by Keira on March 15, 2013 · 2 comments
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Hero: Jonas Merrick is the illegitimate son of the late Viscount Hillbrook. In his youth, his cousin, William Merrick, the new Lord Hillbrook, slashed his face deep leaving him permanently disfigured. His deepest desire to exact revenge on William and his plans are going smoothly right up until William’s wife, Roberta, sends her virgin spinster [...]
by Keira on March 10, 2013 · 0 comments
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Hero: James Hartley is tracking down the man who stole a family heirloom right off the neck of his mistress. He knew better than to give her the jewels, she was not the mysterious woman he kissed at a costume ball. The only person he wants to find more than the Count de Bonneville is [...]
by Keira on July 23, 2012 · 0 comments
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Hero: Reginald Davenport is the disinherited rake turned poor relation wastrel to his cousin the Duke, which is why Reggie is thrown for a loop when his cousin gifts him his childhood home, the most prosperous property the new Duke owns. Strickland brings back many ghosts for Reggie, but he is not prepared to meet [...]
by Keira on July 15, 2012 · 0 comments
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Wanted: one husband, not too particular. Small dowry, several books, sundry furnishings, and elderly aunt included. Idlers, time-wasters, and gentlemen with other attachments need not apply. Herione: Sophie Valentine is a spinster by choice. She had an offer once but when she saw him make googly eyes at a maid after their indiscretion in the [...]
by Keira on June 17, 2012 · 0 comments
in 4.5 Stars, ARC, Category, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, M-O, Regency, Secretary or Assistant, Spinster
Summary: Spinster Chloe Hardwick realizes she has feelings for her employer, the Marquess of Marland. To him she is just Hardwick, a sexless woman who efficiently runs his affairs and helps him organize his collection of fine weapons. When Chloe as a woman fails to gain his attention and in fact irritates him with her [...]
by Hannah Abbey on October 26, 2011 · 2 comments
in 3 Stars, ARC, Black Sheep and Bad Boys, Criminal, D-F, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Highwayman, Regency, Spinster, Thief, Writer
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 [...]
by Keira on September 21, 2011 · 3 comments
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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 [...]
by Keira on September 19, 2011 · 2 comments
in 3.5 Stars, Bastard, Book Review, Business, Estranged, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Gambling, Great Britain, Kidnapping, Lisa Kleypas, Love Triangle, Rape/Abuse, Regency, Scarred Hero, Spectacles, Spinster, Tycoon, Virgin Heroine, Writer
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 [...]