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
Review: Love and Let Spy by Shana Galen
Love and Let Spy by Shana Galen (Lord and Lady Spy #3) Released: August 5, 2014 Historical Romance Sourcebooks Reviewed by May Dominic has been informed he will marry, and that it will be a Miss Jane Bonde. He doesn’t want marriage, and certainly not to some random girl he’s never met before. He simply wants to be left alone to care for the family horses and stables in the country. Is that too much to ask? Jane Bonde couldn’t think of a worse torture than having to be leg shackled to Continue Reading
The Wickedest Lord Alive by Christina Brooke
The Wickedest Lord Alive by Christina Brooke Historical Romance Released July 1, 2014 St. Martin's Paperbacks Review by Sheena Favorite Quote: "No, I'm not jealous," he said calmly. But if I see his hands on you again, I shall shoot him through the heart." He WAS jealous!" Well I declare. This was certainly intriguing. All the fluff and puff that I love in my historical romances but this time with an edge of danger and a tinge of darkness. The Lord is (naturally) a pompous Continue Reading
Review: Falling for the Pirate by Amber Lin
Falling for the Pirate by Amber Lin (Men of Fortune #2) Historical Romance Released: July 21, 2014 Entangled Reviewed by Mandi Captain Nate Bowen has had a difficult life. His father survived sailing most of his life, only to die at the hands of a murderer. This thrust Nate into the streets, where he barely survived. But Nate turned his life around. The captain of the Nightingale, he feels most at home on the sea. But he is also part owner of Fortune Investments, along with a few other Continue Reading
Review: Rogue with a Brogue by Suzanne Enoch
Rogue with a Brogue by Suzanne Enoch (Scandalous Highlanders #2) Released: July 29, 2014 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May London, 1817: Stuck in a Mayfair ballroom thanks to his lovestruck brother, highlander Arran MacLawry wants nothing but a bit of distraction from an arranged betrothal—and a clever auburn-haired lass in a vixen’s mask promises just that...until he discovers that she’s the granddaughter of the Campbell, chief of clan MacLawry’s longtime rival. Despite Continue Reading
Review: The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan (Brother Sinister #4) Historical Romance Released: July 15, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by May “I won’t give you the easy answer. It doesn’t exist. Go write the messy, difficult story." Courtney Milan is at it again, and she is giving us a glorious entry into her Brothers Sinister series. You do not need to be familiar with the series to enjoy this one, although her last book (The Countess Conspiracy) got an A+ from me and I can't recommend it Continue Reading