How to Love a Duke in Ten Days by Kerrigan ByrneDevil You Know #1Historical RomanceAugust 27, 2019 by St. Martin's ARCContent Warning: rape and sexual assault I adore this author, absolutely adore. Kerrigan Byrne writes the MOST emotional, chest-clenching, angsty love stories. Strong heroines and broody heroes who experience sweeping, sensual, all consuming passion for each other. I always think she can't out do herself yet again and she always does. How to Love a Duke in Ten Days is the Continue Reading
Q & A with Kerrigan Byrne
The team from St. Martin's Press provided this Q&A from Kerrigan Byrne about her newest release, How to Love a Duke in Ten Days, out now. Q: What inspired you to write How to Love a Duke in Ten Days? A: I’ve always been one of those women who have enjoyed fierce female friendships. I think that soulmates, even for heterosexual women, can be just as necessary with other women as with men, and a real hero must not just love and respect you, but also your tribe. I wanted to write a Continue Reading
Smexy’s August TBR
Angela- I have tons of great ARCs for this month and I want to dig in to all of them right now. The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai 8/6- Alisha Rai is one of my go-to, must-have, auto-buy authors and I love her. This story about two rival dating app creators sounds amazing and I can't wait to read it this week. The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare 8/13- If this book is half as cute as the previous book in this series, The Governess Game, I know I'll be in heaven. The First Girl Child by Amy Continue Reading
Smexy’s Mid-Year Update: What we’ve read, what we’ve loved, what’s up next
Angela: Hey y'all! It's half way into 2019 and Goodreads says I've read 78 books. My goal is 125 this year, so at the moment I'm ahead of schedule. I'm trying to incorporate more books that have been sitting on my TBR shelf into my reading schedule, but I can't seem to stop requesting review ARCs. I have willpower issues, I know this. Lol. As you can see, I'm a genre jumper. I vary rarely read in the same genre two books in a row. I read a ton of fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, 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 Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Byrne
The Scot Beds His Wife by Kerrigan Byrne Series:Victorian Rebel's #5 Historical Romance Released: October 3, 2017 St. Martin's Press Reviewed by Sheena Gavin St. James, Earl of Thorne, is a notorious Highlander and an unrelenting Lothario who uses his slightly menacing charm to get what he wants—including too many women married to other men. But now, Gavin wants to put his shady past behind him...more or less. When a fiery lass who is the heiress to the land he wishes to possess drops Continue Reading
Review: The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne
The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #4) Released: February 7, 2017 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Imogen was working as a bar maid (never a prostitute) to repay a debt her father owed, when her real occupation was a nurse by day. One night a group of soldiers came in, and her life would never be quite the same. It was done. What was left of her innocence had been taken. No, not taken. Bought. Imogen decided that the sacrifice of her virginity had been Continue Reading
Review: The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne
The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #3) Released: August 2, 2016 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May Laird Hamish Mackenzie had wanted to craft a monster out of his son and heir. Someone like him. But monsters were mythical, the figments of superstitious imaginations and farcical stories of centuries past. Liam decided he’d be no monster. Nay, he’d do one better. He’d become a demon. This is a third in a series I’ve strongly enjoyed, but easily stands alone Continue Reading
Review: The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne
The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #2) Released: February 2, 2016 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May “I am not a wounded child to be pitied. Your tears are wasted. I am Argent. I am the most famous villain that no one has ever truly met and lived to tell about it. I’ve killed more men in the Underworld War than could fit in your precious theater. I’ve beaten men to death in cesspits for money. And what do you think I felt? Victorious? Avenged? Guilt? Continue Reading
Review: The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne
The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne (Victorian Rebels #1) Released: September 1, 2015 Historical Romance St. Martin's Reviewed by May “I was thinking,” he said some time later as she paused for a drowsy yawn. “Since ye doona have any family to love anymore, ye could love me…” Instead of meeting her gaze, he studied the way the pristine white of her petticoat bandage made his hand look that much grubbier. “That is, if ye wanted.” Farah buried her face in his neck and sighed, her lashes Continue Reading