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Review: And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie

December 1, 2021 by Melinda Leave a Comment

And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese BeharrieContemporary RomanceNovember 30, 2021, by Zebra BooksReview by Melinda I love Therese Beharrie's voice and the plot here is imaginative and creative, but I’m not sure if the execution of everything worked.  The concept of this book is that a romance author dreams the plots of her books...relatively simple, right? Well, these dreams are magically written into her books. I thought that the setup and idea of going back and forth Continue Reading

Guest Post: Tropes at Work in ONE LAST CHANCE by Therese Beharrie

February 20, 2020 by Kini 1 Comment

I’ve published fourteen books in my career so far. Of those fourteen, six have been second chance romances. ONE LAST CHANCE, the third book in my ONE DAY TO FOREVER series, will be the seventh. I’m clearly a fan of the trope, partly because there are so many ways of exploring it, and partly because I only need the chance of a romance the first time around not to work out to define it as a second chance romance. But the one thing all of my second chance romances have in common is that Continue Reading

Guest Post: Five Contrary Heroines I Adore by Therese Beharrie

August 12, 2019 by Kini 1 Comment

I started writing ONE DAY TO FALL because I wanted to write a heroine who didn’t conform. Not to society, which doesn’t favour women, or to her family, who favours society’s expectations of women. We tend to call these heroines unlikeable, but I like the idea of them being grumpy. They’re too busy fighting the patriarchy to smile, thank you very much.  I like the idea of them being contrary even more. Even to the expectations of the reader… I think these heroines should be celebrated, so here Continue Reading

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August 7, 2018 by Mandi Leave a Comment

Surprise Baby, Second Chance by Therese Beharrie Released: July 26, 2018 Contemporary Romance Mills & Boon Reviewed by Mandi I love to read marriage in trouble tropes. To explore a couple already committed to one another, yet having emotional issues always sucks me in. But this one was a little too slow for me. Rosa left her husband four months before the book starts, without a single explanation. She has her reason (I don't want to spoil it since it doesn't mention specifics in the Continue Reading

Review: Tempted by the Billionaire Next Door by Therese Beharrie

May 7, 2018 by Mandi Leave a Comment

Tempted by the Billionaire Next Door by Therese Beharrie Released: May 1, 2018 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I've read two of Therese Beharrie's books recently United by Their Royal Baby and Falling for his Convenient Queen, and I really enjoyed them. This one didn't quite live up to the others I've read, but I found the premise interesting. Set in Cape Town, South Africa, Jess is having a good time while staying at Anja's house - her best friend, and boss. Her Continue Reading

Review: Falling for His Convenient Queen by Therese Beharrie

February 5, 2018 by Mandi 1 Comment

Falling for His Convenient Queen (Royally Bound #2) Released: February 1, 2018 Contemporary Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the second book set in same world of three kingdoms trying to keep an alliance so their people stay safe and feel secure, but the politics of marriage and power create some chaos. I enjoyed United by Their Royal Baby - both marriage of convenience tropes - but I think I liked this one even  more. It has such a sweet romance. Zacchaeus has become the Continue Reading

Review: United by Their Royal Baby by Therese Beharrie

January 3, 2018 by Mandi Leave a Comment

United by Their Royal Baby by Therese Beharrie Contemporary Romance Released: December 18, 2017 Bills Moon Forever Romance Reviewed by Mandi Yes, the title wooed me. I love a marriage of convenience book and I liked the blurb: When Queen Leyna of Aidara took the throne, she walked away from her first love, King Xavier of Mattan, putting duty first. Now their kingdoms are under threat, and the only way to bring stability is with a royal union. Leyna knows the man she loved has Continue Reading

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