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
Review: Along Came Love by Tracey Livesay
Along Came Love by Traceyt Livesay Publication Date: October 25, 2016 Contemporary Romance Avon Impulse Reviewed by Kini When a silly, impulsive decision lands free-spirited India Shaw behind bars in San Francisco, she has no choice but to call the only person she knows in the unfamiliar city—the very man she abandoned after a steamy two-day fling. The fact that she’s pregnant with his child is something she’d rather not divulge. Tech executive Michael Black never thought he’d hear Continue Reading
Review: Making the Play by T.J. Kline
Making the Play by T.J. Kline (Hidden Falls #1) Contemporary Romance September 27, 2016 Avon Impulse Reviewed by Helyce Goodreads blurb: T.J. Kline launches a brand new series with the charming story of a NFL player who finds love when he least expects it… Grant McQuaid has dedicated his entire life to his football career. Now an injury threatens his place on the team and he’s forced to return home to rehabilitate. But when he meets his “biggest fan,” a precocious, blue-eyed, hearing 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: 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: A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean
A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean Series: Scandal & Scoundrel, #2 Historical Romance August 30, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Let me captain this ship, Alec. I might dash it upon the rocks and send myself into the depths, but at least I did it myself.” Miss Lillian Hargrove thought she had found the man of her dreams. Caught between two worlds, neither aristocratic nor the serving class, she has spent her life in limbo, just waiting for someone to notice her. And Continue Reading