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Did you read something years ago and can't remember the title? We'll try to help! Give us as many details as you can and maybe someone will know the answer. This is not limited to Lisa Kleypas' novels.
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Has anyone read Rebellious Bride by Adrienne Day? If so, thoughts on it?
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Hmm. I'll have to look that one up, Bekah.
OK, a friend asked me about this..."Okay, off topic, I need your help. I read a book back in the day, about a French girl who was a knight. She was trying to make her father proud. She was captured by a Norman (or Scottish) knight and ransomed, but her symbol was the raven, his the wolf. Her name was Rianne. I can't remember his. She helped him turn his keep into a more civilized place to live. I just can't remember who wrote it, or what it's called! It's from the early 90s. It was my mom's and I loved it. But I got rid of it years ago, and neither of us can remember it. Any ideas?
UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "OK, a friend asked me about this..."Okay, off topic, I need your help. I read a book back in the day, about a French girl who was a knight. She was trying to make her father proud. She was capt..."
Sounds like a good book. Good Luck.
Thanks!
I spent some time on this yesterday Dhestiny, but nothin...I'll try again today. Has anyone ever read Defiant Angel? Its a LOT like Whitney, My Love. In fact there was such a huge scandal over the similarities that she never finished what looked to be a promising series. I actually liked Defiant Angel more than Whitney, My Love. I think it just felt grittier.
Anyway, this was one of those books that I was wracking my brain about for a long time, but I figured it out on my own instead of posting it here.
Thank you so much, Bekah! I appreciate your help.That sounds like a great book. Is it as angsty as Whitney? I cried so much during Whitney... I'd like another story like it, but not as gut wrenching.
Bekah wrote: "I spent some time on this yesterday Dhestiny, but nothin...I'll try again today. Has anyone ever read Defiant Angel? Its a LOT like Whitney, My Love. In fact there was such a h..."
Bekah - thanks for this recommendation. I loved Whiteney, My Love. I'm going to see if I can find a copy of Defiant Angel at the UBS today.
There was angst, but what I really remember was his need to have her, he was quite obsessed. I dont remember the quality of the book, but I do remember certain scenes and I'm glad to have found it again. I'll probably be reading it soon. Hey!! Maybe for the April- May book challenge.
That sounds right up my alley!
We found the answer to message number 6.http://www.fictiondb.com/author/laure...
Blurb:
LADY KNIGHT...
The daughter of a French nobleman, Ryen De Bouries wields a sword and rides a destrier as magnificently as the knights of King Charles VI. In place of glittering ballgowns, she wears shining armor; instead of practicing gentle arts, she battles the Englishmen she despises. Those who whisper her name in fear and awe call her the Angel of Death...
CAPTIVE PRINCE...
Bryce Princeton is the dreaded Prince of Darkness, a British lord driven by a desire for conquest and revenge. He leads his vanquishing army into France... only to be captured by a fierce-hearted slip of a woman. Ryen is a maid trained in arms, but an innocent in a contest of passion. So, in the shadows of his prison cell, the sensual nobleman refuses to yield. Instead he woos her with a passion no woman dare trust -- nor resist....
Thank God someone created this topic!Hi everyone, I hope you can give me a hand... I read this book years ago, and cannot for the life of me remember the title.
The story is set in NY, where the heroine, Alana, from an aristocratic english family is invinted to the coming-out ball of Mara, a young Irish "nouveau riche". She tries to go to the ball, but her uncle hits her and stops her from going. The hero, Mara's rich brother (a real Croesus) then goes around ruining everyone who didn't come to the ball because Mara was Irish. Alana's uncle then hauls her out of her house and "gives" her to the hero, who marries her so that Mara can be integrated into the NY ton. The hero doesn't believe that Alana tried to be at the ball, and treats her pretty badly.
Please oh please, this has been driving me crazy for months!!! :-)
Thank you!!!!!!!
This is one of my favorite books. It's by Megan McKinney
It sounds like a great story, Melanie.WTG for knowing it, Bekah!
OMG, thank you soooo much Bekah!!!! You're amazing!!!! Kudos and many thanks! I have to order it right away, lol.. Are all Megan McKinney's books so good?
So far, I've really loved them. Some better than others. The sequel to Lions & Lace is
Here are some of my other favs...
- really like this one
I haven't read this one yet, but it's in my tbr pile, and I'm pretty excited about it.
Thank you!!! I'm trying to restrain my book-buying, but as soon as I've gotten through half my last orders (roughly 100 books), I will definitely buy all of Meagan McKinney's (if i can find them, they don't seem to be the easiest to find!).. I did however already order Lions and Lace! ;-) it's compulsive!
Okay, hopefully y'all can help me.It's a historical romance series. The first book is about a woman who runs a shipping company and has just come over from the Caribbean (?). She starts having an affair with a titled man and ends up marrying him.
The second in a series: The leading male works at the same shipping company the woman in the first book runs. He inherits some land or an estate, which also seems to come with a crazy woman who sleepwalks. The guy was raised on a ship and basically used as a play thing for the men, and has some serious issues.
I don't remember reading the 3rd one because the 2nd one was so depressing, but I think it was about the brother of the woman from the first book.
Any ideas?
Christine wrote: "Yes, that's it! Thank you so much."ur welcome :)
Someone posted a teaser on one of the threads fairly recently about a carriage scene. The couple I'm thinking one of them had a name that started with a J were shall we say having fun and my understanding was that he was about to pleasure himself between her breasts when the carriage reached its destination. I can't remember what book it was from and can't seem to find the thread it was on. Does anyone remember this and if so what the book is?
Hi, this one book has driven me crazy for years cause I can't remember the title or the author. I don't even remember the names of the characters. It's contemporary, a mortuary cleaning lady is spooked when she goes cleaning the place cause one totally beaten up corpse isn't a corpse at all. The beaten up guy is running from someone (who? why? don't remember. I don't even remember how he got the the mortuary) and I think the bad guys came to the mortuary and then the cleaning lady ends up running away for safety with the beaten guy. If someone can figure out the book from this rambling I would be grateful! :)
KK wrote: "Hi, this one book has driven me crazy for years cause I can't remember the title or the author. I don't even remember the names of the characters. It's contemporary, a mortuary cleaning lady is spo..."I've read that one... let me go rummage through my book lists :)
From reading the synopsis I'd say that's it! I'm gonna go and borrow it from the library right this evening! :)
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
KK wrote: "Hi, this one book has driven me crazy for years cause I can't remember the title or the author. I don't even remember the names of the characters. It's contemporary, a mortuary cleaning lady is spo..."I bet you are thinking of 'Walking After Midnight' by Karen Robards. This would satifiy the 'summer challenge' as the heroine's name is Summer.
Borrowed it, read it and yep that was the book, didn't remember the ghost aspect of the story at all :) Thanks for all the help!!
I admit this is a pretty faint hope. I'm reading Sharon Penman's "Here be Dragons" at the moment which is probably going to be a 3 star for me. I had faint memories of another Welsh historical semi-fiction book that I have read in the past. I wondered if it was "Here Be Dragons" when I picked it up but it isn't I'm pretty sure the one I read had a Prince Diarmuid as the hero. Does this ring any bells for anyone? Any suggestions for other groups who take an interest in this area?
cheers.
Mshj, I did a search on Prince Diarmuid and wondered if the book your looking for might be part of the The Fionavar Tapestry. Here is a wikipedia link that might help you determine if it is:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionavar
Lisarenee wrote: "Mshj, I did a search on Prince Diarmuid and wondered if the book your looking for might be part of the The Fionavar Tapestry. Here is a wikipedia link that might help you determine if it is:http:..."
Thank you Lisarenee. I think I have read that book but it wasn't that one I was thinking of which raises the possibilities I've got the names confused. was definitiely Wales though- which doesn't help much!
Gah! I couldn't find the help thread! Finally!I've been looking for this book for months. I read it years ago in French. It was a harlequin historical romance (at least the publisher) and divided in three parts: the first was called (I'm translating from French, so it might be slightly different) The Ugly Duckling, the second The Migrating bird (?), and the third The Swan.
The plot is an overweight bluestocking wallflower who's in love with one of her sister's beaux. A ship captain (I think he works for her father's shipping company) needs a helmsman, and she can read the stars. She convinces him (or stows away?) to let her come along, and on the way she loses weight, her glasses, her petticoats (that he throws into the sea, if I'm not mistaken) and ankle boots. They end up in the Carribean at his or her aunt's house, have a love scene at some waterfall, then head back home. She gets home, but then his ship is sunk - she believes him dead, then finds out she's pregnant. A month or two later, we find her being the belle of the masquerade ball, her old crush asks her to marry her, she refuses him, and her pirate shoulders his way through the throng to fetch her:-) I remember a lot of details, but not the name of the bloody book, lol! Help me please!
Lisa Kay found the answer to this:-)
! Thx again!
Shell's Bells wrote: "That sounds very interesting!!"It's great!! You should totally try it:-D
I was watching a movie today, and it reminded me of this book I read years ago, but I can't remember the title! Or the author, for that matter. I'll try to give yall as much as I can...So the heroine is a young-ish lady, she could be in her twenties or early thirties. I'm pretty sure she left home when she was young due to abuse from a stepfather. She got a waitressing job, and somehow ended up being a sugar baby (?) she dated older men and they gave her money. She's on a trip with the sugar daddy, and I think she saw or heard something she wasn't supposed to see/hear. Pretty sure it was a murder. So she packs her bags and runs. She ends up in this dinky little town that had a population of like 200, and she cut her hair (the author made a point of mentioning how awesome and long and blonde her hair was) and first she dyed it black, then she just hacked it off. She found another job at the only diner there, and slowly became a part of the town. Then this odd old lady befriends her, and when the old lady goes to visit her deceased husband (or it might have been her son?) (I think he's burried in England or something, and she visits every year)she asks the heroine to house-sit and dog-sit, and the hot guy next door is a cop and they begin a romance, and the chef at the diner was spanish and he invites them to a BBQ, and the odd old lady's neighbor was this other old lady, except she was very va-va-voom. She drove a sports car and wore outrageous clothes, and the odd old lady dies, and the ex-sugar daddy comes looking for her and he finds her, but I don't remember what happened then. I know that the old lady left her the house and the dog. =/
I hope that's enough. I feel like I remembered a bunch of pointless stuff, like her love of books and how she always goes to the library or how the va-va-voom old lady drank wine... *sigh*
hmmm...sounded similar to a book I once read up to a point...but not the sugar daddy stuff so much or the old woman part...
Unfortunately that's not it, although it does sound interesting and I've added it to my TBR list. Thank you though!
Melanie wrote: "Shell's Bells wrote: "That sounds very interesting!!"It's great!! You should totally try it:-D"
It's been added to my ever-growing TBR pile!
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