Rogues and Rakehells

Review: The Billionaire Boss’ Innocent Bride by Lindsay Armstrong

by Keira 11.29.2011

Heroine: 21 year old Alex Hill works as an interpreter. Between 17 and 21 she lived in a convent after her parents died because the mother superior was related to her (aunt). She has an irrational dislike (fear) of elevators. Hero: Playboy Max Goodwin is a mining magnate in his mid 30s. He needs an [...]

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Review: Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane, Book 3) by Elizabeth Hoyt

by Keira 11.16.2011

Heroine: Widow Silence Hollingbrook is in a dire situation. To reclaim what she loves she must face the man who callously and cruelly used her to make a point that ruined her marriage. Only of course he doesn’t make things simple. Apparently there’s danger (evil Charlie Grady, the Vicar of Whitechapel) and wouldn’t you know, [...]

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Review: Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves

by Aggie S. 11.08.2011

Reviewed by Aggie S. “A good girl can be bad for one night… but can a bad boy be good for a lifetime…” Bernadette has a very interesting job being the bodyguard for one of Texas’s most eligible bachelors, Jeremy. She is also responsible for taking care of her mother, who tends to be forgetful [...]

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My Favorite Tropes: Reformed Rakes

by Susan S. 11.06.2011

Guest Post by Susan S. For me to describe the reformed rake, I’d have to discuss his past behavior. As a rake (shortened version of rakehell), he was considered the epitome of the bad boy. A man whose immoral conduct would cause a kindly innocent lady to slap him soundly across the cheek. Not that [...]

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Review: A Dash of Scandal by Amelia Grey

by Susan S. 10.06.2011

(Reissue) Originally published in 2002 by Jove Books, The Berkley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York My Dear Readers, A mind changed against its will is of the same opinion still. Which is why Millicent Blair, heroine, refuses to believe Lord Dunraven’s rakish days are a thing of the past. Chandler [...]

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Review: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton (The Burgundy Club, Book 3) by Miranda Neville

by Keira 10.05.2011

Heroine: Kidnapped, Celia Seaton is no passive miss. At the first opportunity she gets out of the attic of a two story cottage wearing only her under clothes. Stumbling upon her worst enemy (who doesn’t even know he’s her enemy because she doesn’t register on his radar) conked out across the threshold of the house, [...]

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Review: The Bride of Casa Dracula (Casa Dracula Book 3) by Marta Acosta

by Keira 09.28.2011

In the third installment of the Casa Dracula series, Milagro finds out that marrying into a vampire family isn’t nearly as glamorous or easy as one might think. The Council has a bunch of hoops she has to jump through and the more she learns about them the less appealing it becomes and the more [...]

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Review: Haunted Honeymoon (Casa Dracula Book 4) by Marta Acosta

by Keira 09.28.2011

Head’s up there are some spoilers in this review. Ye be warned. In the final installment of the Casa Dracula series, Milagro must make the toughest choice of all and that’s following her heart. She’s with Ian currently, but every time she thinks of Oswald, her heart aches. The idea of leaving Ian though causing [...]