Barons and Baronets

Review: Too Scandalous to Wed by Alexandra Benedict

by Keira 09.15.2011

Alexandra Benedict’s novel Too Scandalous to Wed flirts with disaster and happily ever after at every turn. A strong wind could not tumble the stack of fantasies Henrietta has built around Sebastian, Viscount Ravenswood, or could it? Sebastian does not want to be the hero of Henrietta’s dreams, he doesn’t want the little hoyden at [...]

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Review: The Silver Squire by Marry Brendan

by Keira 06.17.2011

Marry a horrible abusive philandering man or risk absolute ruin by running away? Tough choice… not! Spinster Emma Worthington has waited this long for romance and there’s no way her family’s dire straights will force her into an unwanted marriage to a creep. She packs her bag and races to an old suitor in hopes [...]

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Review: It Happened One Bite by Lydia Dare

by Susan S. 03.09.2011

by Susan S., guest reviewer Wickedly sensual! You’ll wish you had your own vampyre to make your heart race. Summary: Heroine, Blaire Garia Lindsay, has agreed to travel to Loch Calavie at her brother’s insistence. He’s just inherited Briarcraig Castle; the ancestral home of the battle-born witches. It’s been said to be haunted by ghosts. [...]

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Review: A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh

by Keira 02.15.2011

I got this novel from the library when MagdalenB recommended it for a hero who bumbles his first declaration of love/marriage proposal: Balogh’s A Precious Jewel. Gerald tries to explain why marriage is good idea; forgets to mention “love.” Twice! Read it in a day because it was so different than any courtesan romance I [...]

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Review: Beauty and the Beast by Hannah Howell

by Keira 02.08.2011

Beauty and the Beast by Hannah Howell is not a spectacular read. It is however a pretty solid read. I found several segments to be unnecessary and jumpy and predictable in others. This Highlander romance contains all the elements of the sub-genre including bride stealing, thwarted love, revenge plotting, and battle. Thayer Saiturn is known [...]

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The Peerage of England

by Keira 01.16.2011

When reading romance novels about English gentry and nobility I always wonder about the rankings. I know diddlysquat about this subject, mostly because I am American. I decided to do some digging to see if I could sort the matter out. Luckily there are a lot of resources on the matter. The first thing I [...]

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Review: His Christmas Pleasure by Cathy Maxwell

by Keira 11.29.2010

I have a feeling His Christmas Pleasure will be a story that sticks with me and become an annual reread and a fond favorite. It was wonderfully executed from the very beginning and truly delightful. You won’t want to come up for air! The next bit has spoilers… Abigail Montross repeats family history when she [...]

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Book Review: It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn

by Keira 10.27.2010

I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His Kiss, a delightful tale that [...]