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Review: The Landlord’s Black-Eyed Daughter by Mary Ellen Dennis

by Hannah Abbey 10.26.2011

Reviewed by Hannah For all those girls who love bad boys, this is the book for you. A cavalier thief (aka “highwayman”) not only works to steal your heart, but also your baubles and pocketbook. Hero: Rand is tall, dark and handsome. And if that already isn’t enough, he’s got the Robin Hood persona down [...]

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Review: A Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries

by Keira 09.21.2011

A Hellion in Her Bed is book two of the Hellions of Halstead Hall series by Sabrina Jeffries. The Sharpe family consists of five children raised by their grandmother. Their parents died under mysterious circumstances which set tongues wagging throughout the ton and shadowed their lives growing up. When all the children were grown but [...]

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Review: Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

by Keira 09.19.2011

Let me start off by saying Derek is one hot hero, he’s like number 11 on my top ten heroes list, just a hairsbreadth from being there. Derek Craven is a self-made man. He’s wealthier than most of the gentry, but he is not one. Born in the slums of London to a prostitute and [...]

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Review: Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas

by Zarabeth Golden 09.18.2011

By: Zarabeth, guest reviewer This is a fantastic spinster story set in 1836 England. Our heroine, Amanda, is a 30-yr old spinster supporting herself as a novelist who has decided to do something for herself, for once in her life. As we well know a never-married 30 yr old woman is quite on the shelf, [...]

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Review: Miss Foster’s Folly by Alice Gaines

by Keira 09.17.2011

This Victorian romance is the very opposite of sexual restraint. If you’re in the mood for something hot and spicy with a wide streak of naughtiness you’ll want to read this book! You’ll love it from the very first page. Miss Juliet Foster upon her father’s death is given all of his wealth while her [...]

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Review: Courting Miss Hattie by Pamela Morsi

by Keira 08.20.2011

First off, thank you to Katiebabs for recommending this book in her post, Those Wonderful Comfort Reads. It’s taken me a while to acquire my own copy, but boy oh boy was it worth the wait. This novel is definitely one of those where you wonder why you never heard of it sooner! The biggest [...]

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Review: One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare

by Keira 07.21.2011

Prepare yourself to be dazzled. One Dance with a Duke is one of those exceptional romances that immediately found its way to my top favorites (ten of which I sent to Jane at Dear Author… if I had finished this book before sending off the list you would most assuredly have found it with the [...]

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Review: Love and Scandal by Donna Lea Simpson

by Keira 07.09.2011

A lady in Victorian times had little options when it came to acceptable jobs. Writing novels was simply not one of them and certainly not publishing them. That’s why Collette Jardiniere hides her authorship of The Last Days of a Rake behind the pseudonym Collin Jenkins. That is until some trumped-up peacock of a rake [...]