Arranged/Forced Marriage

Review: Pretty Persuasion by Olivia Kingsley

by Carla F. 01.24.2012

Reviewed by Carla F. At the age of 10, Lady Georgiana Montford is introduced to her betrothed, Robert Balfour, who will one day be the Earl of Sheffield. Robert is already a young adult, but he treats Georgie with kindness. A friendship develops, and Georgie falls in love with Robert. She is then devastated to [...]

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Review: Ten Things I Love About You (Bevelstoke, Book 3) by Julia Quinn

by Keira 01.18.2012

Heroine: Annabel Winslow, eldest sister of 8 siblings, is soon to be engaged to an overweight, short-tempered nobleman as old as her grandmother. She must agree or risk her family’s future happiness. If she does, she loses her own. But she still has time before the Earl of Newbury asks, perhaps there is another way? [...]

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Review: Song of the Nile (Cleopatra’s Daughter, Book 2) by Stephanie Dray

by Zarabeth Golden 12.21.2011

Reviewed by Zarabeth This is the sequel to Dray’s Lily of the Nile. I enjoyed this book far more and had to give it at least 4 stars. This book picks up exactly where the last one left us with young Cleopatra Selene on the cusp of her arranged marriage and queendom. We follow her [...]

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Movie Review: Boys Over Flowers starring Hye-sun Koo, Min-ho Lee, and Hyun-joong Kim

by Keira 12.13.2011

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: [...]

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Review: Midnight Waltz by Jennifer Blake

by Lynn Reynolds 11.20.2011

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds Amalie Peschier Declouet walks in on her mother-in-law, Sophia Declouet, speaking to her husband’s cousin Robert. Her husband, Julien, is a most proper man for the time period, nineteenth-century, and runs their estate located in Louisiana. There are lots of formalities that are followed – people are expected to act a [...]

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Review: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton (The Burgundy Club, Book 3) by Miranda Neville

by Keira 10.05.2011

Heroine: Kidnapped, Celia Seaton is no passive miss. At the first opportunity she gets out of the attic of a two story cottage wearing only her under clothes. Stumbling upon her worst enemy (who doesn’t even know he’s her enemy because she doesn’t register on his radar) conked out across the threshold of the house, [...]

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Review: The Fire Lord’s Lover by Kathryne Kennedy

by Zarabeth Golden 08.04.2011

by Zarabeth, guest reviewer This book is the first in a series to come by Kathryn Kennedy. It is a historical romance set in a world of humans and elves- essentially our world with this overarching control by these magical elven lords. Daily life is no different from other historical romances so don’t let that [...]

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Review: A Gentleman Never Tells by Amelia Grey

by Keira 08.03.2011

The Heroine: After witnessing her fiancé and sister in each other’s arms, Lady Gabrielle desires to be kissed in a similar manner and to break off her engagement. The man she meets in the park inspires her to take a risk and steal a kiss. The Hero: Rendered speechless with desire, Viscount Brentwood accepts a [...]