by Keira on April 12, 2013 · 0 comments
in 4.5 Stars, A-C, ARC, Gentry, Great Britain, Mistress or Courtesan, Pregnant, Regency, Virgin Heroine, Widow or Widower
Quick Synopsis: Virgin wife needs to be knocked up in order to keep inheritance when elderly husband dies. Stud in need of money accepts old man’s contract to seduce his wife and get her pregnant. They fall in love. Hero: Darius Lindsey no longer enjoys being the “male mistress” (closer to gigolo) to the unhappy, [...]
Guest Blog by Grace Burrowes, author of The Bridegroom Wore Plaid The topic above was not the one I was initially asked to write about. I was asked to hold forth about Ten Things I Love About Men in Kilts. What I love about a kilt is to see it worn with pride by a [...]
Reviewed by Aggie S. Devlin has finished with war and serving his King. He just wants to go home and take care of the family holdings. Upon arrival he finds a waif of a child in his fountain, dirty and straggling looking. He is informed that this waif conveyed with the estate, which he finds [...]
by Grace Burrowes, guest blogger and author of The Soldier This topic is of sufficient depth that several PhD’s could spend several thoroughly enjoyable lifetimes researching it, and still have plenty of areas for fascinating debate. That said, I am not a PhD, so disclaimers are in order: I’ve done research, but my efforts are [...]
by Keira on January 9, 2011 · 0 comments
in 4.5 Stars, A-C, ARC, Dukes and Earls, Great Britain, Housekeeper/Maid, Invalid, Kidnapping, Mistaken Identity, Pregnant, Regency
Who has the most power over the household: the housekeeper or the earl? Curious minds want to know! Is it the Earl of Westhaven, Gayle Windham? Gayle is determined to avoid his father’s the Duke’s matchmaking attempts. When everybody has gone to the country to get away from London’s stifling summer heat, Gayle stays put. [...]
Keira: In a Regency battle of the sexes, who would win in a game of wits: Gayle Windham or Anna Seaton? Grace Burrowes: They would go at it tooth and nail for about the first three rounds, then become distracted by their chemistry and start to negotiate (the technical term would be “flirt”) between hurling [...]