by Sandra Scholes on June 16, 2013 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, Arranged/Forced Marriage, Book Review, Dukes and Earls, Guest Reviews, Handicap, J-L, Kings, Princes, Sheiks, Chiefs, Marriage of Convenience, Regency
Reviewed by Sandra Scholes Synopsis: These days kissing a man isn’t anything to write home about, but back in Regency times, merely touching a man meant ruin for the lady in question? In When Beauty Tamed the Beast: A Regency Tale, Linnet Berry Thrynne has been caught kissing a prince of all things, and the [...]
Hero: Godric St. John lost his wife to a terrible illness. In order to regain control on his life he heads out into the slums of London as the masked Ghost of St. Giles evading the police while stopping crime. Wrongly accused of the murder for a gent, Godric hasn’t let it bother him, until [...]
by Lynn Reynolds on December 8, 2012 · 0 comments
in 4.5 Stars, A-C, ARC, Arranged/Forced Marriage, Bride Stealing, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Hearing Loss or Deaf, Historical Romance, Kidnapping, Revenge, Warrior
Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds Graeme Montgomery is to marry a woman per his king’s decree. Eveline Armstrong can tell her father Tavis is very upset. She’s speechless. When Graeme comes to wed Eveline, I would have loved to have been present. I can almost imagine the pageantry. I love how Maya gives us a character [...]
by Sandra Scholes on July 4, 2012 · 0 comments
in 3.5 Stars, ARC, Arranged/Forced Marriage, Cross-Dressing Female, Dark Ages, Erotica, Fantasy, Guest Reviews, Historical Fiction, Ireland, Medieval, P-R
Reviewed by Sandra Scholes Darina O’Malley is distraught at the knowledge that her cousin, Kyra is to be betrothed to a man she does not know – he might as well be a stranger as far as she is concerned. She knows there are secrets about her clan that could undo them, but she is [...]
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 Susan S. on April 1, 2012 · 0 comments
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Reviewed by Susan S. Summary: Araneae Nation, Book One It is with a heavy heart that Lourdes replaces her mother as maven of the Araneidae clan. A single act of betrayal has thrust her into a position she was neither prepared for, nor expecting. These circumstances call for a strength-of-steel. And a bravery even stronger [...]
by Carla F. on January 24, 2012 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, ARC, Arranged/Forced Marriage, Dukes and Earls, Friends, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Heiress, J-L, Regency, Virgin Heroine
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 [...]
by Keira on January 18, 2012 · 1 comment
in 5 Stars, Arranged/Forced Marriage, Black Sheep and Bad Boys, Dukes and Earls, Gentry, P-R, Plump/Endowed Heroine, Soldier, Virgin Heroine, Writer
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? [...]