A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #1) August 30, 2011 Historical Romance Paperback HarperCollins Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: “You invaded my dreams at least a half-dozen times last night. When I’m awake you keep traipsing through my thoughts. Sometimes you’re barely clothed. What excuse can you make for that?” She stammered to form a response, her tongue tripping against her teeth. “I… I would never traipse.” Tessa Dare has a new trilogy, Continue Reading
Review: In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks
In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks (Highlander #1) Historical Romance August 30, 2011 Paperback Ballantine Books Reviewed by Mandi Favorite Quote: She bristled with outrage. “Silence me? You took liberties with my..my…my lips in order to silence me? That was very impertinent of you, Laird. I won’t allow you to do it again.” He smiled and folded his arms over his chest. “Aye, you will.” Mairin has been hiding her true identity for longer than she can remember. King Continue Reading
Review: Wicked in your Arms by Sophie Jordan
Wicked In Your Arms (Forgotten Princesses #1) by Sophie Jordan Historical Romance Paperback July 26, 2011 Avon Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Do you mean to say you're considering me as a prospective wife? Heavens! Have the stars truly shined down on me? Could I be so blessed?” Crown Prince Sevastian Maksimi, one of Europe's most eligible bachelors, must find a rich wife of impeccable breeding and produce a heir in order to help his country heal from the devastation of Continue Reading
Review: How to Seduce a Scoundrel by Vicky Dreiling
How to Seduce a Scoundrel by Vicky Dreiling Historical Romance July 1, 2011 Paperback Grand Central Reviewed by May Favorite Quote: He swallowed, remembering the horrible things he’d said to her. “I plan to spend the rest of my life making it up to her.” “No, you will not. Hang your guilt. Spend the rest of your life treating her as if she were the sun and the stars combined.” That scene between our hero (Hawk) and his Aunt Hester is one of my favorites – the quote Continue Reading
Review: Give Me a Texas Outlaw Anthology
Give Me a Texas Outlaw Anthology Western July 1, 2011 Paperback Zebra Reviewed by May Howdy y’all. I’m going to take a stroll down through the wild west with you today and this collection of ye olde Texas themed novellas. There are three things all four stories have in common: * The “outlaws” featured in these stories might have done something a bit bad in their past, or there is a misunderstanding… but they’re not bad boys or girls. * All stories are in Texas, are filled with Continue Reading
Review: A Midnight Dance by Lila DiPasqua
A Midnight Dance by Lila DiPasqua (Fiery Tales #3) Historical Romance August 2, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Trade Reviewed by Mandi This is the first full length book by Lila DiPasqua, although it follows her previous short stories with a twist on erotic fairytales. In A Midnight Dance, we get a version of Cinderella. Sabine Laurent was once a wealthy young adult. Her father owned a very respectable theater in Paris that catered to the elite. Sabine and her twin sister Isabelle Continue Reading
Review: The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron by Jennifer Ashley (Highland Pleasures #3) Historical Romance August 2, 2011 Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Six years ago, Lord Cameron Mackenzie found Ainsley Douglas rooting around his bedroom. Before she left, she was seduced and had secretly taken a necklace which she thought belonged to another woman. Later, Cameron was angry she took the necklace, but more angry that she stopped the seduction. Feeling she would betray her elderly husband, Continue Reading
Review: The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville
The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville (The Burgundy Club #3) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by Mandi “Never get into a cart with a strange man.” And so our journey begins. Due to a set of unforeseen circumstances, Celia Seaton loses her job as a governess and hitches a ride with a stranger in a cart – trying to get to an acquaintances house to sort her life out. Most of Celia’s life was spent with her father in India, but after Continue Reading
Review: The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren
The Bed and the Bachelor by Tracy Anne Warren (The Byrons of Braebourne #5) Historical Romance July 26, 2011 Paperback Avon Reviewed by May As I turned the last page of this book I found myself pondering three things. First, that I have no idea why the couple featured in this book fancy themselves in love. Secondly, how am I going to settle on a grade for this book? Finally, why in the world was this titled “The Bed and the Bachelor”? Lord Drake Byron loves math and science. Continue Reading
Review: Heartbreak Creek by Kaki Warner
Heartbreak Creek by Kaki Warner (Runaway Brides #1) Western Romance July 5, 2011 Trade Paperback Berkley Reviewed by Mandi Edwina Ladoux has endured some tough times. Living in southern Louisiana, she was once the bell of the town, Growing up privileged and frivolous, but then the civil war came and now that the war is done, she has nothing left. No family, except for her half-sister Pru whom she is very close with. With no money, and her once beautiful house turned over to the Continue Reading