by Keira on March 6, 2013 · 1 comment
in 2 Stars, 2.5 Stars, ARC, Artist, Business, Chick-Lit, Children, Contemporary, Doctor, M-O, Rape/Abuse
This book is not an anthology, but there are three stories intertwined in it. Three Sisters is the nickname for three Victorian houses on a cul-de-sac and with a name like that, it is easy to see that the three women who own it will become as “sisters” in their friendships to one another. Romantic [...]
Reviewed by Karin of Savvy Thinker I had high hopes for this book, but it didn’t pan out quite the way I expected. Let’s just say I did no like the man she ends up with on the final page. I think it was the wrong choice, and that spoiled the book for me. Julie [...]
Guest blog by Amanda Usen, author of Luscious Have you ever just wanted to start over? Walk out the door and never come back? Get in the car and not tell anyone where you are going or when you will be home? Hop on a bus? A train? A cruise ship? Perhaps a better question [...]
by Keira on July 14, 2011 · 4 comments
in 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Amnesia, ARC, Bride Stealing, Captain, Children, Cursed Lead, Duchess, Countess, Marchioness, Dukes and Earls, G-I, Great Britain, Love Triangle, Memory Loss, Revenge, Scarred Hero, Soldier, Widow or Widower
I’ll be the first to tell you I’m not a fan of the love triangle for many reasons. The first and foremost reason is because I feel it’s just a ploy by an author to fuel the angst and drama of a mediocre story. Haymore proves me wrong. She does not do this. The love [...]
by Sandra Scholes, guest blogger It’s not easy to avoid the eight-letter word, but if you rakes follow these gems of advice, you will soon be dallying with the girls you want rather than being married off to some wealthy father’s drab daughter. Whether it’s your time spent in the local gin house with ladies [...]
by Keira on July 6, 2011 · 1 comment
in 4 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Dukes and Earls, Gambling, Georgette Heyer, Great Britain, Marriage of Convenience, May/December, Politician, Regency, Virgin Heroine
This novel is definitely one of my overall favorites of Heyer’s so far. It’s easy to read and follow despite the language and research. I loved all the side characters and Rule most of all. The leads were very well matched for each other. Lizzie Winwood, the Beauty, is engaged to the Earl of Rule, [...]
by Karin on June 2, 2011 · 1 comment
in 5 Stars, ARC, Architect, Business, Chick-Lit, Contemporary, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, M-O, Tycoon
by Karin, guest reviewer from www.savvythinker.com Rumor Has It by Jill Mansell is an excellent book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mansell captures your attention from the first few paragraphs, then keeps it through the entire book. The only reason it took me a while to actually get into the book farther was that I had [...]
by Keira on May 28, 2011 · 2 comments
in 5 Stars, A-C, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Enemies, France, Gambling, Great Britain, Low Self Esteem/Confidence, Playboys and Rakehells, Regency, Spinster, Virgin Heroine
Lord of Scoundrels opens in the hero’s youth. We learn very quickly that life was not pleasant to Sebastian. His mother left him with his father while she ran off with another man (a scandal if I ever heard of one!) He was bullied, tortured, and ridiculed constantly at school. He was rejected because of [...]