For the Duke's Eyes Only by Lenora Bell School for Dukes #2 Historical Romance September 18, 2018 by Avon Favorite Quote: Men tended to take their rules seriously, especially the ones that kept women submissive, subservient, and on the wrong side of doors." Reviewed by Angela Lady India Rochester is an adventurer and an archaeologist with a sharp tongue and a keen intellect. She doesn't accept the doors closed to her and couldn't care less about the dirty looks of her male Continue Reading
Review: The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne
The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne Victorian Rebels #6 Historical Romance August 28, 2018 by St. Martin's Press Favorite Quote: There are only two indisputable facts in this world. The sun will set in the west, and I’ll come for you. Always. Reviewed by Angela: I adore this author. Absolutely, positively adore. She writes bad boy, tortured anti-heroes like no other. Before reading The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo I could honestly say that the first book in this Continue Reading
Review: The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham
The Duke I Tempted by Scarlett Peckham (Secrets of Charlotte Streets #1) Released: July 31, 2018 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi The Duke of Westmead,who also goes by Archer, is in need of a wife. Aren't all dukes?? Archer doesn't want a wife, he doesn't even want a lover. He hasn't kissed or slept with a woman in thirteen years! (Are we perking up now?). After tragedy strikes all those years ago, Archer doesn't know how to handle his grief and turns to a woman who Continue Reading
Review: The Duke Buys A Bride by Sophie Jordan
The Duke Buys A Bride by Sophie Jordan Rogue Files, #3 Historical Romance July 24, 2018 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "I always sleep naked." "Not with me you don't." "As this was the first time we slept together, I did not realize we had established protocol." Alyse Bell was sold into marriage when her father gave her to a friend in the hopes she would be protected after he passed away. Having reached her maturity, she is ready to start her future with her best friend who Continue Reading
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Imperial Stout by Layla Reyne (Trouble Brewing #1) Released: July 23, 2018 M/M Suspense Carina Press This is a spin-off series from Reyne's Whiskey series and I saw some reviews that said it's probably best if you read the Whiskey series before reading this. I did not and I was confused at the beginning of the book. There are a lot of characters besides our two leading men, and it was hard to keep track of names and who was bad or good or a double agent etc.. I did settle in after a while Continue Reading
Review: The Gaucho’s Lady by Genevieve Turner
The Gaucho's Lady by Genevieve Turner Released: July 19, 2018 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: "Eliana Sofia Suarez Herrera," he said with deep satisfaction, " you are glorious." I very much enjoyed this book! I've read the historical series that Genevieve Turner co-writes with Emma Barry and have liked a lot - but I've never read Turner on her own. I was intrigued that this book was set in Argentina in 1905. I don't think I've read a romance set Continue Reading
Review: A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian
A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian (Seducing the Sedgwicks #2) Released: July 10, 2018 Historical M/M Avon Reviewed by Mandi I don't think I've ever read Cat Sebastian and shame on me! I really enjoyed her voice in this one - she gives us two characters that will make you smile and warm your heart. Hartley Sedgwick took London drawing rooms by storm with his good looks and easy charm. But when his godfather dies, and Hartley inherits his house, the godfather's son, who Continue Reading
Review: Dangerous by Minerva Spencer
Dangerous by Minerva Spencer The Outcasts, #1 Historical Romance June 26, 2018 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Most people are fools who will believe whatever they want to believe, regardless of the truth.” Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn’t been free in seventeen years—since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably curious public, and her first Season. Worst of Continue Reading
Review: The Highlander’s Promise by Lynsay Sands
The Highlander's Promise by Lynsay Sands Highlanders, #5 Historical Romance June 26, 2018 Avon Reviewed by Sheena There are some things that you just know. The sky is blue. 1 +1 = 2. If you use baking soda instead of baking powder in a recipe, you've fudged up BIG time, and if you write a bearded, scarred, reclusive Highlander with a heart of gold surrounded by glacier ice ad growlyness, if you dare build such a hero, Sheena will come. Sheena will come fast and hard- double-entendre Continue Reading
Review: Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean The Bareknuckle Bastards, #1 Romance Contemporary June 26, 2018 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: "The darkness has always tempted her. The locks. The barriers. The Impossible." Felicity Faircloth fall from grace has left her and her family in a pickle. From her unfortunate discovery in a man's bedchamber to her involvement with a married man, Felicity has lost her friends and her social standing, becoming yet another flower on the Continue Reading