The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #3) Released: August 2, 2016 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Laird Hamish Mackenzie had wanted to craft a monster out of his son and heir. Someone like him. But monsters were mythical, the figments of superstitious imaginations and farcical stories of centuries past. Liam decided he’d be no monster. Nay, he’d do one better. He’d become a demon. This is a third in a series I’ve strongly enjoyed, but easily stands alone Continue Reading
Review: A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen
A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen (A Season for Scandal #2) Historical Romance Released: Jully 26, 2016 Forever Reviewed by May “I mix up my words,” he said suddenly. There. He was honest about that. Her flapping stopped, and she peered at him, a faint crease in her forehead. “So?” “So?” he repeated. She turned her palms up. “So?” Noah wasn’t sure what to say. Absent were the pity and the suspicion and the distaste he usually encountered when others became aware of his Continue Reading
Review: Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn Series: Rokesby, #1 Historical Romance March 29, 2016 Avon Reviewed by May "Come now, Billie," he mocked. "Why so hesitant? That's not like you." "This isn't like you," she countered. "You have no idea." He came even closer, his eyes glittering with something she was terrified to define. He reached out and touched her arm, just one finger to her flesh, but it was enough to make her tremble. "When have you ever backed down from a Continue Reading
Review: A Scandalous Proposal by Kasey Michaels
A Scandalous Proposal by Kasey Michaels Series: A Little Season, #2 Historical Romance March 29, 2016 HQN Books Reviewed by May Cooper Townsend is being blackmailed. The worst part is, he didn’t do anything wrong! The details are as always a bit more complicated than that, but it isn’t as though he can say anything to anyone. Should the truth of his heroic acts be made known public it could cost him his life… Ah, but who has time to dwell when he quite literally runs into the Continue Reading
Review: The Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries
The Study of Seduction by Sabrina Jeffries Series: Sinful Suiters, #2 Historical Romance March 22, 2016 Pocket Books Reviewed by May Clarissa is being stalked, and her cousin has to leave the country for some family business. In order to keep her safe, he enlists his good friend Edwin (Earl of Blakeborough) to watch over and protect her. Clarissa has a dark secret and past that has her justifiably anxious about men in general, but this new development of having an active stalker Continue Reading
Review: Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard
Taking Fire by Cindy Gerard (One-Eyed Jacks #4) Released: February 23, 2016 Romantic Suspense Pocket Reviewed by May This story kicks off with an emotional beginning, as we meet our lead characters in a war zone, falling for one another. We also see how Bobby Taggart doesn’t fully trust Talia Levine the ‘journalist’ that catches his eye in the bar and he shouldn’t. She’s undercover and her mission to seduce and try to get a location on a prime target that she and her people want taken Continue Reading
Review: The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne
The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #2) Released: February 2, 2016 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May “I am not a wounded child to be pitied. Your tears are wasted. I am Argent. I am the most famous villain that no one has ever truly met and lived to tell about it. I’ve killed more men in the Underworld War than could fit in your precious theater. I’ve beaten men to death in cesspits for money. And what do you think I felt? Victorious? Avenged? Guilt? Continue Reading
Review: Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan
Once upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan (The Worth Saga #1) Released: December 8, 2015 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by May “When you say this particular situation is difficult, did you mean needing to dispose of this fellow here, or were you referring to the fact that we were going to get married until I proved your father and brother were traitors?” She looked up at him with wide, outraged eyes, and stared ahead with compressed lips. Better. If she was going to hate Continue Reading
May’s Top Books of 2015
This was, in general, a terrible book year. I had a record number DNF, WTF, and generally horrendously bad books. From creepy ‘like a father to her’ relationship dynamic to books that were completely unoriginal and everything in between – it was gnarly going out there. So much swinging and missing! The level of “ok I guess” C rated books was also record high for me, and this just really bums me out! Ah, but then I went sifting through the shelves and was pleasantly surprised to find that I Continue Reading
Review: Feel The Burn by G. A. Aiken
Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken (Dragon Kin #8) Released: November 24, 2015 Paranormal Romance Zebra Reviewed by May “I’m fine. Because I’m breathing. And that’s thanks to you.” Kachka folded her arms across her chest. “That is thanks to me. And yet I still do not have your kingdom.” “You have my everlasting loyalty” “The loyalty of a one-eyed rebel king who is allied with two made queens?” She shrugged. “I could definitely do worse.” Picking up where we left off, this book Continue Reading