One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland April 27, 2010 Time Travel Romance 384 Pages, Paperback Berkley Reviewed by AmandaOne Enchanted Evening is a time travelling romance for what Lynn Kurland is most well known for and in true style this book does not disappoint.Our hero is Montgomery De Piaget a Knight who seems to have a lot of responsibilities except the ones he wants the most - such as a wife, children and a home. Instead he has been charged with the daunting task of having Continue Reading
Review: Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow
Just Like Me, Only Better by Carol Snow April 6, 2010 Contemporary Romance Paperback, 336 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by ToriWhat if you were a celeb look a like? In Just Like Me Only Better, Ms Shaw takes us on a humorous tongue in cheek journey through the life of a celeb look alike who soon finds that life in the fast line isn't all it's cracked up to be. Poor Veronica has had a hard year. She's a twenty-nine year old single mom who's husband has divorced her for an Continue Reading
Review: Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
Lover Mine by J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood #8) Paranormal Romance April 27, 2010 Hardcover, 512 Pages NAL Reviewed by Mandi Why I read: BDB is my favorite series.Favorite quotes/moments from the four main players (and Lassiter :)John Matthew: The sob that breached his throat actually made a sound.Xhex: “John?” She said. As it was dark, he whistled a What? ”You are such a male of worth, you know that. You really are.”Qhuinn: …Qhuinn’s mouth dropped open. Continue Reading
Review: Highland Surrender by Dawn Halliday
Highland Surrender by Dawn Halliday Historical Romance April 6, 2010 Paperback, 320 Pages NAL Trade Reviewed by ToriThe Earl of Camdonn has decided to quit his roguish past and become respectable by marrying the very proper very English Lady Elizabeth. But his plans drastically change when he is shot and left for dead.Destined to be alone, Ceana MacNab has poured her heart and soul into her healing arts. When fate decides to intervene by sending Cam to Ceana; their all consuming Continue Reading
Review: Patience by Lisa Valdez
Patience by Lisa Valdez April 6, 2010 Historical Romance Paperback, 360 Pages Berkley Reviewed by KatiI love an old school romance. I love heaving bosoms and throbbing man parts and dictatorial men and shy, and slightly too silly to live heroines. And when I read Passion by Lisa Valdez, I remember thinking, “This romance is old school, in a really good way.” So, when Mandi emailed to say she had Valdez’s long awaited second book in the series, Patience, I immediately emailed to Continue Reading
Review: Destiny’s Star by Elizabeth Vaughan
Destiny’s Star by Elizabeth Vaughan April 6, 2010 Paranormal Romance Paperback, 352 Pages Berkley Reviewed by AmandaOur heroine is Bethral a fierce warrior charged with the protection of her young queen Glorianna.Our hero, Ezern Silvertongue is a storyteller with a pain filled past. Bethral on a whim that she cannot explain saves Ezern from a life of slavery and certain death.Bethral harbours a love for Ezern since the moment he looked up into her eyes while she was rescuing Continue Reading
Review: Demon Keepers by Jessica Andersen
Demon Keepers by Jessica Andersen (Final Prophecy #4) Paranormal Romance April 6, 2010 Paperback, 480 Pages Signet Reviewed by MandiWhy I read: The author asked for a review.Favorite Quote: Lust slammed through Jade revving her system from zero to holy shit in two seconds flat.In two years and six months, the barrier separating earth from the demons of the underworld is set to disappear. The Banol Kax are set to up rise and bring an apocalypse. This is where the Nightkeepers come Continue Reading
Review: The Summer of You by Kate Noble
The Summer of You by Kate Noble April 6, 2010 Historical Romance Paperback, 368 Pages Berkley Trade Reviewed by MandiWhy I read: Kate Noble’s second book, Revealed is one of my all time favorite books. Favorite Quote: “Why are we still hiding in the shrubbery?” She turned her smile to him then, her eyes wet with laughter, shining, happy. She had a leaf in her hair. A smudge of dirt on her elbow. And that pull tugged at his core. Oh to hell with it. “This is why,” he Continue Reading
Review: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Silver Borne – Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #5)Urban Fantasy March 30, 2010 Hardcover, 320 Pages Ace Reviewed by MandiWhy I read: One of my favorite series!!! I love Mercy and Adam.Favorite Quote: There is something incredibly arousing about being wanted. I pulled my hand back and sucked in a deep breath. “Adam,” I said.Mercy has two important men in her life. She is in love with her mate and head werewolf, Adam Hauptman, and worried about her roommate, Samuel. Samuel is Continue Reading
Review: Keeper of Light and Dust by Natasha Mostert
Keeper of Light and Dust by Natasha Mostert February 2010 (Paperback release) Paranormal Thriller Paperback, 340 pages Penguin Group (USA) Reviewed by Karra Being a Keeper, a woman who meditates and invokes the power of her own chi to protect the warriors that are under her care, Mia Lockhart leads a life that’s anything but boring. Her life encompasses all things martial arts, training as a “vogue” (a martial artist who practices choreographed forms), and the men she protects Continue Reading