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Review: Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange

by Keira 09.20.2011

Amanda Grange picks up where Pride and Prejudice ends. Jane and Elizabeth are getting ready for their double wedding, both eager and anxious about the life spreading out before them. On the way to the wedding, Elizabeth experiences a brief foreboding chill but shrugs it off as wedding nerves. The ceremony goes smoothly, Darcy’s vows [...]

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Review: Miss Foster’s Folly by Alice Gaines

by Keira 09.17.2011

This Victorian romance is the very opposite of sexual restraint. If you’re in the mood for something hot and spicy with a wide streak of naughtiness you’ll want to read this book! You’ll love it from the very first page. Miss Juliet Foster upon her father’s death is given all of his wealth while her [...]

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Review: Tout Sweet by Karen Wheeler

by Karin 08.28.2011

by Karin , guest reviewer from Savvythinker I expected Tout Sweet to be similar to Eat, Pray, Love, but it was a kind of wannabe in my book. While the book jacket made it sound funny and inspirational, I found Tout Sweet too serious, without any metaphysical leanings. I was looking forward to that. After [...]

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Review: The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale

by Keira 08.02.2011

The Prince of Midnight was recommended to me by Anime June while guest blogging about My (Not-So-Secret) Favorite Romance Character Types because the hero was damaged and delicious. I believe this romance also fulfills my lust of big age differences. I can’t remember how old the heroine was (17 maybe?) but the hero’s retired at [...]

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Review: The Courtesan by Susan Carroll

by Marcia 06.06.2011

By: Marcia, guest reviewer The Courtesan is the second novel about the Cheney Sisters, wise women from the Faire Isle. It takes place against the backdrop of sixteenth century France with Catherine de Medici and Henry Valois playing significant roles as antagonists. Primarily it is the story of the second Cheney sister, Gabrielle, but is [...]

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Review: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

by Keira 05.28.2011

Lord of Scoundrels opens in the hero’s youth. We learn very quickly that life was not pleasant to Sebastian. His mother left him with his father while she ran off with another man (a scandal if I ever heard of one!) He was bullied, tortured, and ridiculed constantly at school. He was rejected because of [...]

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Review: The Vampire Narcise by Colleen Gleason

by Sharon S. 05.21.2011

by Sharon S., guest reviewer This is the third book in Gleason’s Regency Vampire series, but it differs dramatically from the first two. This one is much darker, more violent and emotionally wrenching than the first two. For someone like me, lover of dark UF, this was a good thing <G>. This book can be [...]

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Review: How to Woo a Reluctant Lady by Sabrina Jeffries

by Keira 05.17.2011

Series Background: The grandmother wants to see her grandkids wed before the year is out. If one fails to do so their inheritances go up in smoke. Series Plot Arc: The Sharpe children have been branded by scandal. It is widely believed that their mother shot their father and then herself in a tragic episode [...]