The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn (Rokesbys #2) Released: May 30, 2017 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May Cecilia Harcourt is now an orphan, her cousin is odious and taking over the home she’s always known, and now her brother Thomas is missing on the battlefront in the Colonies. What is a girl to do? Why jump the first boat over and when she finds her brother’s friend Edward Rokesby unconscious in the hospital but no sign of her brother – pretend she is his Continue Reading
Review: Wildfire by Ilona Andrews
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy #3) Released: July 25, 2017 Urban Fantasy Avon Reviewed by May I had been hugged by a giant, super intelligent, pacifist bear. I could do this. I could do anything. I just had to walk in and call for a family meeting. Connor “Mad” Rogan and Nevada Baylor are back in the third and final installment of their series. Book two left us with huge questions and open issues – and I am happy to say that in this third installment we do find a fairly Continue Reading
Review: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai
Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai (Forbidden Hearts #1) Released: July 25, 2017 Contemporary Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "You never told me why you decided your car is a woman." "Because no man could ever handle my ass for this long." Alisha Rai has a new series and it's angst-filled from page one. I enjoyed it. I've seen it mentioned that this book is like Romeo and Juliet, except with a happy ending. And that is right on target. We have two enemy families, Continue Reading
Review: Mister Hockey by Lia Riley
Mister Hockey by Lia Riley Hellions Angels #1 Contemporary/Sports Romance July 11, 2017 Avon Impulse Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: And typical Breezy behavior. On her tombstone it would read: She came. She saw. She made it awkward. Jed West is Mr. Hockey. The captain of the NHL’s latest winning team, the Denver Hellions—and the hottest player on the ice—at least according to every magazine. .and Breezy Angel. Breezy has been drooling over Jed at games for years, and he plays a Continue Reading
Review: The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean Series: Scandal & Scoundrel, #3 Historical Romance June 27, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Would you like to know why I kept the name?” “Yes.” “Because doves mate for life, and I knew there would never be another for me.” Readers have been waiting for this couple’s story since they were first seen in book one-A Rogue Not Taken. Malcolm, the Duke of Haven, is caught at a party in a compromising position with a woman who is Continue Reading
Review: A Most Unlikely Duke by Sophie Barnes
A Most Unlikely Duke by Sophie Barnes Series: Diamonds in the Rough, #1 Historical Romance June 27, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “I simply cannot imagine choosing a life without you in it.” Raphe Matthews and his two sisters, Amelia and Juliette, were forced into poverty when their father committed suicide and their mother disappeared. Raphe is ‘helped’ out by the local crime boss and ends up bare knuckle boxing to repay him. When a stunning reversal of fortune Continue Reading
Review: The Most Dangerous Duke in London by Madeline Hunter
The Most Dangerous Duke in London by Madeline Hunter Series: Decedent Dukes Society, #1 Historical Romance Avon May 30, 2017 Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Believe me when I say that I have desired you since that day you upbraided me as a trespasser. It is convenient that you desire me too. Adam Penrose, Duke of Stratton, has arrived back in England on a mission. He is determined to discover the reasons behind his father’s suicide. With his two best friends, fellow members of the Society Continue Reading
Review: Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James Series: Desperate Duchesses #9, Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers #3 Historical Romance January 31, 2017 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Nothing ruins a dinner party like expertise.” Edward (Ward) Reeve is a wealthy inventor and the illegitimate son of an Earl. He has recently gained guardianship of his two younger half siblings (Lizzie and Otis) after his mother passed away. Due to the children's unusual upbringing, they were raised Continue Reading
Review and Giveaway: Four Weddings and a Sixpence Anthology by Julia Quinn
Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology by Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Stefanie Sloane, Laura Lee Guhrke Historical Romance December 27, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Four well know historical romance authors have come together in a spirited anthology about four young women who meet as girls at Madame Rochambeaux’s Gentle School for Girls and become fast friends despite their differences in social, class, and economic status. When they find a mysterious sixpence hidden in a mattress, Continue Reading
Review: Taken by Cynthia Eden
Taken by Cynthia Eden Series: Lost, #5 Romantic Suspense November 29, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Once she looked out at the world and never seen any darkness. She’d trusted blindly, dumbly. Not anymore.” Bailey Jones is the only known survivor of a serial killer known as the Angel of Death. Except Bailey saw another woman there. One who Bailey helped to escape and then she just disappeared. From the deputy who rescued her to the shirk she’s been seeing, no one Continue Reading