Sunday, March 21, 2021

Review: The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast

Title: The Chosen Sin
Author: Anya Bast

Read copy: eBook
Published: October 7, 2008
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 1101389834
ISBN-13: 9781101389836

In this sensuous and lust-filled otherworld, the Chosen are vampires fighting for their very existence.

It is Daria’s destiny to become one of them...


Daria Morris is a special forces agent with one obsession: to wreak vengeance on the brutal vampire who nearly destroyed her. Now she’s finally about to get her chance, on one condition. She must become something she detests: a vampire.

Her fate rests upon one man’s lethal bite. His name is Alejandro Martinez, and he can help her infiltrate a highly guarded group of the Chosen. But Alejandro is also a distraction for Daria. Because thirteen years ago, they shared a scorching night of passion neither has forgotten.

Now, while Daria struggles against her newfound bloodlust, the two must slip into the shadows to bring a monster to justice—even as their desire threatens to consume them. But under the cover of night, they’ll discover that it’s the darkness within that may stand in the way of their hunger for retribution...


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Saturday, March 20, 2021

Review: China Rose by Marsha Canham

Title: China Rose
Author: Marsha Canham

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: July 2010
Publisher: Marsha Canham
ASIN: B003WQBINM

When China Grant arrives in Portsmouth, her wedding to Sir Ranulf Cross is two weeks away. The first night there her life is threatened, and as the days unfold, threads from a decade-old mystery on the high seas begin unravelling faster than her wits can keep apace. Soon China is forced to choose between a promise made to her dying father...and the reckless desire to follow her heart's destiny.

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Review: Swept Away by Marsha Canham

Title: Swept Away
Author: Marsha Canham
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: July 29, 2010
Publisher: Marsha Canham
ASIN: B003XVZAB2

"They have to know the truth. Before it is too late."

Those were the half-naked stranger's only words as he opened his eyes, looked into her soul, then lost consciousness in the shallow tidal pool. Annaleah Fairchilde, heiress and noblewoman, soon learned the identity of the man she saved: Emory Althorpe, adventurer, accused traitor, and Napoleon's spy. Even as she bound the dangerous scoundrel's wounds, she fell deeper under the spell of a man handsome as the devil, sent to her by fate.

He remembered nothing. Only the need to escape. Emory Althorpe was wanted for treason, yet his only hope was a shadowy memory hovering just beyond his grasp, and beautiful Anna, who aroused unexpected passions. He had no choice but to abduct her, needing her to gain access to London's ballrooms, where he could prove his innocence. Together they raced into the face of danger, determined to find the key to his past and live—or die—together, as destiny decreed...


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Sunday, March 14, 2021

Review: The Mark of the Rose by Marsha Canham

Title: The Mark of the Rose
Series: Robin Hood/Black Wolf
Author: Marsha Canham
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 4, 2021
Publisher: Oliver Heber Books
ASIN: B08Y62RB2B

This is the story of two women, born seven centuries apart, but connected by a series of mysterious and magical events.

Ellen Bowe discovers she is the sole heir to an estate in Northern England, complete with manor house, castle, and ghostly visitations.

Enndolynn Ware is being held captive by the Sheriff of Nottingham. She escapes with the help of four bold knights led by Rennwick de Beauvoir, a black-haired, green-eyed champion who has been charged to find the witch and take her to Burgundy.

The lives of the two women are bound together by the archaic writings in the rose folio, by a document written by Stephen Langton, and by a birthmark they both share: the mark of the rose.


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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Review: Mulan by Elizabeth Rudnick

Title: Mulan
Author: Elizabeth Rudnick

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: September 29, 2020
Publisher: Disney Press
ASIN: B085WWTBKC

Curious and drawn to adventure, Mulan struggles to meet her village's traditional standards. After a disastrous visit with the Matchmaker, Mulan worries she will never be able to bring her family the honor they deserve. But when the Emperor decrees that one man from every family must join the army to face a dangerous threat to China, Mulan decides to disguise herself as a man take her father's place. Now Mulan must hide her secret as she trains alongside with fellow soldiers. With the enemy drawing nearer, will Mulan become the hero China needs?

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Review: The Most Eligible Viscount in London by Ella Quinn

Title: The Most Eligible Viscount in London
Series: The Lords of London
Author: Ella Quinn
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 30, 2021
Publisher: Zebra
ASIN: B08CBMS1WK

Viscount Gavin Turley is convinced that love matches cause nothing but trouble. Still, after months of courting, he's fallen for Miss Georgie Featherton. He's passionate about her, in fact. But words of love are not an indulgence he will allow himself. When he presents Georgie with his marriage proposal, he will lead with his head—not his heart. His qualifications as a husband are excellent, after all. What could go wrong?

No sooner does Gavin kneel on one knee than Georgie's heart goes aflutter with joy. Finally, the proposal she longed for had arrived. Yet Gavin seemed to be listing his credentials for a business partnership, not a romantic union. Without a declaration of love, Georgie can only reject his offer—unless the ladies of the ton, and Georgie's grandmama, have anything to do with it. For sometimes it takes a wiser eye to see the love behind a guarded heart—and a clever scheme to bring it out of hiding...


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Review: The Most Eligible Lord in London by Ella Quinn

Title: The Most Eligible Lord in London
Series: The Lords of London
Author: Ella Quinn
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 31, 2020
Publisher: Zebra
ASIN: B07R7S1P52

Handsome, rakish, incorrigibly flirtatious—Fredrick, Lord Littleton, is notorious. Lady Adeline Wivenly is resolved to keep him at arm's length during her first Season—until she overhears another woman's plot to trick him into marriage. Even a rogue is undeserving of such deception, and Adeline feels obliged to warn him—only to find herself perilously attracted...

In the past, Littleton's charm nearly got him leg-shackled to the wrong woman. Now he's positive he's found the right one, for Adeline is everything he wants and needs in a wife. Her sense of justice is so strong she agrees to help him despite her mistrust. But can the ton's most elusive lord convince the lady he is finally serious about marriage—as long as she will be his bride?


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