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Category Archives: Mach Tey
Blind Date
“What must a girl do to be popular?” Cynthia Carter couldn’t get a date to her town’s Valentine’s dance and has just been stood up in the worst way. A blind date scuttled off after pretending to be called away, … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Mach Tey, Vida Hurst
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Saleslady
I gasped when I first saw Saleslady. Department store novels are fascinating, and department store romances are a sub-genre I have been searching for over the years. I had been looking intermittently for Saleslady by Harold Morrow for about a year and … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Harold Morrow, Mach Tey
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High Hat
Recently, I heard from a very good source that radio-themed romances appeal perhaps exclusively to a dwindling aging audience. This is very likely true, but in my humble opinion these romances are equally as fabulous, if not more so, than … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Alma Sioux Scarberry, Grosset and Dunlap, Mach Tey
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Recycled Cover Art, Round Four!
The good news is that I have a working draft of an upcoming book review for a really neat book. The bad news is that said draft is in dire need of serious editing, and in a few hours the … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Mabel McElliott, Mach Tey, May Christie
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One Girl Found
Finally! Here it is, the book that may have taken me longer to read than it did for Mr. Andrews to write. I wonder if he too got caught on chapter eighteen for four months. Somehow I doubt it. But … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Mach Tey, Robert D. Andrews
Tagged 1930, boat chase, Chicago, Grosset and Dunlap, Jack Grant, Jerry Kerrigan, Jim Mittner, Mach Tey, Marica Talent, mob activity, no money-date-faint scenario, Racketeers, Robert D. Andrews, romance, school for models, sequel, western-style chase
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Three Girls Lost
One of my favorite vintage romance plot lines I collect is, “small town girl moves to big city.” I prefer my novels to have a heroine who moves to a big city to pursue a career such as dancer, artist, … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Mach Tey, Robert D. Andrews
Tagged 1930, broken engagement, character death, Chicago, Edna Best, Gordon Wales, Grosset and Dunlap, Jim Mittner, kidnapping, Mach Tey, made into movie, Marica Talent, mob activity, Noreen McCann, Robert D. Andrews, romance, roommates, small town to big city, theater usher
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