Tempest in the Highlands by May McGoldrick The Pennington Family, #2 Historical Romance Released: March 27, 2018 Swerve Reviewed by Sheena It Happened in the Highlands is a second chance romance that simultaneously hit and missed core marks. I like second chance romance, something about characters finding their way back to one another despite time and distance has always appealed to me. In this novel, Jo, an adopted young woman is jilted days before her wedding, her intended a Continue Reading
Mandi Actually Read a Book on Vacation! (and liked it)
Usually when I go on vacation, I maybe read one chapter. Just one lonely chapter. I find myself getting caught up with my kids or doing things like - not relaxing in a chair so I can read. But this most recent vacation lacked my children and had plenty of lounging by the pool time - so I read an entire book and a half! (I probably would have read more if I didn't have tequila in my other hand at all times). I win at life. (also lose at life after I discovered a humongous cockroach in my Continue Reading
Review: Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon Historical Romance/NA March 6, 2018 Harper Collins/Blink Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: Lesson one: Friends are just enemies in disguise. Olivia Brownlow is no stranger to danger. Orphaned at birth and raised in a workhouse as one of the boys, Olivia eventually made her way to the streets and was taken in by a gang of thieves. When a crime goes wrong and she’s caught, she and the intended mark are shocked to discover they're related and he takes Continue Reading
Review: What a Highlander’s Got to Do by Sabrina York
What a Highlander's Got to Do by Sabrina York Untamed Highlanders #5 Historical Romance Released: March 6, 2018 Swerve Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: Against her will, her frown tipped into a smile. And when he smiled back, she nearly swooned. Which was annoying. She was hardly a swooning sort. What a Highlander's Got to Do is the latest superb entry in the addictive Untamed Highlander's series. This is a very "new reader" friendly series and while knowledge of the earlier Continue Reading
Review: Thalgor’s Witch by Nancy Holland
Thalgor’s Witch by Nancy Holland Historical Fantasy Romance February 22, 2018 Tule publishing Favorite Quote: "Eat, witch. You are no use to me dead." "And little use to you alive, to hear you tell it. Reviewed by Tori In a land of perpetual war and wandering, warrior Thalgor not only leads his people in battle, but keeps the hope alive that someday his displaced tribe can rebuild the kingdom that was lost to the treachery between witches and men. When he captures a beautiful Continue Reading
Review: Tressa by Barbara T. Cerny
Tressa by Barbara T. Cerny Historical Romance Strategic Book Publishing Originally Published August 4, 2011, Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Ye affront me grossly, lady bird.” “Ye affront me grossly! “Ye was probably weaned on the hind tit, ye fly-bitten harpy.” “And ye've got a face on ye like a well-slapped backside, paddy.” It isn't everyday you come across a romance novel that tells a delicate story with such strength, style and grace. This is especially so when there Continue Reading
Review: Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas (Ravenels #4) Released: February 27, 2018 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by Mandi "I was taught that satisfying a woman propery should take at least as long as making dough for bread." Garrett writhed helplessly. "How long is that?" "You don't know?" he asked, amused. "No, I can't cook." I read the Publishers Weekly's review of this book a few weeks ago, which pretty much slams it as a silly, non-plausible book and laughs it off. It made me have Continue Reading
Review: A Duke in the Night by Kelly Bowen
A Duke in the Night by Kelly Bowen (The Devils of Dover #1) Released: February 20, 2018 Historical Romance Forever Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "I am not going to accept less of you, Clara Hayward. I will have you, and you will have me." August Faulkner is not only a man with a keen sense of business. Not only a man whose father was in debtor's prison for years. He is also a duke. An inherited title, but a self-made man of wealth. August finds businesses that are crumbling, Continue Reading
Review: Devil in Tartan by Julia London
Devil in Tartan by Julia London (Highland Grooms #4) Releases February 20, 2018 Historical Romance HQN Books Reviewed by Mandi I won't lie - I received a print arc of this in the mail, took one look at our hero's luscious locks, and did a little snort laugh....and decided to give it a try. I was really hoping the heroine would play with his hair, or braid it or something but we don't get much hair play. We do get a cute story about a woman desperate to save her clan by selling illegal Continue Reading
Review: Surrender to the Highlander by Lynsay Sands
Surrender to the Highlander by Lynsay Sands Highlanders, #5 Historical Romance January 30, 2018 Avon Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "Wife, ye do no' need to be naked to talk...in fact, 'tis more detrimental to talking than helpful." So. The heroine barfs mid-blowjob. Everywhere. Cock was covered in her chunks. On the cusp of orgasm so it was a most certain un-happy ending. And I think you should know that. I can't un-know that and now you can't either. And yes, it was just as Continue Reading