The Importance of Being Wicked by Miranda Neville (The Wild Quartet #1) November 27, 2012 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi This book gives us two unlikely people to fall in love – a Duke, nicknamed Lord Stuffy, who while is no means desolate, would prefer to marry a rich heiress. And a widowed heroine who parties, doesn’t care for the rules of the ton, and because of her late husband’s debts, owes many people money. My main problem with this book is that by the end, I Continue Reading
Review: My Scandalous Viscount by Galen Foley
My Scandalous Viscount by Galen Foley (The Inferno Club #5) Historical Romance Released: September 25, 2012 Avon Reviewed by May Viscount Beauchamp (“Beau” to friends) leads a secret life working for the Order and doing secret work for England that most will never know about. Unfortunately for him, some of his coworkers are friends with a young miss who can’t seem to keep her nose where it belongs. Indeed, the young Carissa considers herself a ‘lady of information’ and can’t help but Continue Reading
Review: Heart of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice
Heart of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice (Ghost Ops #1) Romantic Suspense Releases: November 6, 2012 Avon Reviewed by Mandi Before I get into the review, let me start by saying how crazy and over the top Lisa Marie Rice books can be. I feel like I have to put that warning out there if you are a LMR virgin. The characters are all super intelligent, super stealthy. They have millions of dollars of security and weapons and the most advanced technology ever. And when they fall in love, Continue Reading
Review: Seduced by a Pirate by Eloisa James
Seduced by a Pirate by Eloisa James (Fairy Tales #4.5) Historical Romance, Novella Released: October 30, 2012 Avon Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “Someday we’ll find ourselves old, gray, and tattooed, battling it out in the House of Lords over a corn bill.” At age seventeen Sir Griffin Barry disappeared the night of his wedding, his bride left a virgin and his father the Viscount without an heir to spare. When he woke up aboard a ship he made the most of it – raising himself up and Continue Reading
Review: A Notorious Countess Confesses by Julie Anne Long
A Notorious Countess Confesses by Julie Anne Long (Pennyroyal Green #7) Historical Romance Released: October 30, 2012 Avon Reviewed by May For years, nothing ever dented her; she had shaped the world to suit her, as surely as though sh were a signet ring and the world sealing wax. Evie, the Countess of Wareham – a notorious woman who raised herself up from humble Irish roots to becoming an actress, famed courtesan, and wife of an Earl. Now that the Earl has passed away, she is left Continue Reading
Review: Blood by Moonlight Anthology
Blood By Moonlight by Jocelynn Drake, Terri Garey, and Caris Roane Paranormal Romance October 23, 2012 Avon Impulse Reviewed by Tori Just in time for the scariest season of all, three popular paranormal authors come together to tell original tales of romance where anything can happen under a Halloween moon . . . Tempers flare and passions rise in Jocelynn Drake's Of Monsters and Men as the local werewolf pack clashes with the Winter Court's Wild Hunt . . . In Terri Garey's The Ghoul Continue Reading
Review: Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath
Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath (The Lost Lords of Pembrook #2) Released: September 25, 2012 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May He didn’t want to be here. He didn’t’ want this. The captain’s huge paw of a hand landed on his shoulder with enough weight to jar him. “I’m called Marlow Have you a name, lad?” “Lo-“ He stopped. He couldn’t tell anyone that he was Lord Tristan Easton, second in line for the dukedom of Keswick. Until they reclaimed their birthright he was only Continue Reading
Review: Return of the Viscount by Gayle Callen
Released: July 31, 2012 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May After her father’s death Cecilia Mallory is left to care for her brother (the new Earl), manage the vast estate, and is unable to access her funds for several more years – unless she marries and can be free of her guardian. Desperate for a solution, and unwilling to sacrifice her freedom or put her funds or fate into a man’s hands, she proposes to Sergeant Michael Blackthorne. He is a man she knows only through letters, a Continue Reading
Review: The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens
The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens Historical Romance Paperback September 25, 2012 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “This wasn’t some passing connection. This power and glory wasn’t something that would fade and die- “ Neville Roscoe is the notorious, scandalous owner of several gambling dens. A private man, he exists on the fringes of society and is given wide berth by everyone. We learn early on that Neville is really Lord Julian Delbraith and his decline into Continue Reading
Review: Night Forbidden by Joss Ware
Night Forbidden by Joss Ware (Envy Chronicles #5) Paranormal Romance Released: July 31, 2012 Avon Reviewed by May A group of men have been in some kind of sleep and fifty years have passed. They emerge from the cave they had been in and notice changes in themselves, as they venture outside they discover that the whole world has changed. Zombies, Atlanteans, and all kinds of hell have broken loose on this new earth where California is under water and nothing is the same. Night Continue Reading