by Guest Blogger on April 23, 2013 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, ARC, Children, Contemporary, Doctor, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Guest Reviews, Kidnapping, Mystery, S-U
Reviewed by Patsy F. This book begins in an unusual way. The “life secret” of the main character is revealed in the prologue and you get a good sense of the history of the characters. Then Chapter 1 starts with 9 years later. So immediately I was intrigued and excited to be reading a romance [...]
by Keira on March 10, 2013 · 0 comments
in 4.5 Stars, ARC, Blackmail, Children, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Cross-Dressing Female, D-F, Dukes and Earls, Enemies, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Gambling, Great Britain, Regency, Spinster
Hero: James Hartley is tracking down the man who stole a family heirloom right off the neck of his mistress. He knew better than to give her the jewels, she was not the mysterious woman he kissed at a costume ball. The only person he wants to find more than the Count de Bonneville is [...]
Guest Blog by Aimee Thurlo, author of Buy: Secrets of the Lynx (Copper Canyon) David and I have been writing together for most of our married life, yet we’re not at all alike. He grew up on the Navajo Indian Nation on the high desert. I came to the U.S. from Cuba when I was eight [...]
by Keira on May 27, 2012 · 0 comments
in 3.5 Stars, ARC, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, France, Gentry, Great Britain, P-R, Prisoner, Regency, Secret Agent, Survival
Hero: Grey Sommers used to be a gentleman, but nowadays he’s a prisoner in the dungeon of a French official. Grey’s been there for 10 years and counting. He prepares himself using what limited means he has for the day when escape might be possible. That day finally arrives when a sweet grandmother opens the [...]
by Carla F. on May 11, 2012 · 0 comments
in 5 Stars, A-C, ARC, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Low Self Esteem/Confidence, Mistaken Identity, Prostitute, Regency, Virgin Heroine
Reviewed by Carla F. Summary: When she accidentally finds among her new husband’s things a party invitation with a lewd illustration on the back and the words, “Get Thee to The Nunnery”, Lady Helena Harteford recognizes it as the name of a brothel. She knows that Nicholas plans to go to that party. After all, [...]
Keira: For those needing a refresher would you share some highlights of Romanov history. Dora Levy Mossanen: The untimely death of Tsar Alexander II leads to the coronation of his inexperienced twenty-six-year-old son, Nicholas II in 1894. Nicholas marries Alix of Hesse, granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain, a German princess Russians complain has “come [...]
by Carla F. on March 15, 2012 · 0 comments
in 5 Stars, Acting, ARC, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Guest Reviews, Historic America, Mystery, S-U, United States of America, Virgin Hero
Reviewed by Carla F. Libby Sternberg takes Jane Eyre and turns it on its head in this imaginative tale of Hollywood in the 1920’s. Summary: Young John Doyle spent time in reform school after killing his abusive stepfather, and stayed on to work there after his time was done. Fascinated with motion pictures, he decides [...]
by Keira on December 15, 2011 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, ARC, Black Sheep and Bad Boys, Children, Contemporary, Entrepreneur, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, G-I, Handicap, Low Self Esteem/Confidence, Small Town, United States of America, Widow or Widower
Heroine: (Cordelia) Posey Osterhagen might be the plain adopted daughter, but she’s well-loved both at work, at home, and by her Little Sister (from the youth mentoring organization). If only that translated into her love life, but the boyfriend she’s got doesn’t want to go to the next level, preferring to have sex dates instead [...]