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Review: Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee

by Keira 01.08.2012

Hero: Blake Harrison needs a wife, yesterday, in order to complete the terms of the will of his late father. They never saw eye to eye and this is just one more thing he’s being manipulated to do, but Blake has a plan. He’s going to hire himself a bride because the last thing he [...]

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Review: Mr. Darcy’s Undoing by Abigail Reynolds

by Keira 10.29.2011

What If: After six months had passed from the first proposal/letter and Elizabeth received another proposal from a gentleman of modest means, one she knew from childhood, and she said yes? Summary: Elizabeth accepts a childhood friend’s proposal, knowing she was fond of him, but not in love. She accepted for mercenary reasons, knowing she [...]

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Scandal!!! 11 Things You Do Today That Would Have Got You into BIG Trouble in Jane Austen’s Time!

by Guest Blogger 10.10.2011

Rebecca Ann Collins, guest blogger and author of Expectations of Happiness and the Pemberley Chronicles series Thank you very much for your invitation to contribute to your blog. “Scandal- just what were the dreaded consequences?” On the first question- it is difficult to answer this question fully without “letting the cat out of the bag” [...]

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Review: Courtesan’s Kiss by Mary Blayney

by Keira 08.30.2011

Forewarned: This novel does not include a courtesan heroine. Sorry. That said this novel will provide you with a very good time. Mia Castellano is going home in a disgrace from a failed engagement. One misplaced kiss ruins everything respectable about her in the eyes of the ton and Lord David Pennistan. She knows her [...]

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Review: A Gentleman Never Tells by Amelia Grey

by Keira 08.03.2011

The Heroine: After witnessing her fiancé and sister in each other’s arms, Lady Gabrielle desires to be kissed in a similar manner and to break off her engagement. The man she meets in the park inspires her to take a risk and steal a kiss. The Hero: Rendered speechless with desire, Viscount Brentwood accepts a [...]

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Review: Love and Scandal by Donna Lea Simpson

by Keira 07.09.2011

A lady in Victorian times had little options when it came to acceptable jobs. Writing novels was simply not one of them and certainly not publishing them. That’s why Collette Jardiniere hides her authorship of The Last Days of a Rake behind the pseudonym Collin Jenkins. That is until some trumped-up peacock of a rake [...]

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Review: Gallant Waif by Anne Gracie

by Keira 07.03.2011

Story: Lady Cahill is Jack Carstairs’ grandmother and is determined to see her moping scarred and wounded grandson back on his feet and back in the market for marriage. Just because his father disowned him, and his fiancée dumps him doesn’t mean he can turn his sister away from his door and refuse to see [...]

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Review: Too Wicked To Kiss by Erica Ridley

by Susan S. 06.18.2011

by Susan S., Guest Reviewer “Huzzah” for this Kensington Zebra debut author! Erica Ridley’s Too Wicked To Kiss is a titillating whodunit set in a London castle. There’s unlit corridors, secret passageways, stolen kisses, and a hero in cravats and breeches, “Oh my!” I may not wield powers of clairvoyance like (Evangeline) Ridley’s heroine, but [...]