RECOMMENDED: Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins is $1.99! This is the third book in the Destiny series and Carrie gave it a B grade, who had an overall good experience with the book but advises reading the previous two:
I have a love/hate relationship with Destiny’s Captive. It’s a sheep in wolves’ clothing. It has all the accoutrements of a story with a warrior woman character who takes charge but it’s actually a story about domestication, and it made me kind of depressed.
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RECOMMENDED: When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare is $1.99 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! Elyse loved this book so much and gave it an A:
Everything about When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare worked for me. Everything. Bust out the squee mop, y’all because this review is just going to be a flappy-hands Good Book Noise® mess.
Things this book has:
1. A sexy Scot hero I pictured as Sam Heughan.
2. A heroine who is a naturalist and illustrator.
3. Tons of UST.
4. A completely crazy sauce plot that Dare pulls off flawlessly.
5. A missing lobster.
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RECOMMENDED: The Captive by Grace Burrowes is $1.99 at Amazon! This is a historical romance and the first book in the Captive Hearts series. Redheadedgirl read this last summer and gave the book a B-:
I’ve read a few things by Grace Burrows- The Duke’s Obsession books, for example – and I liked them and all. I thought that Burrowes’ great weakness was characters not worrying overmuch about period social mores (The heir to a dukedom marrying his housekeeper, for example) but I love how she draws characters. This is no exception- the plot is, well, it’s there, but the characters are what kept me up late to keep reading.
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This is my favorite of Burrowes’ books that I’ve read, not least because it doesn’t rely on my knowing twenty other family members and all their personality quirks. I’m a casual fan and have read only some of them and in a fairly scattershot order. I get confused and overwhelmed with the dozens of characters who pop up and put their oar in. I liked the mirroring of Jacaranda’s and Worth’s pasts – both are … Continue reading Worth: Lord of Reckoning by Grace Burrowes →
I decided to review Douglas: Lord of Heartache because my hubby’s name is Doug and I thought calling him Douglas: Lord of Heartache would be hilarious. He was not as entertained as I was. However! This book is more than just a goofy term of endearment. It is FANTASTIC. I had to stop taking notes because I was highlighting every other page and squeeing over it and the book was taking forever to read. In … Continue reading Douglas: Lord of Heartache by Grace Burrowes →
RECOMMENDED: Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt is $1.99! This book seven in the Maiden Lane historical romance series, and hinted at a Beauty & the Beast theme. Elyse and Redheadgirl did a join review of the book and gave it an A-:
Elyse: For me it’s a solid B+. It was a good read, but lacked the Beauty and the Beast storyline I really wanted. Also Plot Moppets. And questionable choices on Apollo’s part.
Oh, there are great sex scenes though!
So…maybe A-?
RHG: The sex scenes were great. I’d agree with the A-.
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I was obviously practicing family law on the wrong side of the Potomac River. Maryland seems to have the only hot Scot attorney with a sexy burr and a cat named ‘Fat Bastard’. Here in Virginia, I only seemed to encounter the fat bastards. (Just kidding, my colleagues were all agreeable people to work with, even if they weren’t Scottish.) Divorce lawyer Jane DeLuca finds herself in the enviable position of being attracted to, and … Continue reading Kiss and Tell by Grace Burrowes →
Kiss of Christmas Magic is 99c! For less than a dollar, you can get twenty (yes, twenty!) paranormal holiday romances. The set includes your standard fare of werewolves and vampire, but also has stories with fey, dragons, and ghosts. There’s something for everyone, which is totally in the spirit of the holidays. Some GR reviewers are saying it’s one of the best holiday anthologies that they’ve read, while a few said there were only a small handful of stories out of the collection that they liked. It has a 4.1-star rating on GR.
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