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“I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going to put this back on your finger, and take you to bed, and do things to you that are outlawed in the civilized world.”

Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3) by Lisa Kleypas

February 12, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I can see why this is a lovable book. I think Kleypas basically caught lightning in a bottle with her two main characters, Evie and Sebastian, but I don’t have faith that she can recreate the magic in other books, so I probably won’t be reading any of her other stuff. I’m glad I finally read this one, though, even if I didn’t think it was A M A Z I N G or anything. The plot here is that Evangeline Jenner needs to marry […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Devil in Winter, historical romance, lisa kleypas, m/f, narfna, Romance, wallflowers

narfna's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Devil in Winter, historical romance, lisa kleypas, m/f, narfna, Romance, wallflowers ·
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By your powers combined, I am Captain Wallflower!

Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1) by Lisa Kleypas

June 8, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I’ve been trying out several “classic” romance authors this year in an effort to clean out my own shelves of books I bought years ago and never read (one trip to Bookmans in particular ended with heaps of old paperbacks with scantily clad models on the front). This is the lone Kleypas from my collection, and the first book of hers I’ve read. And I liked it! It was a perfectly fine book. I ended up with this book of hers because it was the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: historical romance, lisa kleypas, narfna, Romance, Secrets of a Summer Night, wallflowers

narfna's CBR13 Review No:57 · Genres: Romance · Tags: historical romance, lisa kleypas, narfna, Romance, Secrets of a Summer Night, wallflowers ·
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