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Review: A Lily Among Thorns by Rose Lerner

by Keira 09.02.2011

The Heroine: Serena learned the hard way that men couldn’t be trusted. She ran off to marry a young man from her father’s employ only to be jilted. Too proud to return home she took up life as a prostitute and learned that all men were pigs… all except 200 Pounds, the title she gave [...]

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Review: The Harlot by Saska Walker

by Carla F. 08.12.2011

by Carla F., guest reviewer Summary: Jessie Taskill is a prostitute who is known as “The Harlot of Dundee.” She has gotten this name because she enjoys her work and doesn’t just lie there. Jessie gets into a fight in a bar with another prostitute over a client. When the other woman realizes that Jessie [...]

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Review: Faking It by Elisa Lorello

by Keira 05.28.2011

Summary: Writing professor, Andi Cutrone, first sees Devin at a cocktail party and learns he’s an escort. Months after their initial meeting, she calls him up and barters for his services. He will give her one-on-one love lessons and she will give him a one-on-one writing course. It’s a deal he doesn’t initially go for [...]

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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: The Measure of a Lady by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 03.21.2010

I really wanted to like this novel. In fact, I would have if it hadn’t been for the ending. It did not give me what I wanted. The only person in the Van Buren family to grow was Rachel, the heroine, and that really irked me as it was the younger sister, Lissa, who flouted [...]

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Review: Widow’s Peak by Hanna Rhys Barnes

by Keira 01.08.2010

I had a hard time getting through this novel. Not only is Widow’s Peak very unbelievable, but the writing is not engaging. Both of these problems could have been ignored if the sexual interaction between the main characters was hot. It wasn’t. Here is what I had issues with: Lady Amye de Barnard doesn’t act like [...]