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January 22, 2022
Book Review: The Scandalous Vixen
The Scandalous Vixen by Tracy Sumner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lady Hell’s Inferno
Well, this is my new favorite Tracy Sumner book! I adored Lady Hell. Helena “Lady Hell” Astley walks casually on the seashore as a teenager girl, well-aware that standing on a cliff observing her is a handsome young man.
The young man is none other than Roan, an earl’s son who is about to inherit a dukedom, much to his great displeasure, being in rather pitiful financial straits. Immediately taken with Helena, Roan make...
January 10, 2022
Book Review: A Cold Wynter’s Knight
A Cold Wynter’s Knight by Kathryn Le Veque
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Spellbound by Wynter and Her Knight
Wow, what a wonderful, action-packed, unputdownable read! A bit of a surprise for me, simply because this was my first Kathryn Le Veque and I’ll admit I didn’t expect to be so blown away. I love it when an author’s writing bears the hallmarks of someone who not only can write but has wisdom–and from the very first pages including the “Note to Readers” (which amused me with its necessity of remindi...
January 7, 2022
Book Review: A Bandit’s Vow by Kate Condie
A Bandit’s Vow by Kate Condie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Girl Meets Bandit: Watering the Seeds of Love
You know you’re reading a book by a talented writer when they can elicit a wide range of emotions! And in A Bandit’s Vow, Kate Condie will have you stress-nail-biting and angrily “humphing” to yourself as the complicated relationship between Eloise and Aaron plays out.
Eloise Morris is a young, strong, and clever heroine. By the time we reach her love story, Eloise is much more outspoken than when we ...
December 28, 2021
Book Review: The Speed of Seduction by Cara Maxwell
The Speed of Seduction by Cara Maxwell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A Sweet & Steamy Racetrack Romance
I was not expecting to wind up describing a story that featured a young hero with a hardened reputation for brothel-frequenting as “sweet and innocent” but that is exactly what William Armstrong, fake rake and future duke, and Miss Simone Laurent, youngest daughter of a ridiculously large brood, wind up being together! Sweet, innocent, and delightfully steamy!
Simone is the “baby” of her family–a family...
December 11, 2021
Book Review: Fortune Favors the Duke by Kristin Vayden
Fortune Favors the Duke by Kristin Vayden
A Slow-Burn SWEET Tale of Love After Loss
Fortune Favors the Duke was a well-written story about finding love after loss. The second brother of a duke, Quin finds himself suddenly forced to take up his elder brother’s mantle when a fire claims the lives of a group of first born sons. Not only is Quin bereft, but so is Catherine Greatheart (awesome last name, and there are lots of Catherine the Great references scattered throughout the book), Quin’s older b...
December 10, 2021
Book Review: Not Just Any Earl by Anna Bradley
Not Just Any Earl by Anna Bradley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lord Melrose and the Lady of Roses
A sensual stolen kiss in a library. A lost ribbon. A girl infatuated with the study and scent of roses. This was a wonderful, original take on the Cinderella story with a twist that made for lots of enjoyable and humorous banter.
This story hinges on a case of mistaken identity. Lord Melrose has drunk a tad too much and thinks he is enjoying a seductive moment with his erstwhile mistress in a darkened room a...
November 24, 2021
Book Review: My Highland Captor by Miriam Minger
My Highland Captor by Miriam Minger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sweet and Steamy Highland Love with a Healthy Helping of Adventure
What a wonderful twist to the captive bride trope! It made for such a quick, fun read. Miriam Minger puts a sweet and comical spin on things when Connell Campbell accidentally steals the wrong bride. Isabeau Charpentier is the young French woman King Robert wishes for Connell to capture, wed, and bed. Rumored to be breathtakingly beautiful, Isabeau is in fact a insert-insul...
November 21, 2021
Book Review: A Noble Betrayal by Cecilia Mecca
A Noble Betrayal by Cecelia Mecca
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
When Silence Threatens Love
“Just when she’d found her voice, Philippa didn’t want to use it…”
This was a very enjoyable read, with just the right amount of heat balanced with a carefully constructed, authentic depiction of a new relationship between a man and a woman who have promised “to have and to hold” but have very good reasons not to do so and must learn to love and to trust. Mecca breathed fresh life into the always-familiar wedding n...
November 17, 2021
Book Review: Princes are Wild by Jess Michaels
Princes are Wild by Jess Michaels
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A Fun Fairytale Romance
This book pleasantly surprised me after some initial hesitation! I’m not much of a fan of the sexual education trope where the naïve young woman is taught the ways of pleasure by the incredibly skillful and experienced man. But fortunately, by around the 1/3 mark, the plot grew in complexity and fun, and wound up having more going for it than simply the girl-who-needs-to-learn-how-to-be-a-mistress trope and lots of st...
November 14, 2021
Book Review: How to Train Your Viscount by Courtney McCaskill
How to Train Your Viscount by Courtney McCaskill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A Regency Rom Com Delight!
If How to Train Your Viscount was a drink, it would be a sweet concoction from a 1950s drugstore…or your local Starbucks. Maybe a peppermint latte (or insert favorite drink of your choice). Something warm and cozy that you want to keep on sipping and that’s kind of too good to be true. I firmly believe this is movie adaptation gold and will fight anyone who thought this was anything less than a four-...
