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When the Lilacs Bloom

By Linda Colwell - Published 2000

Genres:

Linda Colwell has created a memorable villain in the person of Mother Langford. Her gothic vision of the mother-in-law from hell counterbalances the ...Read Review

Song Of Innocence

By Margery Harkness Casares - Published 1999

Genres:

Romance

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, this story follows the star-crossed, reasonably suspenseful although basically predictable story of lovers allied ...Read Review

A Proper Match

By Sherry-Anne Jacobs - Published 2000

Genres:

Romance

The Dowager Lady Graceover feels that the end might be near, and is determined to see her orphaned granddaughter Eleanor and her dependent ...Read Review

The Lion’s Shadow

By Marthe Arends - Published 1999

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Romance

This story of a young woman’s involvement in England’s suffragette movement cannot decide if it is a romance or a mystery. ...Read Review

When the Lilacs Bloom

By Linda Colwell - Published 2000

Genres:

Romance Time-slip

Linda Colwell has created a memorable villain in the person of Mother Langford. Her gothic vision of the mother-in-law from hell counterbalances the ...Read Review