What A Lady Needs for Christmas by Grace Burrowes (MacGregors #4) Released: October 7, 2014 Historical Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by May This story opens as Lady Joan is trying to book passage on a (full) train and a child comes to her aid. The child happens to belong to Mr. Dante Hartwell, a man Joan has met and thinks well of. As the pair get to know each other on the train a bit Mr. Hartwell realizes that a marriage to Joan could be most advantageous, and Joan realizes while Continue Reading
Review: Light My Fire by G.A. Aiken
Light My Fire by G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin #7) Released: November 25, 2014 Paranormal Romance Zebra Reviewed by May This series by G.A. Aiken must be read in order, and you really can’t skip any of the books either. The amazing thing is, in this marvelous world you really won’t want to skip any books because you’ll want to soak up every scene, page, every line of dialogue. As I sit here and attempt to review this story, I realized that I’ll either have to be extremely vague or risk posting Continue Reading
May has the Holiday Blues…
The naughty (and I don’t mean in the smexy way) list of holiday fails has been at an all-time high this year. I am not sure if it is a matter of everything having been done before, authors being uninspired, or other factors but this year I’ve yet to actually recommend a holiday read. Today I want to quickly go over some recent “DNF” holiday reads releasing in 2014. On the Naughty List gets a DNF because after reading two F grade novellas I couldn’t be bothered to continue. Lori Foster’s Continue Reading
Review: He’s No Prince Charming by Elle Daniels
He's No Prince Charming by Elle Daniels (Ever After #1) Released: October 28, 2014 Historical Romance Forever Reviewed by May Danielle Strafford is in the business of helping young couples in love elope. Engagements and promises be damned – she’ll help young ladies not be trapped by a forced match and kept from their true loves. Unfortunately for her Marcus Bradley is there and watching from the shadows as she helps his bride-to-be elope. The man seemed almost a wild animal. His size Continue Reading
Review: A Little Christmas Jingle by Michele Dunaway
A Little Christmas Jingle by Michele Dunaway Released: October 7, 2014 Contemporary Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Kat Saunders doesn't believe in miracles—though she sure could use one. She's devoted to her veterinarian business, and all she wants for Christmas is for her practice to include a no-kill shelter. But amidst all the holiday hoopla she forgot about getting the required permits...and time is running out. Just when Kat fears her dream career is DOA, a to-die-for handsome Continue Reading
Review: The Mistletoe Effect by Melissa Cutler
The Mistletoe Effect by Melissa Cutler Contemporary Romance Released: October 7, 2014 St. Martin's Reviewed by May Poinsettias weren’t even real flowers, just shrubs with red leaves. Decker has worked at the Briscoe Ranch Resort for years, and has gone from wild playboy to being serious about his career and life. The whole time he’s lusted after Carina and now he just might have the chance to get some naked time with her before he moves on to his next job… Carina loves her work and Continue Reading
Review: What a Wallflower Wants by Maya Rodale
What a Wallflower Wants by Maya Rodale (Bad Boys & Wallflowers #3) Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May Not for the first time did she curse The Beast. If it hadn’t been for him, she could have climbed into that carriage and let herself fall in love. If it hadn’t been for him, she’d probably have been happily married to a wonderful man with a baby in the nursery and another on the way. She wouldn’t have been here – jilted and on the road with nowhere Continue Reading
Review: Christmas Brides Anthology
Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch, Alexandra Hawkins, Elizabeth Essex, and Valerie Bowman Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May This quartet is more a collection of stories about quick romances that happen around Christmas than it is about the holiday season. So if you like whirlwind historical romances but not holiday themed books this may be an excellent collection for you. Each story has its flaws, however overall it was a nice collection of Continue Reading
Review: Mistletoe on Main Street by Olivia Miles
Mistletoe on Main Street by Olivia Miles Released: September 30, 2014 Contemporary Romance Forever Reviewed by May Grace Madison is a successful writer, but is she a happy woman? When she returns home for Christmas after being gone for years she is struck by a number of things. Her family has been struck hard by the loss of her father and they plan on selling the bookstore he ran for so long. Her first love Luke Hastings is around too- and looking good. It’s really too bad things didn’t Continue Reading
Review: What A Duke Dares by Anna Campbell
What A Duke Dares by Anna Campbell (Sons of Sin #3) Historical Romance Released: August 26, 2014 Forever Reviewed by May All her life, she’d known that confessing her love would at best create restraint, at worst send Cam fleeing what he viewed as impossible demands. To be fair, he wouldn’t want to hurt her. Although the sad truth was hat because he didn’t love her, he hurt her again and again. Nearly a decade ago, Cam proposed to his long time childhood friend Penelope. To his Continue Reading