The Pirate's Secret Baby by Darlene Marshall Released: March 2, 2014 Historical Romance Amber Quill Press Reviewed by Mandi I've enjoyed Darlene Marshall's books in the past and she does a nice job with The Pirate's Secret Baby. The baby is actually eight year old Mattie, whose mother has recently died. Her governess, Lydia tracks down Mattie's father, Robert St. Armand, the captain of the Prodigal Son and known pirate. Robert has been with many (and I mean many) women, so it's a shock Continue Reading
Review: His Abductor’s Desire by Harper St. George
His Abductor's Desire by Harper St. George Released: March 1, 2014 Western Historical Harlequin Reviewed by Mandi I accepted this review request because this is a debut author and the premise of an "heiress-turned-outlaw" really appealed to me. While I liked the heroine and I think this author has a good writing style, this book suffers from lack of pages. It's way too short for the reader to become invested in what could have been a really fun story. Charity is an heiress from Continue Reading
Review: The Dark Affair by Marie Claremont
The Dark Affair by Marie Claremont (Mad Passions #3) Released: March 4, 2014 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Margaret Cassidy left Ireland to come to England and help those who have come home from war. She is a nurse that helps them rebuild their lives by getting them off of an addiction to opium. She has become known for it and can pass by with the money she makes off of it but she needs more. Her brother is in financial and personal trouble so when the Earl of Carlyle Continue Reading
Review: When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries
When the Rogue Returns by Sabrina Jeffries (The Duke's Men #2) Released: January 21, 2014 Historical Romance Pocket Reviewed by May His Isa had been young and naïve and real. It was one of the things he’d liked about her – that she was so practical. That she hadn’t looked down her nose at him. This Isa, with her beaded reticule and her ladylike manner and her rigid posture, wouldn’t have given an uncouth young soldier the time of day years ago. Worse yet, she was even more beautiful Continue Reading
Review: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare (Castles Ever After #1) Released: January 28, 2014 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May When Papa overspent their income, and the maid was dismissed, she told herself the drudgery would pay off someday. Everyone knew that Cinderella had to scrub the floors before she could win the handsome prince. Isolde Ophelia Goodnight, daughter of a famed author who recently passed away and doesn’t know where she will live or how she will survive. Until, that is, Continue Reading
Review: The Devil Wears Kilts by Suzanne Enoch
The Devil Wears Kilts by Suzanne Enoch (Scandalous Highlanders #1) Released: November 26, 2013 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May On a mission to rescue his runaway sister from the lure of flowery compliments and a useless lot of satin-clad scalawags disguised by their snooty titles, Ranulf MacLawry, Marquis of Glengask, has roared into British society like a storm across the Scottish Highlands. But he’s about to find out that satin has its appeal, especially when it covers Continue Reading
Review: The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan
The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan (Brothers Sinisters #3) Released: December 16, 2013 Historical Romance Self Published Reviewed by May So long as she stayed still, nobody would discover the truth. Right now, Sebastian glared at her – utterly livid as if he were about to take a hatchet to that log. To expose its rotten core to the world, to show them that inside, Violet was a dark, awful, filthy thing, infested by many-legged creatures. If he spoke one more word, everyone would Continue Reading
Review: The Smuggler Wore Silk by Alyssa Alexander
The Smuggler Wore Silk by Alyssa Alexander (Spy in the Ton #1) Released: January 7, 2014 Historical Romance Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: After he is betrayed by one of his own, British spy Julian Travers, Earl of Langford, refuses to retire without a fight, vowing to find the traitor. But when the trail leads to his childhood home, Julian is forced to return to a place he swore he’d never see again, and meet a woman who may be his quarry—in more ways than one. Though she Continue Reading
Review: Beguiled by Joanna Chambers
Beguiled (Enlightenment, #2) by Joanna Chambers M/M Historical Romance E book, 234 pages Releases: December 24, 2014 Samhain Reviewed By Tori Favorite Quote: “It had felt like forever, and it had felt like no time at all.” In book one, Provoked, we met Junior Advocate David Laurenston whose actions in the Scottish Insurrection landed him onto some very powerful people’s lists. He begins an affair with a hedonistic and influential Scottish Lord, Lord Mundo Balfour. When their affair Continue Reading
Review: The Rogue’s Proposal by Jennifer Haymore
The Rogue’s Proposal (House of Trent, #2) by Jennifer Haymore Historical Romance Paperback, 368 pages November 19, 2013 Forever Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “You're exactly who I thought you were.“ Lord Lukas Hawkins, the rakish second son of the House of Trent, has never found a wager he couldn't win or a woman he couldn't seduce—until his search for his missing mother leads him to a mysterious encounter with a beautiful stranger. Luke's mother has been missing for Continue Reading