unattractive. The one boys never even looked at
Once More with Feeling Series: Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
Thursday, 24 April 2008 8:18 P GMT-05
Julie and Romeo Jeanne RayBook 2000 Rating:B+ "Julie Roseman is a sixty-year-old divorcee who owns a failing family flower business. Her parents started Roseman's flower shop when she was a little girl, and her husband Mort kept it goin
Once More with Feeling Series: Regency Sting by Elizabeth Mansfield
Monday, 4 February 2008 9:38 P GMT-05
Regency Sting Elizabeth MansfieldRegency Romance 1980 Rating: A-[As a side note, I interviewed Elizabeth Manfield for All About Romance back in 2001. She was such a nice lady and very kind to me, a longtime fan of her books.] "Regency
Once More with Feeling Series: Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
Friday, 25 January 2008 10:26 P GMT-05
Love Comes Softly Janette OkeBook 1979 Rating:B+ "Love Comes Softly is an important book. If Kathleen Woodiwiss's The Flame and the Flower changed the romance fiction market forever in 1972, in 1979 Love Comes Softly did somethin
Once More with Feeling Series: The Painted Lady by Lucia Grahame
Monday, 29 October 2007 7:17 P GMT-05
The Painted Lady Lucia GrahameBook 1993 Rating:B- "Fleur Brooks is the painted lady. Her husband, Frederick Brooks, was a painter of some renown. At one point their life together was picture book perfect, and they were considered the
Once More with Feeling Series: The Living Stone by Jane Orcutt
Monday, 22 October 2007 8:04 P GMT-05
The Living Stone Jane OrcuttBook 2000 Rating:B+ "Leah Travers is a contented wife and mother to a two-year-old son. She and her family are traveling back from a visit with her parents when an unexpected tragedy occurs; their car is hit by M
Once More with Feeling Series: Kiss Your Prince Charming by Jennifer Greene
Tuesday, 9 October 2007 8:25 P GMT-05
Kiss Your Prince Charming Jennifer GreeneSilhouette Desire #1245 1900 Rating:B+ Here again is another great book, largely lost to the stacks of time. This is vintage Joan Wolf - before all of her books started to sound kinda the same.
Once More with Feeling Series: The American Duchess by Joan Wolf
Monday, 1 October 2007 8:22 A GMT-05
The American DuchessJoan WolfSignet Regency Romance 1982 Rating: A "The American Duchess is an entirely character-driven Regency Romance. Perhaps it is best described as a "A Year in the Life" of our two main characters. Tr
Once More with Feeling Series: Mirrors and Mistakes by Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Sunday, 23 September 2007 9:16 P GMT-05
Mirrors and MistakesKathleen Gilles SeidelHarlequin American Romance #57 1984 Rating: A- Here's another of my Library Thing books, this one is in only 3 other members' libraries. I wrote a review of this book for AAR bac
Once More with Feeling Series: An Debt of Honour by Diana Brown
Sunday, 9 September 2007 11:39 P GMT-05
A Debt of Honour Diana BrownSignet Regency 1982 Rating: B+ In inputting this book into my Library Thing, I noticed that I am the only person there with a copy. The only one! Do you know how many people have copies of the craptastic
Once More with Feeling Series: Mr. Family by Margot Early
Wednesday, 29 August 2007 4:58 P GMT-05
Mr. Family Margot EarlyHarlequin Superromance #711 1996Rating: B+ In inputting this book into my Library Thing, I noticed that I am the only person there with a copy. The only one! Do you know how many people have copies of th
