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First Comes a Solid, if Bland Romance

January 4, 2017 by Beth Ellen 2 Comments

So in my further exploration into Mary Balogh’s back catalog I started a bunch of her series at once. As they come in at the library I shall give them a try, and keep reading at random. It’s making for a lot of similar stories, but sometimes one just needs a whole lot of happy mindless-ness. This is the start of the Huxtable Quintet. It begins with Elliott, Viscount Lyndgate and heir to a dukedom, arriving in the middle of nowhere searching for the Huxtable […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: First Comes Marriage, Huxtable Quintet, Mary Balogh

Beth Ellen's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Romance · Tags: First Comes Marriage, Huxtable Quintet, Mary Balogh ·
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