Only Beloved is the seventh and final book in Mary Balogh’s Survivor’s Club series about a group of people – six men and one woman – who sustained injuries and trauma, both physical and mental, as a result of the Napoleonic Wars. I’ve enjoyed all the books and think it’s been one of the strongest…
I recently fell in love with a movie which Variety said “moves as slowly as a somnolent turtle”. I suppose that makes me the perfect reviewer for this book. While I definitely think the pace was a bit faster than that of a turtle, the story certainly had the feel of being as slow, and…
This is the fifth book in the Survivor’s Club series by Ms. Balogh and the book highlights one of the things I love most about her work: Relationships between mature adults who know how to hold a conversation. The ability to communicate is at the heart of this story since the romance begins with a…
This is the fourth installment in Mary Balogh’s Survivor’s Club series, and while I have enjoyed each of the other books, Only Enchanting is the best to date. It’s a beautifully wrought and gently moving story of two emotionally wounded people trying to navigate their way through the issues that have shaped them in order…
Mary Balogh is the author of some of my very favorite novels. She is easily my favorite historical romance author. Most of her books, for me, invite an immediate re-read since they are far too good to experience just once. This novel, while good, did not cause any of that urgency in me but I…
Mary Balogh is, I will admit, one of my very favorite authors. She has a gentle, sophisticated style to her writing that never fails to charm me. Although this was perhaps not my very favorite of all her books, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Vincent and Sophia are young and a tad naïve, but on the…
Gwendoline, Lady Muir, has been a secondary character in some of Mary Balogh’s most beloved books. Her story has been one hotly anticipated by fans. It can be hard to deliver under that kind of pressure, but Mary Balogh shows herself to be up for such a daunting task. Not only was I delighted with…