Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffin (A Rescue Dog Romance #2) Released: February 7, 2017 Contemporary Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Addison is a dog groomer who also loves Dachshund dogs (especially her rescued one, Princess) and volunteers at San Francisco Dachshund Rescue Center. Currently she’s got two goals: find the perfect man to be her one and only true love, and launch her line of dog clothing to the elite dog society of San Francisco. I picked up this book for two reasons. Continue Reading
Review: The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne
The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #4) Released: February 7, 2017 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Imogen was working as a bar maid (never a prostitute) to repay a debt her father owed, when her real occupation was a nurse by day. One night a group of soldiers came in, and her life would never be quite the same. It was done. What was left of her innocence had been taken. No, not taken. Bought. Imogen decided that the sacrifice of her virginity had been Continue Reading
Review: Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen
Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen (Season for Scandal #3) Historical Romance Released: January 31, 2017 Forever Reviewed by May “You also have a reputation as an assassin,” she said. “Mmmmm. It’s a wonder I have time to eat breakfast with all I do.” “Are you? An assassin?” “Would it matter?” “That’s not an answer.” “Do you need someone killed?” She blinked. “Not at the moment.” “Just as well. I am fully engaged until mid-October.” Between the Devil and the Duke is a Continue Reading
May’s Favorite Books of 2016
My list for 2016 is a short one, but it was a good reading year. While I read fewer books than usual, I was also not plagued by the WTF phenomenon that was 2015 and for that I am thankful. I can’t think of a single book that I read this year that was a total fail or “can’t even finish with this crap”- and that’s a huge win in my world. I was delighted by the installments in some of my favorite series, as well as a new emerging favorite author. First mention on my list goes to The Hating Game Continue Reading
Review: My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard and Angie Morgan
My Rogue, My Ruin by Amalie Howard & Angie Morgan Historical Romance Released: November 21, 2016 Entangled Reviewed by May “..it’s no wonder you can’t find a wife. No respectable woman in her right mind would have you! You’re… you are… appalling.” Archer did the one thing he could to silence her tirade. He kissed her. It was a mistake. This is the story of two people who knew each other as children, but apparently didn’t see each other for many years which quite bluntly didn’t Continue Reading
Review: While the Duke was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan
While the Duke was Sleeping by Sophie Jordan (The Rogue Files #1) Historical Romance Released: October 25, 2016 Avon Reviewed by May Poppy Fairchurch has a lot of time for her mind to wander and dream up fantasies about the oh so appealing Duke of Autenberry as she worked in the flower shop. She had him all figured out in her mind, and she was totally in love. Then one day she witnessed him getting into a fight, jumped in to save his life, and her entire world turned upside down. She Continue Reading
Review: The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot
The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot (Boy #4) Released: October 18, 2016 Contemporary romance William Morrow Reviewed by May When I saw this book announced I squealed aloud like the twenty something I was when the first of Cabot’s “Boy” series was released over a decade ago. Every Boy’s Got One was one of my first favorite books as an adult, and remains my favorite of all the Cabot books. A new book related to that? I don’t even need the premise I’m sold! Sadly my excitement was short lived, Continue Reading
Review: Hero in the Highlands by Suzanne Enoch
Hero in the Highlands by Suzanne Enoch (No Ordinary Hero #1) Historical Romance Released: October 4, 2016 St. Martin's Reviewed by May So this was his first night as a duke in his own castle. AS he contemplated his situation, he couldn’t deny one thing – parts of it felt familiar. A foreign land, surrounded by hostile forces who wanted him either gone or dead and didn’t much care which one it was, and him with the assignment to bring order out of chaos. And the fact that the opposing Continue Reading
Review: Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #5) Released: September 27, 2016 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May “And in the marital bed, he will wish to place his…” more hand fluttering “…into yours.” “His ahem goes into my whatsit.” “In so many words, yes. And then-“ “And then marital duty, just a pinch, lie back and think of England. I think I have it. Thank you, mama.” Charlotte Highwood is somewhat of a laughingstock. You see, her mother keeps flinging Continue Reading
Review: Stealing Taffy by Susan Donovan
Stealing Taffy by Susan Donovan (Bigler, North Carolina #3) Released: August 30, 2016 Contemporary Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May This story opens in an airport where Tanyalee aka Taffy is coming back from some kind of rehab/therapy takes an instant lust to a man… a man who happens to be seated next to her on the plane. We’re teased with hints that she’s not altogether stable (or sane?!) but off they go on a sexual romp that weeks later neither can forget. "Excuse me." Her Continue Reading