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A Crown of Bitter Indifference

February 17, 2017 by Beth Ellen 1 Comment

So my latest romance read has taken me weeks. Weeks of boredom. Thankfully Malin reminded us CBR Romancers that the new Lucy Parker comes out next week (which I preordered months ago). All this is to say it gave me finally the motivation to finish this snore fest so I’m ready to go for Tuesday! A Crown of Bitter Orange is the latest in Laura Florand’s La Vie en Rose series. It’s the only one I’ve read in this series so far, and it’s the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: A Crown of Bitter Orange, Beth Ellen, La Vie en Roses, Laura Florand

Beth Ellen's CBR9 Review No:15 · Genres: Romance · Tags: A Crown of Bitter Orange, Beth Ellen, La Vie en Roses, Laura Florand ·
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Makes me want to go to the South of France

January 30, 2017 by Malin 2 Comments

Malorie Monsard returns to the south of France, where she grew up, having left on a hike after finishing high school and made enough money in Paris to put herself through business school. Having felt like an outcast while growing up, due to the legacy of her great-grandfather who betrayed resistance members to the Gestapo, and a narcissistic father who would manipulate her, her mother, her sisters and her grandmother, and charm, lie and steal his way until he finally met an unglamourous end in […]

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Malin's CBR9 Review No:7 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: A Crown of Bitter Orange, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, France, La Vie en Roses, Laura Florand, Malin, perfume ·
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