by Susan S. on April 28, 2012 · 1 comment
in 4 Stars, ARC, Black Sheep and Bad Boys, Cursed Lead, D-F, Gambling, Gentry, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Kidnapping, Low Self Esteem/Confidence, Lycanthrope, Paranormal, Regency, Scarred Hero, Virgin Heroine, Werewolf
Reviewed by Susan S. Summary: Regency Werewolf Trilogy, Book One Have you ever wished for something you’ll never have? Like that Lamborghini Countach, or the eight bedroom beachside mansion. Well, Weston Hadley (hero) has grown accustomed to wishing for the unattainable. I know what you’re thinking. Pray tell, what does Hadley want that he can’t [...]
by Keira on April 5, 2012 · 0 comments
in 5 Stars, ARC, Business, Friends, Gambling, Gardening, Great Britain, M-O, Regency, Widow or Widower
Setup: Portia Tofton was rejected once by adventure seeking Mateo Cardea when their fathers tried to arrange a match. He runs all the way to another continent to ensure he wasn’t snared into a marriage with her and he’s stayed far away until now. Even from the grave his father is trying to throw him [...]
by Keira on November 28, 2011 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, A-C, Book Review, Category, Contemporary, Enemies, Gambling, Greece, Kidnapping, Mistress or Courtesan, Rape/Abuse, Revenge, Secret Baby, Tycoon, Virgin Heroine
Heroine: Joanna Veron is somewhere around 19. In her father’s world she plays at being a high maintenance vapid beauty, but inside she’s really just a sweetheart looking for a way out of her father’s lifestyle (without having to go to her perfectly nice uncle) ever since a particularly bad incident when they were living [...]
by Susan S. on November 4, 2011 · 0 comments
in 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, ARC, Baroness or Viscountess, Black Sheep and Bad Boys, Captain, Dukes and Earls, Gambling, Georgian, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, J-L, Low Self Esteem/Confidence, Mistress or Courtesan, Older Woman/Younger Man, Soldier, Widow or Widower
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 [...]
by Keira on September 21, 2011 · 3 comments
in 3.5 Stars, ARC, Business, Children, Cooking, Gambling, Gentry, Great Britain, J-L, Playboys and Rakehells, Regency, Spinster, Travel
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 [...]
by Keira on August 22, 2011 · 3 comments
in 4 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Cross-Dressing Female, Gambling, Gentry, Georgette Heyer, Great Britain, May/December, Regency, Runaway, Travel, Virgin Heroine
The Corinthian ranks in my top 5 favorite Georgette Heyers to date. My favorite things about this novel: The hero and heroine spend a majority of the book in each other’s presence. The heroine cross-dresses to look like a young lad for most of the novel with the hero helping her in her disguise. The [...]
by Sasha Muradali on August 11, 2011 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, A-C, Comedy of Manners, Estranged, Gambling, Gentry, Gothic, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Jane Austen, Regency
By: Sasha Muradali, guest blogger Duty & Desire is an interesting addition to the trilogy of Fitzwilliam Darcy: Gentleman by Pamela Aidan. This second installment takes readers through Mr. Darcy’s missing moments in Pride and Prejudice in between his departure for London after the Netherfield Ball and his reemergence at his aunt’s house, Rosings Park. [...]