Keira: If you could go back in time and give advice to your 12 year old self what would it be? Pam Jenoff: I don’t think I would give her advice. My 12 year old self if a lot like me now (at 41!) – impatient and high-strung, trying to do everything at once. I’ve [...]
Heroine: Lady Eleanor Langston doesn’t know how to get her husband to notice her. He’s always busy with politics and while their live is steady and on the surface both seem content, it lacks passion Eleanor truly craves. Hero: Henry Langston needed a good hostess when he wedded Eleanor. They make love once a week [...]
Reviewed by Karin It’s a toss up whether this is a story to which hot sex can be added, or if it is only about hot sex and the story is just an add-on. Mercedes gets her dream job, but she quickly realizes it comes with the Washington cliché, when her immediate boss (the press [...]
by Keira on August 28, 2011 · 1 comment
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One word: charming. Two words: engaging hilarity. Three words: sparkling/sparking chemistry. Most decidedly, Compromised, is a great way to kick off your summer reading. Kate Noble engages readers with narrative that is tongue-in-cheek. Part of the narrative reads third person omniscient and part is third person lead-centric as we are use to in romance. It [...]
by Keira on July 6, 2011 · 1 comment
in 4 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Dukes and Earls, Gambling, Georgette Heyer, Great Britain, Marriage of Convenience, May/December, Politician, Regency, Virgin Heroine
This novel is definitely one of my overall favorites of Heyer’s so far. It’s easy to read and follow despite the language and research. I loved all the side characters and Rule most of all. The leads were very well matched for each other. Lizzie Winwood, the Beauty, is engaged to the Earl of Rule, [...]
by Keira on June 4, 2011 · 3 comments
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Today I am reviewing Knight’s Fork by Rowena Cherry. This is my first ARC (advance review copy; official book release is September 30, 2008) and I eagerly read the whole novel in two days! Knight’s Fork is just one novel in the futuristic set series about the Great Djinn race. Knight’s Fork contains all the [...]
by Keira on April 9, 2011 · 0 comments
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J.C Roat and Rick Bremseth, both former SEALs who helped with the research for SEALed with a Promise, might tease Daughtridge about writing mush, but it is mush I definitely like. SEALed is very hero-centric. I closed this book with an urge to call up my best friend to get her dad to find me [...]
by Keira on March 1, 2011 · 2 comments
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How I felt about Scandal by Carolyn Jewel in 140 characters: @cjewel I just finished Scandal & it was completely wonderful. Thx for the past hours spent happily reading. Luv the “I hate you” love scene I finished the book just before midnight with a happy glow. My favorite scene was in fact the scene [...]