Barbara Dawson Smith, Author, Olivia Drake, Author . St. Martin's $6.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-97949-2
Far-fetched, formulaic and flat, this lightweight Regency provides few thrills but plenty of melodrama. In an effort to stop talented sketch artist Gabriel Kenyon and her father, Henry, from journeying to Africa in search of a ruined city, 16-year-ol
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Barbara Dawson Smith, Author, Olivia Drake, Author . St. Martin's $6.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-98229-4
Smith reintroduces readers to the Rosebuds, three elderly ladies known for their shenanigans, in her newest Regency (after Tempt Me Twice). When the Rosebuds are injured in a carriage accident, Lady Charlotte Quinton rushes to London to see her...
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Barbara Dawson Smith, Author, Olivia Drake, Author . St. Martin's $6.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-98230-0
Arrogant, alpha-male heroes with hearts of gold are a dime a dozen in romance novels, and the hero of Smith's (One Wild Night
, etc.) formulaic Regency does little to distinguish himself from the pack. Samuel Firth, the illegitimate son of the...
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Barbara Dawson Smith, Author, Olivia Drake, Author St. Martin's Press $6.99 (346p) ISBN 978-0-312-95714-8
Burke Grisham, Earl of Thornwald, is the cad who organized a party overlooking the droll battle of Waterloo. Finally deciding to help, Burke drives his carriage toward the battlefield, his friend Alfred at his side. Alfred is mortally wounded and...
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Barbara Dawson Smith, Author, Olivia Drake, Author St. Martin's Press $6.5 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-97272-1
After her father's violent death, it's up to Lady Alicia Pemberton to care for her dotty mother and profligate brother, all the while struggling to make ends meet in Regency London. When her brother gambles away the last of their money, a desperate...
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Barbara Dawson Smith, Author, Olivia Drake, Author St. Martin's Press $6.5 (370p) ISBN 978-0-312-97511-1
Set in Regency England, Smith's follow-up to Seduced by a Scoundrel features Gypsies and aristocracy. The romantic Gypsy hero or heroine is a staple of historical romance, almost a clich , but Smith does well with the often-used device, saving it...
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Olivia Drake, Author . St. Martin's Paperbacks $7.99 (312p) ISBN 978-0-312-94345-5
This decadent Regency romance debut is carried along by a spunky heroine and sumptuous descriptions of upper-class life. Raised in India, beautiful Portia Crompton arrives in London just in time to be the premier debutante of the season. Portia—
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Olivia Drake, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $7.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-94346-2
Drake's latest Regency romance hides behind a facade of mystery as a serial killer stalks London's chambermaids. Now that her sister Portia is married (in 2009's Seducing the Heiress), Lindsey Crompton is society's premier heiress, endowed with...
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Olivia Drake. St. Martin’s Paperbacks, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-00210-5
Strong leads almost make up for clichéd plot points and one-note family members in Drake’s third Victorian-era Cinderella Sisterhood romance (after Stroke of Midnight). Notorious gambling den owner Damien Burke plans to kidnap a gentlewoman and...
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Olivia Drake. St. Martin’s Paperbacks, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISBN SBN 978-1-250-06029-7
The eyes have it in Drake’s fourth Victorian-set Cinderella Sisterhood romance (after Abducted by a Prince). Isabella Jones is firmly on the shelf at age 29, but her blue eyes mesmerize Miles Grayson, the autocratic Duke of Aylwin. Miles intimidates
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Olivia Drake. St. Martin’s, $7.99 mass market (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-06030-3
Candelabra and horse-drawn carriages stylishly adorn Drake’s fifth Cinderella Sisterhood Regency romance (after Bella and the Beast), a spirited but sometimes predictable romance between two tainted blue bloods with separate revenge agendas. Actress
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Olivia Drake. St. Martin’s, $7.99 mass market (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-17437-6
Drake (The Scandalous Flirt) delights with this scintillating historical romance series launch. Abby is no longer considered a young gentlewoman; she’s approaching her 30th birthday, still unwed. Rather than become a helpmeet for her siblings and...
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Olivia Drake. St. Martin’s Press, $7.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-17439-0
The fluffy second regency romance in Drake’s Unlikely Duchesses series (after The Duke I Once Knew) features a refreshing heroine but a lackluster hero. Feisty American school teacher Natalie Fanshawe abhors the foibles of the British aristocracy....
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Olivia Drake. St. Martin’s, $8.99 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-17449-9
A woman gets more than she bargained for when she fudges her qualifications to become a governess in Drake’s tantalizing third Unlikely Duchesses Regency romance (after Forever My Duke). Milliner Tessa James is determined to track down her...
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