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Spellbound Hearts
Just in time for Halloween comes this Regency romance story collection. In "Spellbound" by Jo Ann Ferguson, a country beauty finds herself in trouble when she casts a love spell on a handsome lord. In Karla Hocker's "The Soul of Indiscretion", a woman is banished to a spooky manor house where her broken heart receives some very spirited repairs. And in Joy Reed's "Moonlight Masquerade", a young beauty finds breathless romance with a stranger at a masked ball.
208 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1997
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About the author
Jo Ann Ferguson
82 books33 followersPlease note, this author also writes under the name J.A. Ferguson, Jocelyn Kelley and Rebecca North.
"One of my favorite memories is lying on the grass on a knoll on a late summer day and telling my sister stories I was making up," says Jo Ann Ferguson, who also writes as J.A. Ferguson, Joanna Hampton, Jo Ann Brown, and Rebecca North."There's something magical about being able to spend time with people you enjoy in your imagination. As a writer, I get to go with my characters to their time and place so I can share their adventures and falling in love for the first time…all over again."
She has had a few adventures of her own, including a stint as an Army quartermaster officer where she was the first and only woman in her unit. She still enjoys traveling to the locations of her books and learning all about those places and people. Researching her novels is part of the fun. Whether it's ghosts, calling cards, how to fire an antique gun, or traveling to a world that exists only in her imagination, she pays a great deal of attention to the details that delight her reader. She's even learned a bit of Russian, Arabic, Welsh, and a lot of Regency slang.
Her work has been honored with award nominations from Pearl, ROMY, Romantic Times, Rom/Con, and Affaire de Coeur magazine. Amazon Books chose her novels to showcase. And Romance Writers of America bestowed the two ARTemis Awards for Jo Ann's Zebra Regencies: The Counterfeit Count and A Christmas Bride.
Nonfiction also appeals to her, because it's where she got her start, seeing her first byline when she was twelve years old. She contributed to an encyclopedia of the English Regency period published by Garland Press. For all three editions of the New England Chapter's Now That You've Sold Your Book…What Next?, she has served as co-editor.
Believing in giving back, Jo Ann has served Romance Writers of America on both the local and national levels. She has served on the national board as president as well as a director and at term as vice president. For her volunteer work, she was given RWA's highest honor, the Emma Merritt National Service Award. She is also a creative writing instructor. She was awarded a Massachusetts Art Grant to teach creative writing and then established several creative writing courses at Brown University. Many of her students have gone on to publishing careers of their own.
She lives in Massachusetts, where her favorite hero—her husband, Bill—and their children and two cats. She's not sure which is the most spoiled.
"One of my favorite memories is lying on the grass on a knoll on a late summer day and telling my sister stories I was making up," says Jo Ann Ferguson, who also writes as J.A. Ferguson, Joanna Hampton, Jo Ann Brown, and Rebecca North."There's something magical about being able to spend time with people you enjoy in your imagination. As a writer, I get to go with my characters to their time and place so I can share their adventures and falling in love for the first time…all over again."
She has had a few adventures of her own, including a stint as an Army quartermaster officer where she was the first and only woman in her unit. She still enjoys traveling to the locations of her books and learning all about those places and people. Researching her novels is part of the fun. Whether it's ghosts, calling cards, how to fire an antique gun, or traveling to a world that exists only in her imagination, she pays a great deal of attention to the details that delight her reader. She's even learned a bit of Russian, Arabic, Welsh, and a lot of Regency slang.
Her work has been honored with award nominations from Pearl, ROMY, Romantic Times, Rom/Con, and Affaire de Coeur magazine. Amazon Books chose her novels to showcase. And Romance Writers of America bestowed the two ARTemis Awards for Jo Ann's Zebra Regencies: The Counterfeit Count and A Christmas Bride.
Nonfiction also appeals to her, because it's where she got her start, seeing her first byline when she was twelve years old. She contributed to an encyclopedia of the English Regency period published by Garland Press. For all three editions of the New England Chapter's Now That You've Sold Your Book…What Next?, she has served as co-editor.
Believing in giving back, Jo Ann has served Romance Writers of America on both the local and national levels. She has served on the national board as president as well as a director and at term as vice president. For her volunteer work, she was given RWA's highest honor, the Emma Merritt National Service Award. She is also a creative writing instructor. She was awarded a Massachusetts Art Grant to teach creative writing and then established several creative writing courses at Brown University. Many of her students have gone on to publishing careers of their own.
She lives in Massachusetts, where her favorite hero—her husband, Bill—and their children and two cats. She's not sure which is the most spoiled.
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July 16, 2019
Very uneven collection. Personally, I thought the first story was terrible. It was just plain silly. The second story was slightly better, but still unrealistic and undeveloped. I really liked the third story and enjoyed the characters and the resolution very much. I would give the first two 1 star and the third 4 stars.
August 2, 2021
Neither of these three novellas aged well.
September 8, 2007
"The frost in on the pumpkins and the harvest moon shines bright when Halloween brings romance to the London townhouses and grand estates of Regency England."
I usually like these themed collections of short stories, but this one was very disappointing. The first story, Spellbound, was really silly. Without giving too much away, the ending was just sort of tacked on and all obstacles to the romance just vanished without explanation. The next story, The Soul of Indiscretion, was pretty good, but left a lot of things unexplained. But I did enjoy the last story, Moonlight Masquerade. A very nice couple who deserved to be together.
CMB
I usually like these themed collections of short stories, but this one was very disappointing. The first story, Spellbound, was really silly. Without giving too much away, the ending was just sort of tacked on and all obstacles to the romance just vanished without explanation. The next story, The Soul of Indiscretion, was pretty good, but left a lot of things unexplained. But I did enjoy the last story, Moonlight Masquerade. A very nice couple who deserved to be together.
CMB
August 18, 2010
Karla Hocker's story, The Soul of Indiscretion, is a 3 star. A marriage in trouble because the wife is too talkative. Interested?
March 1, 2013
Each story was worse than the other two.
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