seton has been reading romances for . . . well, a while, anyway. Authors come and go but seton stays forever. Deal with it.
When not at the computer, seton can be found in a major “Alaskan” city trying to stay out of trouble and keeping her nose clean. Yes, seton is quite aware that speaking of oneself in the third person usually indicates pathological problems. *evil grin*
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Reviews Caveat
Like any reader, seton is partial to certain tropes. She is especially a sucka for the following:
- Gender Reversals (e.g. the heroine being older, richer, or more experienced. All three in one book would make my year.)
- Homely Heroines
- Beta Heroes
- Virgin Heroes
- Friends to Lovers
- Childhood Sweethearts
- Marriage of Convenience
- Troubled Marriages
- Amnesia Stories
- Road Trips
On the other hand, she dislikes the following so much that she will probably down-grade if any book has this:
- Vampire Romances
- Captor/Captive Romances
- Secondary Romances
- Pirates
- Governess and/or Gothic Romances
- Books with Magic!
- Dinna like books set in Scotland, you ken? (that goes for Ireland, too!)
- Romances with Rugrats
- “Hero” nailing any unconscious woman found in his hotel room
- Any smacking/rape/torture of the H/H
- Wannabe Julia Quinns (develop your own voice, dudette)
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Current Auto Buys
- Madeline Hunter
- Sherry Thomas
- Shiloh Walker
- Candice Hern
- Loretta Chase
- Judith Ivory
- Laura Kinsale
- Mary Jo Putney
- Maya Banks
- Beth Kery
Favorite Romances
The Sinner — Hunter
The Painted Lady — Lucia Grahame
Uncommon Vows — mary jo putney
Thunder & Roses — mary jo putney
And Then He Kissed Her — Guhrke
Forbidden — jobev
The Maiden — Deveraux
Ivanhoe — Walter Scott
For My Lady’s Heart — Kinsale
pride and prejudice — jane austen
My Lady Notorious — jobev
the devil’s delilah — loretta chase
the rules of seduction — hunter
Awaken My Love — robin schone
Tempt me Not — Eve Byron
Dream Fever — Katherine Sutcliffe
Shadow Play — Sutcliffe
Twin of Fire — Deveraux
Mackenzie’s Pleasure — Linda Howard
one touch of topaz — iris johansen
Dark Wager — Mary Spencer
Regency Miss — Alix Melbourne
Lord Carew’s Bride — Mary Balogh
A Promise of Spring — Balogh
Perfect Marriage — laurey bright (daphne clair)
Prince of Midnight — Laura Kinsale
Seize the Fire– Kinsale
Wild at Heart — Patricia Gaffney
The Scarlet Pimpernel
A Heart So Wild — Johanna Lindsey
Beast — Judith Ivory
The Raven Prince — Hoyt
Lady of the Knight — Jackie Ivie
Scandal – Carolyn Jewel
Hard and Fast – Erin Mccarthy
Not Quite a Husband – Sherry Thomas
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[Edited for privacy]
Okay, you’re scaring me. We have way too many movies and auto buys in common. I LOVED The Devil’s Delilah, as well as all Loretta Chase’s other more traditional regencies. (I like her more recent books too, but the older ones are great.) I’m going to have to check out the names you have up there that I’m not familiar with. Thanks!
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Hi, thanks for visiting. I’ve got to check out your site in the future.
I found Chase when she was still writing traditional regencies so they will always have a special place in my heart. Chase pretty much nailed the flair of the screwball comedies of Cary Grant in Devil’s Delilah, didn’t she? She’s so bloody brilliant.
– seton
Chase makes her books very passionate with only the hint of sex, so like the old screwball comedies, which I love as well. I found her old books first as well – they’re all packed away at the moment, or I’d dig them out and read them again. Wasn’t the hero in Devil’s Delilah the anti-hero in an earlier one? She really is brilliant. I like Jo Beverley’s traditional regencies as well.
Have you seen His Girl Friday? It’s one of my favorite Cary Grant movies.
BTW, love your site.
- Kristin
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Danke schon
When my email account lets me in again, I’ll email you so that we can continue this conversation.
— seton
Your caveat is hilarious!
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Thanks
-seton
Seton I heard you had a website so I had to check it out to see if it’d be just as hilarious and biting as your GR reviews and I wasn’t disappointed (lol!!!). This alone is a riot:
“Dinna like books set in Scotland, you ken? (that goes for Ireland, too!)”
LOL!!!
You like a lot of authors that have sent me over the bend but god knows I love reading your reviews
Cheers
East
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Thanks, East
It’s okay that we dont agree too much on bks. I;m sure many are happy that there is only one of me, eh?
-seton
love your reviews! and love trolling your books read list! thanks for sharing.