Lovelace and the Dark Triad
Many critics consider Clarissa the first “psychological novel,” as it explores the main characters’ emotions, thoughts, and values. Richardson does this by overlaying their first-person
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BVC Announces The Bachelor and the Baby Wish by Kate Freiman
The Bachelor and the Baby Wish Kate Freiman She wants a baby. He offers to help. They both agree on no commitment. What could possibly
BVC Announces Masques by Sherwood Smith
Masques by Sherwood Smith “Disguise your passion in masque; when the dance ends, peril begins.”
BVC Announces Gwen’s Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley
Gwen’s Christmas Ghost Lords of the South Coast Book 4 by Alicia Rasley Co-authored by Lynn Kerstan and Alicia Rasley Eternity is a bloody bore for Valerian
Trollope and the Toxic Friend
The Evolution of a Toxic Friendship The Palliser novels of Anthony Trollope are all about power and connections. One common theme of the novels is
Trollope, the Postal Pillar-box, and the Fourth Wall
But first, a digression into postal history! (British history and literature are so charmingly replete with such odd anecdotes. Trollope most of all would approve,
Research-reading Anthony Trollope: Trollope’s Women
The Sexist or the Feminist? Anthony Trollope and His Women By Alicia Rasley I’m back in the mid-to-late-19th Century Britain, when ladies wore bustles and
BVC Announces ‘Til Death by Diana Pharaoh Francis
‘Til Death by Diana Pharaoh Francis Does a demon dare risk taking a second chance at love?
BVC Announces Path of Fate by Diana Pharaoh Francis
Path of Fate The Path Series Book One Diana Pharaoh Francis Will a young healer abandon her dreams to stop a war?
BVC Announces Mr. December by Michele Dunaway
Mr. December by Michele Dunaway Bah humbug.
The Rambling Writer Book Review: Mr. September by Michele Dunaway
A literally hot romance between a sexy firefighter and the photographer capturing his image for a charity calendar. I decided I’d better read Mr. September
BVC Announces The Time Seam by Sylvia Kelso!
The Time Seam Blackston Gold #2 Sylvia Kelso A family lawyer, a time-traveler, a looming environmental disaster …. perhaps, a field of gold.
BVC Announces The Solitaire Ghost by Sylvia Kelso
The Solitaire Ghost Book 1 of Blackston Gold Sylvia Kelso Dorian Wild has a car, a good apartment, a junior partnership in a lawfirm, and