Thursday 30 June 2016

ROMANCE NOVEL: MRS BUDLEY FALLS FROM GRACE (THE POOR RELATIONS SERIES) BY MC BEATON

 
Mrs Budley Falls From Grace (The Poor Relations Series) by M.C. Beaton

Another Poor Relation has to resort to genteel thievery to make end meet - but she gets much more than she bargains for!Cut off by her own relations, pretty, dainty widow Eliza Budley must visit some other family manor to purloin expensive baubles. Happily, the rich Marquess of Peterhouse is in his dotage and wouldn't know a relative from a bedpost, so Eliza is sent to play the imposter.

Tuesday 28 June 2016

ROMANCE PREVIEW: A DANCE WITH DANGER BY JEANNIE LIN

A Dance With Danger
Jeannie Lin
Publisher: Mills & Boon/Harlequin
Pages: 288
Reviewer: Sandra Scholes

Synopsis:
A promise sworn on the edge of a sword

After a failed assassination attempt on a corrupt general, Bao Yang is a wanted man. Taking refuge with an ally, Yang accidentally compromises the man's daughter when they're discovered alone. To save her honor, he must marry the beautiful Jin-mei immediately!

Monday 27 June 2016

COMING SOON! THE INNOCENT AND THE OUTLAW BY HARPER ST. GEORGE

The Innocent And The Outlaw
The Innocent and the Outlaw
Harper St. George

Synopsis: 
This man is dangerous in more ways than one…

The step-daughter of a bank robber, innocent barmaid Emmaline Drake knows Hunter Jameson is trouble the second he walks into her saloon. Though his gaze holds her captive, she vows to keep her distance.

Sunday 26 June 2016

REGENCY NOVEL PREVIEW: THE MANY SINS OF CRIS DE FEAUX BY LOUISE ALLEN

The Many Sins Of Cris De Feaux
The Many Sins of Cris De Feaux
Louise Allen

Synopsis:
Secrets, sins, and an affair to remember!

Crispin de Feaux, Marquess of Avenmore, has always done his duty and knows the time has come to find a suitable wife. But when the intrepid Tamsyn Perowne saves his life off the Devonshire coast, Cris is unable to tear himself away…

Saturday 25 June 2016

COMING SOON: COWBOY AFTER DARK BY VICKI LEWIS THOMPSON

Cowboy After Dark
Cowboy After Dark
Vicki Lewis Thompson

Synopsis:
There's a wedding happening at Thunder Mountain Ranch, and cowboy Liam Magee couldn't be happier for his foster brother. Of course, the occasion just got a whole heap more interesting now that gorgeous Hope Caldwell is a guest at the ranch.

Friday 24 June 2016

COMING SOON: THE GOLD COLLECTION OF 12 HOT ROMANCES BY 4 FABULOUS WRITERS!

The Gold Collection
The Gold Collection


A Taste of the Untamed

Notorious polo champion Nacho Acosto is restoring his sprawling Argentinian vineyard and he needs a sommelier who can match his exacting tastes… In spite of her inexperience, pretty Grace Lundstrum is perfect for the job – but now it’s not just the wine that has her mouth watering!

Thursday 23 June 2016

REGENCY PREVIEW *TO BE RELEASED*: THE UNEXPECTED MARRIAGE OF GABRIEL STONE BY LOUISE ALLEN

The Unexpected Marriage Of Gabriel Stone
The Unexpected Marriage of Gabriel Stone
Louise Allen

Synopsis:
A proposition from a virgin!

Gabriel Stone, Earl of Edenbridge, might have a rakish reputation, but he’s also a gentleman—of sorts. So when respectable Lady Caroline Holt offers her maidenhood in exchange for an estate her father gambled away, his curiosity is roused.

ROMANCE NOVEL: FOLLY (THE DAUGHTERS OF MANNERING SERIES BY MC BEATON


Folly(The Daughters of Mannering Series) by M.C. Beaton

The haughty Beverley family is obsessed with regaining Mannerling, the exquisite seventeenth-century mansion gambled away by their now-deceased father, Sir Beverley. Three of the six Beverley daughters have failed to win back their ancestral estate - settling for love matches over mere bricks and mortar. Now it is Rachel's turn to woo the latest eligible bachelor-in-residence, handsome widower Charles Blackwood.

Wednesday 22 June 2016

ROMANCE REVIEW: BANISHMENT (THE DAUGHTERS OF MANNERING SERIES) BY MC BEATON


Banishment (The Daughters of Mannering Series) by M.C. Beaton

Isabella Beverley is blessed with unparalleled beauty but, unfortunately, has been raised in the most snobbish and haughty of families. And when her father gambles away their fortune - including Mannerling, the exquisite family mansion, Isabella discovers that there is very little sympathy for her plight.

Tuesday 21 June 2016

ROMANCE NOVEL: BACK IN SOCIETY (THE POOR RELATIONS SERIES) BY MC BEATON


Back in Society(The Poor Relations Series) by M.C. Beaton

The Poor Relation hotel is the toast of London and its owners are preparing to sell up and retire - but one last romantic adventure awaits them!Driven into hiding at the hotel by a tyrannous father and a rich but wizened suitor, Lady Jane Fremney attempts to end her life.

Sunday 19 June 2016

REGENCY BOOK INSIGHT: TARNISHED, TEMPTED AND TAMED BY MARY BRENDAN


Tarnished, Tempted and Tamed by Mary Brendan

After being kidnapped by highwaymen, Fiona Chapman is a tarnished woman, or so the gossips have it. Nevertheless, she's not about to succumb to the seduction of her rescuer, the beguiling Major Luke Wolfson. After all, isn't he one of her abductors' cohorts?

Saturday 18 June 2016

REGENCY BOOK INSIGHT: A ROSE FOR MAJOR FLINT

 
A Rose for Major Flint by Louise Allen

The words might come straight from Major Adam Flint’s mouth, but they certainly don’t describe the man who saved vulnerable Rose’s life. Yes, Flint is illegitimate, a roughened soldier and an incorrigible rake – but Rose has never met a man so defined by honour.

Friday 17 June 2016

REGENCY BOOK INSIGHT: LUCY LANE AND THE LIEUTENANT BY HELEN DICKSON


Lucy Lane and the Lieutenant by Helen Dickson



A dangerous mission; a passionate past…

Nathan Rochefort never understood why his ex-fiancĂ©e, Lucy Lane, broke off their engagement. But now, faced with a treacherous mission, he needs her skills more than ever…

Thursday 16 June 2016

HISTORICAL BOOK INSIGHT: THE BLACKSMITH'S WIFE BY ELIZABETH HOBBES

The Blacksmith's Wife by Elisabeth Hobbes


Rejected by her favored knight, Joanna Sollers knows she will never love again. Especially when the man she's now forced to marry is none other than her beloved's half brother!

REGENCY BOOK INSIGHT: THE GREATEST SINS BY CHRISTINE MERRILL


The Greatest Sins by Christine Merrill

GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION WOULD BE THE RUIN OF THEM ALL! Having spent years believing a lie about his birth, Dr Samuel Hastings has been condemned to a personal hell of his desire's making- his sinful thoughts of the one woman he can never touch would damn his soul for eternity.

Wednesday 15 June 2016

BOOK REVIEW: ANDROMEDA'S WAR BY WILLIAM C. DIETZ

Andromeda's War
William C. Dietz
Publisher:Titan Books
Pages: 368
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

In this the third novel in the series of prequel books to the Legion of the Damned novels there are several parts that stand out to most readers. The strength of the Naa is mentioned in a sequence when Eatbig, a Naa soldier sparred with Larkin, though what Larkin does later proves to be effective in case her opponent looked like he would win. They are perceived to be stronger than the humans, yet can be dealt with effectively in the right situation.

ROMANCE NOVEL: THE WICKED GODMOTHER ( A HOUSE FOR THE SEASON SERIES) BY MC BEATON

The Wicked Godmother (A House for the Season Series) by M.C. Beaton

It's double trouble for poor, put-upon Harriet!Lovely but penniless Harriet Metcalf is horrified when she is named in a nobleman's will as guardian of his two ghastly and snobbish twin daughters. And is the innocent Harriet wily enough to cope with the intricacies of the London Season - or two of its most eligible bachelors, the Marquis of Huntington and Lord Vere?Harriet views them only as suitors for the twins, while the gentlemen see only Harriet's charms. And soon she is falling for one of them... but a cruel betrayal will be her ruin unless the Clarges Street servants can save her honour while she loses her heart!