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Title: A Very Ruby Christmas Author: Lavinia Kent Series: Bound and Determined #4.5? What is going on? I would like to thank Lavinia Kent, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Madam Rouge aka Ruby aka Emma Scanton finds herself with a dilemma. She’s had plans to sell her pleasure house for months now, but it’s not as easy as she’d thought. She doesn’t trust anyone to run it …
I was so impressed by The Governess Was Wild that I purchased the first and second books in this series. I wanted to know the other girls’ stories, and I wanted to read more of Julia Kelly’s work. I’m still listing my review of the third installment first, because I read it first, but the other two follow. Title: The Governess Was Wild Author: Julia Kelly Series: Governess #3 Impressive I would like to thank Julia Kelly, PocketStar Books, and …
Title: Another Chance Author: Kathy Clark Series: Austin Heroes #3 Intriguing plot, lovable characters, slow in spots I’d like to thank Kathy Clark, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this story. The suspense subplot was intriguing—and somewhat unsettling, because it’s completely plausible and I’d never thought about it before—and wove well into the larger picture, that of Luke and Bella’s rekindled love. I had a …
Title: Once a Gypsy Author: Danica Winters Series: Irish Traveler Series #1 Fascinating I would like to thank Danica Winters and Diversion Books for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Helena O’Driscoll wants more out of life than marriage to a “good enough” Traveler boy and the subsequent brood of children. She longs to break free of tradition and do something she’s passionate about—pursue an education, forge a career…fall in love with kind, awkward …
Title: Wind River Wrangler Author: Lindsay McKenna Series: Wind River Valley #1 Either very lazy or trying way too hard I would like to thank Lindsay McKenna, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corporation for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Shiloh Gallagher is stressed to the max. Someone has been stalking her for the last six months, and she’s become terrified and distracted to the point that she won’t leave her apartment and can’t …
Title: A Night of Forever Author: Bronwen Evans Series: Disgraced Lords #6 Confusing I would like to thank Bronwen Evans, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Lady Isobel Thompson finds herself ensnared in a revenge plot when Arend Aubrey, aka Baron Labourd, begins to suspect her stepmother, Victoria Thompson, aka Lady Northumberland, of being the culprit behind the attacks on his friends, known collectively as the Libertine Scholars, …
Title: Wilde Side Author: Jannine Gallant Series: Born to be Wilde #2 A touching story that threw me a loop I would like to thank Jannine Gallant, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corp., for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Devin Lockhart and Sawyer Wilde are drawn to each other the moment the lay eyes on each other. He’s the guide on a rafting trip she’s taken with her boss, a congressman seeking good …
Title: Pull Me Close Author: Sidney Halston Series: Panic #1 Realistic and unpredictable if a bit dramatic I would like to thank Sidney Halston, Loveswept, and Penguin Random House for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Nick Moreno is beyond annoyed when a woman passes out in his club. He takes her home, makes sure she’s all right, and figures he’ll never see her again. But Katherine Wilson can’t stand to have him think …
Title: Lady Lost Author: Jane Goodger Series: Lost Heiresses #2 A sweet story buried under bland exposition I would like to thank Jane Goodger, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corp. for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Thought to have murdered the Duke of Weston, Lady Lilian Martin flees with little more than the clothes on her back. Lord Granton, aka Marcus Dunford, discovers her, weak and mostly unconscious, and reluctantly takes her to …
Title: His Make-Believe Bride Author: Martha Hix Series: Texan Brides #1 Cute but shallow I would like to thank Martha Hix, Lyrical Press, and Kensington Publishing Corporation for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review. Linnea Powell is looking to escape the scandal of her past and scavenge what she can of a good life. As she flees west, she makes the acquaintance of Ermentrude Flanders, who was headed west herself to marry Samson Kincaid, …