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Why Would Anyone Prefer Yorkshire to Greece?

Bride's Lace by Violet Winspear

March 18, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Two years after Bliss’s family home is sold to Paris, she must petition him to save her brother from jail – and the only thing he’ll offer mercy for is her hand in marriage. I’m not entirely convinced that a family that would name their son Justin would name their daughter Bliss, but go off, Harlequin Presents. This has your usual Winspear trademark dark, rich, and apparently sinister hero paired with an innocent heroine rather down on her luck. There’s lots of drama between the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: drama, England, Fiction, forced marriage, Greece, harlequin, Romance, vintage, Violet Winspear

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: drama, England, Fiction, forced marriage, Greece, harlequin, Romance, vintage, Violet Winspear ·
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Greek Honeymoon

The Child of Judas by Violet Winspear

February 2, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

Fenny is in love with her cousin’s fiancé, but he’s barely ever noticed her. Yet when Penela leaves him at the altar, Fenny steps in, tricking him by pretending to be her cousin at the wedding- and Lion is quite unhappy when he finds out, after they are already wed. This was a pretty crazysauce premise. Fenny has a bad case of coup de foudre and seizes the chance to become Lion’s wife, even though she knows how bad it is to trick him like […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: dark, Fiction, Greece, Romance, secrets, Violet Winspear, wedding

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: dark, Fiction, Greece, Romance, secrets, Violet Winspear, wedding ·
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