Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (The Ravenels #2) Released: May 31, 2016 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi I enjoyed this book more than book one, so yay for that! We meet Rhys and Helen in book (although this can be read as a standalone). They fall in love in book one, they get engaged in book one. What's left for this book, right? Well, at the end of book one (omg I'll stop saying "book one") they have a fight and they break up. This is where book two starts. Rhys was Continue Reading
Review: Torn by Cynthia Eden
Torn by Cynthia Eden Series: LOST, #4 Romance Suspense May 31, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “If I have you...I have everything.” PARTNERS . . . FRIENDS . . . Forensic anthropologist Victoria Palmer has always been better with the dead than the living. Shutting down her emotions, she lets few people in. But then Victoria’s latest investigation takes her and agent Wade Monroe to Savannah, Georgia. Handsome, dangerous, and more than ready to play dirty on any case, Continue Reading
Review: Love of the Game by Lori Wilde
Love of the Game by Lori Wilde (Stardust, Texas #3) Released: April 26, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Mandi Axel Richmond is a pitcher for the Dallas Gunslingers. An expansion team, he feels like he hasn't quite made it in life, and his real dream is to play for the New York Yankees (I'll try to forgive him *wink*). But before anything can happen in his life, he needs to rehab his shoulder. After doing physical therapy and pushing himself as hard as possible, the team doctors still say he is not 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: All Chained UP by Sophie Jordan
All Chained Up by Sophie Jordan Series: Devil’s Rock Romance Contemporary March 29, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This...us...me is out of control” Knox Callaghan has been at Devil's Rock for eight years for murder. Due to be released soon, he is counting the days till he can walk free again and keeping his head low. Tall, dark, and deadly, no one messes with Knox... no one except the new infirmary nurse. A woman he instantly knows is too good and pure for someone like Continue Reading
DNF Review: Lady Bridget’s Diary by Maya Rodale
Lady Bridget's Diary by Maya Rodale (Cavendish #1) Releases: February 23, 2016 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi Based on the title of this book, I assumed we would get some Bridget Jones's Diary references - it's a movie I adore and I had never read Maya Rodale so I decided to try it. What this book turns out to be is more of a retelling of Pride and Prejudice (PP) with Bridget Jones's Diary (BJD) and Mean Girls thrown in. (And I realize the similarities between Bridget Continue Reading
Review: Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins
Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins Released: January 26, 2016 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi Set in Virginia City, Nevada in 1877, Rhine Fontaine lives an interesting life. Born as a slave, with a black mother and a white father, Rhine can pass as a white person. Although he fights for black rights, post civil war, he realizes pretending to be white can give him sway when it's time to vote or fight for things concerning the black people who live in town. Rhine is on the city Continue Reading
Review: Everything She Wanted by Jennifer Ryan
Everything She Wanted by Jennifer Ryan Series: The Hunted, #5 Romance Suspense January 5, 2016 Avon Reviewed by Tori Ben Knight has been itching to find his own happily ever after as he watches his friends succumb to love, marriage, and babies. When a dear friend tells him his soul mate is coming and he’s already met her before, he’s shocked when he is called to the scene of a crime and runs into Kate Morrison; a social worker he had an interlude with a few years ago. Kate Morrison Continue Reading
Review: The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean Series: Scandal & Scoundrel, #1 Historical Romance December 29, 2015 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “My only regret is that the pool was not deeper. And filled with sharks.” Lovers of historical romance, trashy tabloids, road trips, and opposite attraction are sure to enjoy Sarah MacLean's newest adventure that will leave you chuckling and at times outright laughing as you ride along on the outrageous journey of a young lady hellbent Continue Reading
Review: One-Eyed Dukes Are Wild by Megan Frampton
One-Eyed Dukes Are Wild by Megan Frampton Series: Dukes Behaving Badly, #3 Historical Romance December 29, 2015 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Men. She’d be better off just making the fictional men in her life do what she wanted, since she thus far had little luck with the real ones.” Lady Margaret Sawford has lived her life on her own terms since she refused to be forced into marriage by her parents and they disowned her. Using her skills at cards and writing serial Continue Reading