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The Vicar and the Erotica Writer

May 6, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

Lady Sarah Frampton may be the daughter of a duke with a sizable dowry, but she’s known as the Watching Wallflower and is on her way to be firmly on the shelf. No one knows that behind her impeccable manners, the quiet and ever-observant Lady Sarah is in fact the author of a series of highly successful erotic novels. As The Lady of Dubious Quality, the virginal Lady Sarah uses the knowledge she’s acquired from illicit French novels to write out all her sexual fantasies […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Eva Leigh, historical romance, Malin, Temptations of a Wallflower, the Wicked Quills of London, Victorian

Malin's CBR8 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Eva Leigh, historical romance, Malin, Temptations of a Wallflower, the Wicked Quills of London, Victorian ·
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The viscount and the playwright

November 27, 2015 by Malin 2 Comments

Margaret “Maggie” Delamere makes a comfortable living as the popular playwright of the most successful burlettas (because the theatre doesn’t have an official licence, every line of all the plays has to be sung by the actors) at the Imperial theatre. In the past, she’s never had any problems getting new ideas or getting her plays finished on time. Now, with the Imperial’s board of directors and the audience clamouring for the sequel to her most popular play yet, Maggie is suffering from a terrible […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Eva Leigh, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Scandal Takes the Stage, the Wicked Quills of London, Theatre

Malin's CBR7 Review No:123 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Eva Leigh, historical romance, Malin, Regency, Scandal Takes the Stage, the Wicked Quills of London, Theatre ·
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A historical romance with a refresingly realistic approach to class differences

October 25, 2015 by Malin 9 Comments

Daniel Balfour, Earl of Ashford, marches into the offices of the Hawk’s Eye, demanding to speak to the owner. He is surprised when he discovers that E. Hawke is not a man, as he was expecting, but a comely young woman named Eleanor. She owns, edits and is the head writer of the gossip paper, and the nighttime pursuits of the Earl of Ashford is one of the most popular topics the paper covers. Daniel proposes to take Eleanor along with him while he goes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: CBR7, Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl, historical romance, Malin, Regency, the Wicked Quills of London

Malin's CBR7 Review No:107 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: CBR7, Eva Leigh, Forever Your Earl, historical romance, Malin, Regency, the Wicked Quills of London ·
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