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Review: Too Scandalous to Wed by Alexandra Benedict

by Keira 09.15.2011

Alexandra Benedict’s novel Too Scandalous to Wed flirts with disaster and happily ever after at every turn. A strong wind could not tumble the stack of fantasies Henrietta has built around Sebastian, Viscount Ravenswood, or could it? Sebastian does not want to be the hero of Henrietta’s dreams, he doesn’t want the little hoyden at [...]

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Movie Review: Sense and Sensibility Miniseries (BBC TV 2008)

by Keira 08.14.2011

I’ve always been a fan of the Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman version of Sense & Sensibility, but I must say this new miniseries has quite blown my mind. It’s wonderful, sumptuous, superbly acted adaptation. Andrew Davies did a fabulous job with the screenplay. We all know the story behind Sense [...]

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12 Pieces of Advice for the Rakish Fellow

by Sandra Scholes 07.28.2011

by Sandra Scholes, guest blogger The Regency rake is a sensual male—smart, streetwise and savvy when it comes to romancing women. His women come in all walks of life too. One moment he is dallying with a young woman, the next with a not-so-innocent lady. Never think though that he is a perfect gentleman, even [...]

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Aural Sex: Listening to Romance

by Keira 05.17.2011

Fess up: have you enjoyed aural sex? Don’t you just love the play on words? This past year I started to listen to more and more audio books. Romances of course being among them. My first time aurally was an erotica romance and whew dang was it hot. Really hot. Scorching, make you blush even [...]

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Review: A Rake’s Guide to Seduction by Caroline Linden

by Marcia 04.27.2011

by Marcia, guest reviewer Anthony Hamilton had always been scandalous. Even his parentage was questionable though his mother’s husband accepted him as his son. Anthony had been thrown out of school several times for gambling although he did finish Oxford in record time. His debts are sometimes rumored to be very high and at other [...]

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Review: Crimson Rapture by Jennifer Horsman

by Keira 03.13.2011

I first heard about Crimson Rapture from a HaBo post over at Smart Bitches: Trashy Books. I can’t remember now if this book was the actual book or just one of the suggestions, but I guess it hardly matters. It sounded cool and I got it immediately from Paperback Swap. It was originally published in [...]

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How to Woo Women Like a Romance Novel Hero

by Keira 03.10.2011

Disclaimer: My tips are not guaranteed to work in real life. They are merely conclusions drawn from the literature I love to read and are meant to be fun and taken lightly. First tip right off the cuff: Never insult a girl who reads romance novels. Whether you find them trashy or not, you need [...]

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Review: Seduction by Amanda Quick

by Keira 02.24.2011

This lovely little book was a quick and delightful read. I was sad to finish it because it meant that I would have to let the leads Julian Ravenwood and Sophy Dorring go their own way. The novel starts out with Julian accepting Sophy’s refusal to marry him. The word was passed down to him [...]