Dukes and Earls

Review: Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee

by Keira 01.08.2012

Hero: Blake Harrison needs a wife, yesterday, in order to complete the terms of the will of his late father. They never saw eye to eye and this is just one more thing he’s being manipulated to do, but Blake has a plan. He’s going to hire himself a bride because the last thing he [...]

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Review: The Secret Mistress (Dudley, Book 3) by Mary Balogh

by Keira 11.23.2011

I listened to a narrated audiobook version of this novel. Read by Anne Flosnik. Hero: Edward Ailsbury, the new Earl of Heyward, knows he must marry. As a spare, now heir, he knows the importance of preserving the family lineage. The candidate he has in mind is his family friend and favorite bluestocking, Eunice Goddard. [...]

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Review: Fortune’s Son by Emery Lee

by Susan S. 11.04.2011

Reviewed by Susan S. Summary: Hero, Philip Drake, is the proverbial black sheep of his family. And an embarrassing disappointment to his father, the Earl of Hastings. Philip is a rebellious and impulsive young man; who’s spent the last four years drinking, bedding tavern maids, and gambling. Drake’s life is an unmitigated disaster; a reckless [...]

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Review: Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet, Book 1) by Julia Quinn

by Keira 10.20.2011

Ah, those dreaded Smythe-Smiths! they lack any musical talent and yet they persist in destroying the hearing of the London ton with their dreaded annual musical quartets. Heroine: Lady Honoria Smythe-Smith plays the violin and she’s awful, but at least she knows it. This year she’s determined to marry and get a man to come [...]

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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: Bewitching by Jill Barnett

by Keira 10.02.2011

There are a bunch of novels by Jill Barnett that are being released specifically for ebook format this year and Bewitching was one of them. I found out later after accepting a review copy that Bewitching is considered one of the all time best romances written and I can certainly see why. It’s the story [...]

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Review: The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer

by Keira 10.02.2011

Summary: When Gervase Frant returns to England to become the new Earl of Stanyon he finds his welcome home to be not so welcoming. Turns out his stepmother and half-brother would have been happier had he died in battle! As he faces his stepmother’s resentment and his brother’s disdainful jealousy, a chilling midnight presences in [...]

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Review: Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas

by Keira 09.26.2011

This story by Kleypas is an exciting adventure from start to finish. It all starts with a manhunt… or should I say a woman-hunt? Nick Gentry is looking for the wily Charlotte Howard. He has a small portrait of her in his pocket and his brother-in-law’s backing to get him into the Earl of Westcliff’s [...]