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A Good Road Trip Love Story

December 9, 2018 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I have a library hold backlog gathering on my kitchen table, so I decided best plan was to knock out a few quick reads and hopefully catch up. Part of the backlog is a few of The Survivors’ Club books by Mary Balogh. I enjoyed The Proposal and The Arrangement earlier this year and had immediately put holds on the rest of the series. In typical me fashion I was nervous about the next book, The Escape, when I wrote my review for The Arrangement […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, Mary Balogh, the escape, the survivors club

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:60 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, Mary Balogh, the escape, the survivors club ·
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“Fear must be challenged, I have found. It is a powerful beat if it is allowed the mastery.”

July 15, 2018 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I have finally taken my first trip to a Mary Balogh romance. I’m still surprised when I manage to miss an author completely, but it usually means that there’s a well-liked series with good reviews which is complete that I can dive right into. In the case of Mary Balogh that series is the Survivors’ Club which tells the story of seven people who survived great tragedy (whether physical or mental) during the Napoleonic Wars and formed a tight friendship while they healed for three […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: faintingviolet, historical romance, Mary Balogh, The Proposal, the survivors club

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance · Tags: faintingviolet, historical romance, Mary Balogh, The Proposal, the survivors club ·
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