Bride Stealing

Review: Beauvallet by Georgette Heyer

by Keira 06.07.2011

Beauvallet is one of my top favorite Georgette Heyer romances. It’s one I would recommend for a guy to read because of how daredevil the hero is and how much action and high jinks take place. Sir Nicholas Beauvallet is a dashing pirate with a rakish charm. He’s the bane of the Spanish empire and [...]

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Review: The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

by Keira 05.23.2011

Background: Greek mythology is reinvented and romanticized in Aimee Carter’s start to a new young adult trilogy. What if the Hades and Persephone story wasn’t as it appeared to history? Instead of stealing her from her mother, they had an arranged marriage. Hades loved Persephone, but Persephone didn’t love Hades. She falls in love with [...]

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Review: Because You’re Mine by Lisa Kleypas

by Keira 05.13.2011

Because You’re Mine is a delicious, exquisite, and absorbing read. Absolutely delightful from start to finish. The pacing, diction, plot, and characters were all to my liking. There was nothing in the novel that drew me out of the reading experience. Honestly, I just couldn’t put it down. I have a love of all Kleypas [...]

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Review: Forever Vampire by Michele Hauf

by Sharon S. 05.03.2011

by Sharon S., guest reviewer I had no idea how much I would enjoy this story! Hauf’s voice is a breath of fresh air for me. I would describe this book as an enchanting dark fairy tale (with real faeries <G>). The author has built an Urban Fantasy world that is unique and vivid [...]

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Review: The Devil’s Temptress by Laura Navarre

by Carla F. 04.22.2011

by Carla F., guest reviewer Summary: With the popularity, of romances in the Regency and Tudor time periods, books set during the Plantagenet era gets short shrift. The Devil’s Temptress is set during the reign of Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. It begins in 1174 when Eleanor is under “house-arrest” for encouraging [...]

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Review: Kit Austen’s Journey by Libby Sternberg

by Marcia 04.22.2011

by Marcia, guest reviewer Kit Austen has a very big secret. Secrets do not come naturally to her because she is normally a very honest, open person but these are special circumstances. On her wedding night her husband, Josiah Carlisle, is enraged when he discovers that her dowry is made up of her family home, [...]

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Review: Enchanting Pleasures by Eloisa James

by Keira 04.10.2011

Book three of the Pleasures Trilogy staring plump little Gabrielle from India and Erskine (Quill) Dewland soon to be Viscount Dewland. Right off the bat, this was my kind of book and I loved reading every word. I’ll tell you why: First, the alpha male is one of those wounded and brooding alphas. Quill was [...]

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Review: The Runaway Duke by Julie Anne Long

by Keira 03.29.2011

If you’re looking for a light happy read though you will like this novel. It’s a perfect companion for a long flight or car ride and will keep you entertained. The romance is a little overblown and the plot devices a little too farcical. There is a whole gamut of standard plots can be found [...]