Blog - Romantic Parvenu

Book Review: Pretending He’s Mine by Mia Sosa

December 11, 2018

Pretending He's Mine is well...it's not great. The book suffers from a serious inability to introduce meaningful conflict, and as a result, it's nearly 400 pages of two people sitting around and doing nothing. It's not that the protagonists, ...

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Book Review: Their Christmas Miracle by Barbara Wallace

December 4, 2018

While I wasn't wildly fond of Their Christmas Miracle, I thought it was a nice holiday story about second chances and compromises and...amnesia. I know the romance community likes to shudder when the topic of amnesiac romance novels comes up, ...

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Book Review: Their Perfect Melody by Priscilla Oliveras

December 3, 2018

Like all of Priscilla Oliveras' books, Their Perfect Melody is a sweet, family-focused romance that wears its Latinidad like a badge of honor. This final novel in the trilogy delivered the thoughtful and charismatic characters I've come to ...

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Book Review: Acting on Impulse by Mia Sosa

December 2, 2018

Acting on Impulse is a down-to-earth contemporary romance that focuses on the less glamorous aspects of being a celebrity. Overall, I think the book started off great, but as the plot progressed, the story felt more and more patched together, ...

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Book Review: A Warriner to Protect Her by Virginia Heath

October 11, 2018

A Warriner to Protect Her begins with Letty running through the forests of Nottinghamshire, on the run from her murderous uncle. She encounters the Warriner brothers, who are the Regency equivalent of Snow White's Seven Dwarves. Ultimately, this ...

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Book Review: Secrets at Court by Blythe Gifford

October 6, 2018

Really, my evaluation of this book is a balancing test. On one hand, I liked the author’s attention to historical accuracy and the positive portrayal of disability. On the other hand, I didn’t love the hero’s outlook on life, and also the book ...

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