A Seaside Christmas by Sherryl Woods (Chesapeake Shores #10) Women's Fiction Septempber 24, 2013 Harlequin Reviewed by May As the only child of a single mom, Jenny Collins wanted nothing more than to be part of a large, rambunctious family like the O'Briens. Ironically, though, when her mother married into that family, Jenny found herself feeling more like an outsider than ever. Now, after years in Nashville as an established songwriter, Jenny's drawn back to Chesapeake Shores to Continue Reading
Review: Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt (Maiden Lane #6) Releases: October 15, 2013 Historical Grand Central Reviewed by Mandi The Duke of Wakefield or Max is a dark and broody guy. Years ago he witnessed the murders of his parents on the streets of St. Giles and he blames himself. He has guilt and shame and now as an adult, he has taken to the streets at night as one of the Ghosts of St. Giles. A vigilante who rids St. Giles of the bad guys. He wears a mask and a cape and is a Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Trick by Christine Bell
Dirty Trick by Christine Bell (Perfectly Matched #1) Contemporary Romance Released: September 23, 2013 Entangled Publishing Reviewed by Mandi I’ve read a couple of books by Christine Bell and I really like her voice. Dirty Trick gives us two very likable protagonists. Grace Love runs a matchmaking service, yet never has a match of her own. Her best friend Trick is on the SWAT team (hubba hubba) and has always given her the good tingles when he is around, but they never quite Continue Reading
Review: Not Another Wedding by Jennifer McKenzie
Not Another Wedding by Jennifer McKenzie Released: October 1, 2013 Contemporary Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi Event planner Poppy Sullivan is worried her best friend Jamie is rushing into marriage and that his fiancé is a gold digger, so she is determined to get Jamie’s ear and tell him her concerns. At pre-wedding festivities, she runs into Beck Lefebvre, the man whom she was in love with as a teenager. The man who took her virginity and then never called again. Not wanting to Continue Reading
Review: The Christmas He Loved Her by Juliana Stone
The Christmas He Loved Her (Bad Boys of Crystal Lake, #2) by Juliana Stone Contemporary Romance October 1, 2013 Sourcebooks Reviewed By Tori Jake Edwards, one of the three original bad boys of Crystal Lake, has come home to face his past. After witnessing his twin brother’s death in Afghanistan, Jake finds himself sinking into a dark pit of despair. He thought his brothers death was the worst thing he could ever endure. Until he realized he was falling in love with his brother’s widow, Continue Reading
Review: On Midnight Wings by Adrian Phoenix
On Midnight Wings (The Makers Song, #5) by Adrian Phoenix Urban Fantasy/Romance September 24, 2013 Pocket Reviewed by Tori Dante and Heather fight for their lives against two different foes to find their way back to each other. Dante, lost to his shattered and painful past, his bond with Heather the only thing keeping him sane, searches for Heather and the man who stole her. Powerplays and intrigue intensify as knowledge of what Dante truly is—a True Blood/Fallen Maker—ripples through Continue Reading
Review: Targeted by Katie Reus
Targeted by Katie Reus (Deadly Ops #1) Released: October 1, 2013 Romantic Suspense Penguin Reviewed by May Growing up wasn’t easy on Sam, always fending for himself and having to watch his own back. The one time he allowed himself to open up to someone and fall in love it only lasted a short time. At eighteen his first love told him to go away and that she never wanted to see him again as he was leaving for basic training. He always blamed himself for the trauma she went through and Continue Reading
Review: What a Gentleman Desires by Kasey Michaels
What a Gentleman Desires by Kasey Michaels (Redgraves #3) Released: September 24, 2013 Historical Romance Harlequin Reviewed by May “Gloves off, Miss Marchant – you’ve fallen into a den of monsters that gather here monthly to play their terrible games. A hellfire club, Miss Marchant, if you’ve ever heard the term. Devil horns, hideous costumes, sacrificial altars, the entire gambit of debauchery. They rape women like you for sport, pass them about among them – and that may be the least of Continue Reading
Review: Never Desire a Duke by Lily Dalton
Never Desire a Duke (One Scandalous Season, #1) by Lily Dalton Historical Romance September 24, 2013 Hachette (Forever) Vane Barwick (Duke of Claxton) has been estranged from his wife Lady Sophia for over a year, but he holds out hope that they can reconcile and put the past behind them. Sophia does not trust Vane, more specifically she does not trust her heart with him for his rumored infidelity and the loss of their unborn child already crushed her heart once. The couple finds Continue Reading
Mandi Rants but is also Intrigued by a Homeless Heroine
Falling In by Lydia Michaels (The Surrender Trilogy #1) Released: September 17, 2013 Erotic Contemporary Penguin Reviewed by Mandi I knew what I was getting with this book before I started (kind of). I knew the hotel maid fell for the tycoon hotel owner, all of this is stated in the blurb. What surprised me however was how much this heroine intrigued me at first. She has been homeless her entire life, born in an alley to a heroin-addicted mother. She lives on the streets and Continue Reading