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Covers of the Week #131: Steve Holland
Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week #131 showcases some vintage romance novel covers featuring the legendary model Steve Holland.
Known as THE “Illustrator’s Model,” Steve Holland. Holland was a 20th-century icon who modeled for comics, magazines, pulps, and mass-market paperbacks.
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The Vale of Lost Women by Sanjulian (Manuel Perez Clemente)
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Covers of the Week #131: Steve Holland
Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week #131 showcases some vintage romance novel covers featuring the legendary model Steve Holland.
Known as THE “Illustrator’s Model,” Steve Holland. Holland was a 20th-century icon who modeled for comics, magazines, pulps, and mass-market paperbacks.
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#book blog#books#Cover art#Covers#Covers of the Week#magazines#model#old school romance#pulps#retro romance#romance books#Romance covers#romance novel covers#Steve Holland#Vintage romance#vintage romance novel covers
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Historical Romance Review: Comanche Cowboy by Georgina Gentry
Comanche Cowboy by Georgina Gentry follows the captivating journey of a man and a woman against the backdrop of the Old West. With its well-developed characters, sensual love scenes, and typical genre action, fans of Western romance will want to read this one.
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Romance Round-Up: Our January Book Haul
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Historical Romance Review: The Forever Tree by Rosanne Bittner
The Forever Tree by Rosanne Bittner is a gut-wrenching historical romance and yet another excellent book by an author who rarely disappoints. This heartbreaking read will leave you in tears, despite its happy ending.
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The Forever Tree, Rosanne Bittner, Bantam,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books of 2023
It's Top 10 Tuesday, the first one of the new year! So today, we're sharing our favorite retro reads from 2023.
It’s Top 10 Tuesday, the first one of the new year! So today, we’re sharing our favorite retro reads from 2023.
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Table of contentsIt’s Top Ten TuesdayThis Week’s Theme: Our Best Reads from 2023List of 10 Favorite Books We Read in 20231. Cheyenne Captive by…
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Covers of the Week #128: Gothic Winter
Our selections for Covers of the Week #128 feature four Gothic romances that perfectly capture the chilly spirit of the winter season.
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Theme: Winter Gothic Covers
in honor of winter. The first Covers of the Week of 2024 feature four Gothic covers with snowy…
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#book blog#cover#Covers#gothic covers#Gothic Romance#gothic romances#old school romance#retro romance#romance blog#Romance covers#sweet savage flame#winter#winterscapes
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Covers of Week #127: Fireworks for New Year 2024
Sweet Savage Flame is celebrating the arrival of the New Year of 2024 with romance covers featuring fireworks.
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Theme: Celebrating New Year 2024 with Fireworks
Happy 2024! Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week #127 again celebrates the arrival of a new year…
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#2024#book blog#Covers#fireworks#holiday#Holidays#new year#new year&039;s day#old school romance#retro romance#romance blog#romance books#Romance covers
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf
It’s Top Ten Tuesday. This week, we’re posting a list of the ten latest additions to my bookshelf. Since we are prolific hoarders—that is, collectors—we are limiting this to only the latest romance and romance-related books.
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Top Ten Tuesday
Today is another Top…
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Covers of the Week #126: Regency Christmas Romances
For Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week #126, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas with these sweet Christmas-themed Regency romances.
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Theme: Regency Christmas
The holiday season is upon us, a time of joy and excitement. As we approach Christmas, let’s take a…
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Covers of the Week #125: Christmas Category Romances
We’re back with Covers of the Week #125! Our selection of category-romance Christmas covers celebrates the holiday season with festive fun.
Theme: Category Romance Christmas Covers
It’s been a busy time of the year, so we’ve missed a few editions of our Covers of the Week. We hope these category romance covers celebrating the Christmas holiday will fill you with cheer.
Christmas is not just…
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Major Bertrice Small News
The late Bertrice Small’s son, Tom Small, has announced that his mother left two novels unfinished. And there’s more news! Tom is auctioning off Bertrice’s original manuscripts and cover art.
Two New Bertrice Small Books to Come Soon
We have been following The Real Beatrice Small’s Facebook account for news, which her son Tom has managed. Since his mother’s passing, Tom has successfully…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books
We’re back with a new Top Ten Tuesday list. This week, we’re posting ten reasons we’re thankful to have books in our lives.
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Top Ten Tuesday
It’s Top Ten Tuesday, where we post a list of 10 of our best, favorite, or most important book-ish-related items,…
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#book blog#books#holiday#lists#old school romance#reading#retro romance#romance blog#thanksgiving#top ten tuesday list
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Covers of the Week #124: Native American Romances
This week’s edition of Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week showcases four romance covers that feature Native American characters.
Theme: Native American Romances
Our Covers of the Week #124 showcases covers with Native American protagonists in recognition of November being Native American Heritage Month. This week, Americans also celebrate our national Thanksgiving holiday, a day devoted to…
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#Covers#Native American#Native American Romance#old school romance#retro romance#romance books#Romance covers
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Covers of the Week #123 Lina Levy
Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week
Artist: Lina Levy
Covers of the Week #12X showcases the romance cover illustrations of Lina Levy.
The Covers
For the week of Monday, November 13 to Sunday, November 19, our Covers of the Week highlight four romance novel covers illustrated by artist Lina Levy.
The Covers
The Treasure, Suzanne Robinson, Bantam, 1999
Tonight and Forever, Caryl Wilson,…
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10 Terrible Romance Tropes We Can't Stand
Despite our love for romance at Sweet Savage Flame, certain tropes frustrate us. Let’s discuss some of the most hated elements in romance novels.
Talking About Our Most Hated Romance Tropes
Let’s talk about tropes in romance. At Sweet Savage Flame, we enjoy discussing the ones we love and hate. There are some plot devices that we find overused and hope to never see again in romance novels. In…
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