Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Review: Local Hero by Nora Roberts

Title: Local Hero
Author: Nora Roberts

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 9, 2012
Publisher: InterMix
ASIN: B007P7HQLW


Hester Wallace’s neighbor, Mitch Dempsey, doesn’t have to try very hard to win over her nine-year-old son, Radley. Mitch is the creator of Radley’s favorite comic book superhero. But Hester is a different story...

Hester has never needed a man in her life except for her son. But as Mitch and Radley strike up a friendship, she starts to see her neighbor in a new light—caring, dependable, and downright sexy enough to turn her life around.


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Review: All Night Long by Jayne Ann Krentz

Title: All Night Long
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: January 4, 2007
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 0749937394
ISBN-13: 9780749937393

After the violent deaths of her parents seventeen years ago, Irene Stenson left the tiny lakefront town of Dunsley, Oregon. Now she's back, and determined to discover the truth about what happened that night. Armed with a shocking new lead and her experience as an investigative reporter, Irene dives straight into the mystery and finds herself in deep trouble.

Luckily, ex-Marine Luke Danner is on hand to pull her out, and his calm, quick-thinking response in the face of danger makes him the perfect ally. And as the intrigue deepens and the secrets turn deadly, Irene will need all the help she can find if she is to lay the past to rest.


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Monday, June 12, 2017

Review: Gabriel's Angel & Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts

Title: Gabriel's Angel
Author: Nora Roberts

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: December 11, 2012
Publisher: InterMix
ASIN: B007P7HPQS


All reclusive artist Gabriel Bradley wants is solitude. But when a very pregnant—and very beautiful woman ends up at his remote cabin during a blizzard, the modern-day Scrooge can't turn her away. For even though Laura is desperate, alone, and on the run, she's managed to bring Gabriel the gifts of passion, hope and life—he only needs the courage to reach for them.

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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Review: Wicked Little Secrets by Susanna Ives

Title: Wicked Little Secrets
Series: Wicked Little Secrets
Author: Susanna Ives
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: December 3, 2013
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
ASIN: B00ENQEMA6


It's Not Easy Being Good...

Vivacious Vivienne Taylor has finally won her family's approval by getting engaged to the wealthy and upright John Vandergrift. But when threatened by a vicious blackmail scheme, it is to her childhood friend that Vivienne turns; the deliciously wicked Viscount Dashiell.

When Being Wicked is so Much More Exciting...

Lord Dashiell promised himself long ago that his friendship with Vivienne would be the one relationship with a woman that he wouldn't ruin. He agrees to help her just to keep the little hothead safe, but soon finds that Vivienne has grown up to be very, very dangerous to all of Dash's best intentions.


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Friday, June 9, 2017

Review: Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell

Title: Sex and the City
Author: Candace Bushnell

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: August 1, 2006
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446617687
ISBN-13: 9780446617680

Enter a world where the sometimes shocking and often hilarious mating habits of the privileged are exposed by a true insider. In essays drawn from her witty and sometimes brutally candid column in the New York Observer, Candace Bushnell introduces us to the young and beautiful who travel in packs from parties to bars to clubs. Meet "Carrie," the quintessential young writer looking for love in all the wrong places..."Mr. Big," the business tycoon who drifts from one relationship to another..."Samantha Jones," the fortyish, successful, "testosterone woman" who uses sex like a man...not to mention "Psycho Moms," "Bicycle Boys," "International Crazy Girls," and the rest of the New Yorkers who have inspired one of the most watched TV series of our time. You've seen them on HBO, now read the book that started it all...

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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Review: Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts

Title: Honest Illusions
Author: Nora Roberts

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: February 5, 2015
Publisher: Piatkus
ASIN: B00S9T9UNW


Roxy Nouvelle understands the art of deception. The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy has inherited her father's talents—and his secret life as a jewel thief. She loves the thrill of the game and can take care of herself.

Roxy is smart and resilient, but she has one weakness: Luke Callahan, a sexy escape artist with a roguish reputation. Five years ago they fell into a passionate affair—but then, true to his art—he disappeared, leaving Roxy brokenhearted and furious.

Now Luke is back, trailing secrets and danger in his wake. Why did he run out on Roxy all those years ago? And can she ever trust him again?


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Review: Waking Up With the Duke by Lorraine Heath

Title: Waking Up With the Duke
Series: London's Greatest Lovers
Author: Lorraine Heath
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: June 28, 2011
Publisher: Avon
ISBN: 0062022458
ISBN-13: 9780062022455

They are masters of seduction, London's greatest lovers...
Renowned for his bedchamber prowess, Ransom Seymour, the Duke of Ainsley, owes a debt to a friend. But the payment expected is most shocking, even to an unrepentant rake—for he's being asked to provide his friend's exquisite wife with what she most dearly covets: a child.

Living for pleasure, they will give their hearts to no one...
Lady Jayne Seymour, Marchioness of Walfort, is furious that such a scandalous agreement would be made. If she acquiesces, there must be rules: no kissing...and, certainly, no pleasure.

Until love takes them by surprise.
But unexpected things occur with the surprisingly tender duke—especially once Lady Jayne discovers the rogue can make her dream again...and Ransom realizes he's found the one woman he truly cannot live without.


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