by Keira on May 18, 2012 · 0 comments
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Brief Overview: Against all odds, Katniss and Peeta survived the Hunger Games and became the first ever dual victory. A little hope is a good thing, but too much leads to disaster. President Snow is not happy and he lets Katniss know it. But Katniss has already put her foot in it and alienated Peeta, [...]
by Keira on March 26, 2012 · 0 comments
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Hero: Lord Andrew Forest is the eternal confirmed bachelor. He will never get married. But when the enticing virginal Alana “Lana” Hilary seduces him and disappears he’s hooked. He has to find her, win her, and make her his in every way that counts. She can’t reject him a second time can she? Heroine: Lana [...]
by Keira on January 8, 2012 · 0 comments
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Hero: Blake Harrison needs a wife, yesterday, in order to complete the terms of the will of his late father. They never saw eye to eye and this is just one more thing he’s being manipulated to do, but Blake has a plan. He’s going to hire himself a bride because the last thing he [...]
by Keira on December 13, 2011 · 4 comments
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What You Need to Know: Boys Over Flowers is a Korean TV romantic drama. It runs for two seasons with a total of 25 episodes. The series is based on a Manga series of the same title which I have not read. There’s been other adaptations of the Manga besides this one with differences. Recommended: [...]
Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds Our main characters are Layna Killian Hertz, a photographer for an advertising firm and her college sweetheart Brendon Fordon, a famous artist. We first see Layna after she has a vision, or nightmare, about her ex-boyfriend Brendon. She can’t decide what to do so she calls her friend Winifred for advice. [...]
by Keira on November 14, 2011 · 0 comments
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This is the last book in the The Husband Fund trilogy. Heroine: Piper Duchess is the last remaining single Duchess triplet and she’s feeling it. At the advice of her shrink she bucks up and firmly places her feelings of abandonment and loneliness behind her and dives headlong into her commercial art business. She gets [...]
Genre: Pride and Prejudice Variation, Contemporary Summary: Slurry, the rock band started by Fitzwilliam Darcy has just lost another warm up band for it’s Grind tour. Due to rumors that the members of Slurry are Rock and Roll’s bad boys, Long Borne Suffering is the only band willing to help them out of a jam. [...]
by Keira on October 18, 2011 · 0 comments
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How can you get Lizzy and Darcy to meet each other without prejudice? Take them out of the country of course! By sticking them on a ship bound to the Americas, Kara Louise gives them a chance to see them for themselves… well sort of There’s still some obstacles and misunderstandings. Two years before the [...]