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Guest Review: THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY by Anna Lee Huber
Sophia Rose reviews The Cold Light of Day. The latest from Anna Lee Huber was highly anticipated and a bold surprise all in one.

Christina Boyd
Sep 26, 20244 min read
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INTERVIEW: Gabriela Graciosa Guedes Borrows Personality Traits from People Around Her for Characters
Christina Boyd interviews Brazilian Austenesque author Gabriela Graciosa Guedes. Besides making a living off reading and writing stories

Christina Boyd
Sep 10, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: An Assassination on the Agenda by TE Kinsey
Guest reviewer Sophia Rose says of TE Kinsey's An Assassination on the Agenda, "Sent to keep a government espionage agent’s murder off..."

Sophia Rose
Aug 22, 20244 min read
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Why We Read (And Or Write About) Jane Austen by Nikki Payne
Author and anthropologist Nikki Payne, self-proclaimed Austen's sassy Black friend, offers her take on Why We Read and or Write About Jane

Christina Boyd
Aug 20, 20243 min read
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INTERVIEW: Shannon Winslow's Passion for Writing Changed Her Life
Christina Boyd interviewed Austenesque author Shannon Winslow who says she was minding her own business—raising two sons...

Christina Boyd
Aug 6, 20246 min read
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INTERVIEW: Caroline J. Trussell Wrote Her First Book at Age Seventeen
Christina Boyd interviewed author and literary agent, Caroline J. Trussell. Caroline has a background in editing, writing, communications

Christina Boyd
Jul 30, 20244 min read
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Guest review: A RUSE OF SHADOWS by Sherry Thomas
GUEST REVIEW by Sophia Review
In this latest of the Victorian era Lady Sherlock mysteries with a gender-bending Sherlock Holmes’ cast…

Sophia Rose
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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INTERVIEW: Nancy Springer Says Ignore Your Critique Group
Christina Boyd interviews Nancy Springer, award-winning author of The Books of Isle fantasy series, the Enola Holmes mystery series...

Christina Boyd
Jul 23, 20246 min read
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Why We Read (And Or Write About) Jane Austen by Lona Manning
Why do I read and/or write about Jane Austen? by Lona Manning

Christina Boyd
Jul 18, 20245 min read
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INTERVIEW: Robert Dugoni Regrets Killing Off Sloane's Wife
Christina Boyd interviews Robert Dugoni, critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestselling author.

Christina Boyd
Jul 9, 20247 min read
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INTERVIEW: Gail Carriger Goes on Research Trips All the Time
Christina Boyd interviews NY Times bestselling author Gail Carriger. She writes books that are hugs, mostly comedies of manners mixed...

Christina Boyd
Jul 2, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: HEART OF A GENTLEMAN by Charlotte Brentwood
SophiaRose guest reviews “Heart of a Gentleman” by Charlotte Brentwood,
#3 in the “Hearts of Amberley” series.

Sophia Rose
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: A DECEPTIVE COMPOSITION by Anna Lee Huber
Guest Sophia Rose reviews A DECEPTIVE COMPOSITION by Anna Lee Huber. Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope ...

Sophia Rose
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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INTERVIEW: Melanie Rachel Says Her Characters Say the Things She Only Thinks About
Christina Boyd interviews Melanie Rachel, a university professor, long-time Jane Austen fan, and author.

Christina Boyd
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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INTERVIEW: Cat Gardiner Says Music Sparks the Soul to Words
Christina Boyd interviews Cat Gardiner, author of romance, happy endings, history, and comedy.

Christina Boyd
May 28, 20244 min read
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INTERVIEW: Kate O’Keeffe Plots Story with Tropes and Characters First
Christina Boyd interview Kate O'Keeffe, USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning author who writes exactly what she loves to read: romcoms.

Christina Boyd
May 21, 20245 min read
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Why We Read (And Or Write About) Jane Austen by Christina Hwang Dudley
WHY WE READ AND OR WRITE ABOUT JANE AUSTEN: Asian American author Christina Hwang Dudley says "Jane Austen and I met on a blind date..."

Christina Boyd
May 14, 20243 min read
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Guest Review: WHAT CANNOT BE SAID by CS Harris
Sophia Rose guest reviews CS Harris WHAT CANNOT BE SAID. The Prince Regent’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon’s recent defeat ...

Christina Boyd
May 8, 20244 min read
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INTERVIEW: Erin Huss Used Former Career as Fodder for Book to TV Adaptation
Christina Boyd interviews Erin Huss, the USA Today bestselling author of the Lost Souls Lane Mystery Series, Cambria Clyne Mystery Series,

Christina Boyd
May 7, 20243 min read
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INTERVIEW: Indie Author Lory Lilian Prefers Control of Her Books
Christina Boyd interviews Austenesque author Lory Lilian, a Romanian who has been in love with Pride and Prejudice for more than 40 years.

Christina Boyd
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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