by Keira on March 12, 2013 · 1 comment
in 3.5 Stars, A-C, Book Review, Historic America, Kidnapping, Kings, Princes, Sheiks, Chiefs, Mistaken Identity, Rape/Abuse, Revenge, Survival, Travel, Virgin Heroine
Hero: Prince Rolfe of Ruthenia, is ruthless in his pursuit of clearing his name and tracking down the traitor who murdered his older brother. Though he’s seen his brother’s mistress across ballrooms in Europe, he’s never gotten close enough to get a real good look. When he finds Angeline Fortin at a ball in Louisiana, [...]
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 [...]
by Keira on March 19, 2011 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, A-C, Book Review, Children, Crime and Protection, Gambling, Historic America, Kidnapping, Rape/Abuse, Revenge, United States of America, Widow or Widower, Working with Land
This is the sixth book in the Maitres D’Armes series. The Story: Widow + Child + Parents + Brother + Father’s Gaming Debt = Sword Master + Vengeance Plot + Marriage Proposal + Newly Acquired Family Home & Family. How’s that for a brief overlook? lol When widowed Reine Cassard Pingre’s father gambles and loses [...]
by Keira on February 6, 2011 · 2 comments
in 5 Stars, A-C, ARC, Blackmail, Dukes and Earls, Enemies, Historic America, Interracial, Native American, Rape/Abuse, Scarred Hero, Slave, Survival, Travel, United States of America, Warrior, Wartime, Widow or Widower, Working with Land
Jennifer Blake is one of my new favorite authors. I don’t know I managed to miss her all this time but luckily for me Sourcebooks is reintroducing several of her novels. Blake’s Fierce Eden is just the kind of American (French?) historical romance that I just love to devour. Elise Laffont, a widow at age [...]