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Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long

August 27, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I’m mostly familiar with Julie Anne Long due to her Pennyroyal Green series which followed two rival families, the Redmonds and Everseas.  I was glad to see that she had a new historical romance out, and I quite like the premise she is using for this new series. Lady Derring is newly widowed, and she discovers that her husband has left her with nothing.  Most of his property is entailed and going straight to distant male heirs, and then of course there are the debts.  […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Lady Derring Takes a Lover, Palace of Rogues

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Lady Derring Takes a Lover, Palace of Rogues ·
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I’m so glad your first historical romance in several years was actually GOOD, Ms. Long!

Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long

June 11, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

From Goodreads: A mistress. A mountain of debt. A mysterious wreck of a building. Delilah Swanpool, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, “Dear Dull Derring,” is a lot more interesting—and perfidious—dead than alive. It’s a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr11, female friendship, historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Lady Derring Takes a Lover, Malin, mystery, Regency, the Palace of Rogues

Malin's CBR11 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr11, female friendship, historical romance, Julie Anne Long, Lady Derring Takes a Lover, Malin, mystery, Regency, the Palace of Rogues ·
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