RECOMMENDED: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare is $2.99! This is the first book in the Castles Ever After historical romance series and it won a RITA this past week – yay! It currently has 4-star rating on GR. Sarah reviewed it and gave it a B+:
I think this is a truly unique historical that will appeal to readers who aren’t often historical fans. This story captures both a distant time period, and the present day, reflecting it in the characters – with a story and a parallel set of references beside it that grow together until the meaning of both is intertwined and layered into something I haven’t read before. This is a romance that is also a little bit about the community around romance, and all the many, many people who believe in it and have their fondness for it in common.
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It’s time to discuss everything you’re reading and then we’ll all go buy books. Ok, I will go buy books because I’m in a bit of a slump. The last three books on my list that I tried (yes, I keep a list – it’s the only way I’ll remember what I’m supposed to be reading when) just did not work for me at all. Huge bummer! I started making frustrated noises one afternoon and Hubby turned … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? July 2015 Edition →
Tessa Dare has done it again! Romancing the Duke, the first book in her Castles Ever After series is an awesome read! I have been reading Tessa Dare’s backlist and I must say she has become an auto-click author for me! Romancing the Duke is about Isolde Goodnight, a daughter of a well known children’s author who has been gifted a castle by her godfather. She has been left destitute by her father and had … Continue reading Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare →
I had a raging head cold and cough when I read Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare. I think under normal circumstances it might have ventured into “too cute” territory for me, but since I was feeling like absolute crap, it was just what the doctor ordered. Clio Whitmore has been waiting eight years for her betrothed, Piers Brandon, to return from his foreign posting to marry her. She’s tired of feeling like the … Continue reading Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare →
Tessa Dare’s new book, Say Yes to the Marquess , is out, and Jessie the wonderful at Avon had a really fun idea for a giveaway. A delicious idea, in fact. The grand prize for this celebratory giveaway? A 6″ cake from Momofuku Milk Bar. These are some serious cakes, you guys. Why cakes? There’s cake business in the book, but I don’t want to spoil it. But if you win, you can read AND have cake. … Continue reading Giveaway: Say Yes the the Marquess – and to Some Cake! →
As I have mentioned, I have a big ol weakness for “I don’t want to like you, I don’t want to like you, I can’t stop thinking about your hair DAMMIT” romance. I love when a character has a Definite Reason to avoid getting involved with someone he or she desires. I love when the Definite Reason is deeply embedded in the person’s character, when acting on the impulse that draws one person toward another … Continue reading A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare →
