What a Wallflower Wants by Maya Rodale (Bad Boys & Wallflowers #3) Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May Not for the first time did she curse The Beast. If it hadn’t been for him, she could have climbed into that carriage and let herself fall in love. If it hadn’t been for him, she’d probably have been happily married to a wonderful man with a baby in the nursery and another on the way. She wouldn’t have been here – jilted and on the road with nowhere Continue Reading
Review: Christmas Brides Anthology
Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch, Alexandra Hawkins, Elizabeth Essex, and Valerie Bowman Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May This quartet is more a collection of stories about quick romances that happen around Christmas than it is about the holiday season. So if you like whirlwind historical romances but not holiday themed books this may be an excellent collection for you. Each story has its flaws, however overall it was a nice collection of Continue Reading
Review: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt (Maiden Lane #7) Historical Romance Released: October 14, 2014 Grand Central Reviewed by Mandi For those who like this series but are getting tired of the Ghost of St. Giles plot, this book is a refreshing change. I loved the Ghost of St. Giles when he was first introduced but I do think it was overplayed. In Darling Beast, we get a lovely hero and heroine. Well, the hero isn't so lovely unless you like tortured, run-down heroes. And hey - I do! Apollo Continue Reading
Review: A Place Called Harmony by Jodi Thomas
A Place Called Harmony by Jodi Thomas Historical Romance Contemporary October 7, 2014 Berkley Reviewed by Tori Harmon Ely had a dream. A dream to establish his own town smack dab in the middle of Texas but first, he had to find the right men and women to help make his dream a reality. Forty acres and a home is his offer to anyone brave enough to come settle in this forsaken land. All they need to bring is their willingness to work... and a wife. Three men take him up on his Continue Reading
Review: Sweetwater by Lisa Henry
Sweetwater by Lisa Henry Historical Erotic Romance/MM Ebook, 240 pages September 29, 2014 Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Tori Elijah Carter is a young man who is treated like a simpleton because he is deaf. Gay and ashamed of his sexual orientation and penchant for pain, he allows himself to be sexually abused by the owner of the local saloon, Harlan Crane. Grady Mullins, a cattle rustler, wants Elijah too but unlike Harlan, he doesn’t want to control him. He gently pursues Elijah, Continue Reading
Review: An American Duchess by Sharon Page
An American Duchess by Sharon Page Released: September 30, 2014 Historical Romance Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi This is the first I've ever read of Sharon Page and I like her voice. The set-up is very Downton Abby-ish - a grand estate in England needs money. Enter our heroine, Zoe Gifford. From New York, Zoe's mother is in some gambling debt and forged a check. Zoe has a ton of money in a trust fund, but the only way to access that fund, is if she gets married. Zoe is a very Continue Reading
Review: The Unsuitable Secretary by Maggie Robinson
The Unsuitable Secretary by Maggie Robinson (Ladies Unlaced #4) Released: September 16, 2014 Historical Romance Penguin Reviewed by Mandi Harriet "Harry" Benson has to supplement her father's banking income to make sure her father has enough income to support her two younger brothers. After having surgery to remove her appendix, Harry needs time to recover and can't quite keep up with her strenuous duties at the Evensong Agency (an employment agency of sorts). Her employer comes up with Continue Reading
Chieftain by Command (Chieftain Series #2) by Frances Housden
Chieftain by Command (Chieftain Series #2) by Frances Housden Historical Romance Released September 1, 2014 Escape Publishing Reviewed by Sheena Favorite Quote: "In two days, I and my mercenaries leave for France. Know this, when I return, I shall expect you to be as I left you-intact. I'll tolerate no man's bastard in MY hall. On my oath, Kathryn, any sons you bear under this roof and in that bed will be MINE." "Inexperienced I might be...yet I'm thinking that even for the Continue Reading
Review: What A Duke Dares by Anna Campbell
What A Duke Dares by Anna Campbell (Sons of Sin #3) Historical Romance Released: August 26, 2014 Forever Reviewed by May All her life, she’d known that confessing her love would at best create restraint, at worst send Cam fleeing what he viewed as impossible demands. To be fair, he wouldn’t want to hurt her. Although the sad truth was hat because he didn’t love her, he hurt her again and again. Nearly a decade ago, Cam proposed to his long time childhood friend Penelope. To his Continue Reading
Review: Talk Sweetly To Me by Courtney Milan
Talk Sweetly To Me by Courtney Milan (Brothers Sinister #4.5) Released: August 18, 2014 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “Anyone who thinks that ladies are delicate has either never been pregnant or has put the experience from her mind out of sheer horror.” Rose is a brilliant mathematician who works as a “computer” of numbers for a scientist while also living with and assisting her very pregnant sister. There is only one thing that unnerves her, and Continue Reading