Book Review-Sweet Deception by Heather Snow

Title: Sweet Deception 

Author: Heather Snow 

Series: Veiled Seduction 

Publisher: Signet Eclipse 

Format: Paperback 

Release Date: August 7 2012 

Pages: 384

Acquired: Library 

Genre: Historical Romance (Regency)

ISBN: 978-0-451-237360-6

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Book Review-I Loved A Rogue by Katharine Ashe

Title: I Loved A Rogue 

Author: Katharine Ashe 

Series: The Prince Catchers 

Format: E Book 

Release Date: February 24 2015 

Publisher: Avon Books 

Pages: 384 

Genre: Historical Romance (Regency)

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Book Review-To Love A Highlander by Sue Ellen Welfonder

Title: To Love A Highlander 

Author: Sue Ellen Welfonder 

Series: Scandalous Scots 

Format: E Book 

Acquired: Self Bought (B&N)

Release Date:April 29 2014 

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Pages:400 Pages 

Genre: Medieval Historical Romance 

ISBN: 978-1-4555-2623-9

Book Review-Dreaming Of The Wolf by Terry Spear

Dreaming Of The Wolf
Heart Of The Wolf (8)
Terry Spear
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Paperback
Published December 2011
363 Pages
Paranormal Romance
Acquired: Library
ISBN: 978-1-4022-4555-8
Authors Website

Synopsis
A FIERCE HUNTER...

Alicia Greiston is a no-nonsense bounty hunter determined to bring a ring of mobsters to justice. Her dogged pursuit of the crime family has forced her to avoid relationships-- any man would only become a target for retribution. Luckily, Jake Silver is more than a man, and his instincts are telling him to stop at nothing to protect her.

AN ANIMAL PASSION...

However, the mob isn't entirely human either, and soon Alicia must flee for her life. When Alicia and Jake's passion begins to spill over into their dreams, Jake learns he will have to do more than defend her-- he'll have to show his mate the way of the wolf.

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ARC Book Review- Stone Cold Lover by Christine Warren

Stone Cold Lover
Gargoyles (2)
Christine Warren
St Martins Paperbacks Publishing
E Book
Published August 2014
Acquired: Netgalley 
336 Pages
Paranormal Romance
ISBN:  9781250012661
Authors Website

Synopsis 
 Gargoyles abound in this sexy paranormal novel from New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren.　

A prominent art restorer, Felicity is more than game to help a friend track down an obscure statue in Montreal. But when "Fil" finds it, she’s taken by surprise at how drawn she is to this statue. Attracted to it in a way a girl shouldn’t lust for a stone gargoyle, she revists it at night, longing to feel its embrace. Little does Fil know, her desire for this stone cold beast is about to heat up a notch.

Locked in stone for centuries, Spar has slept, waiting for when a human would need him. When he is awoken, Spar is taken aback to find that a human female needs his help. A very sexy woman who’s about to be the victim of a cultist attack. Saving and leaving her should be no problem. But as more questions arise, Spar knows that he cannot rest until Fil is safe in his arms

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ARC Book Review-The Traitor by Grace Burrowes

The Traitor
Captive Hearts (2)
Grace Burrowes
Sourcebooks Casablanca
E Book
Published August 2015
Acquired: Netgalley
384 Pages
Regency Historical Romance
ISBN:  9781402294990
Authors Website 

Synopsis
As a young boy, British-born Sebastian St. Clair was abandoned in France and forced to join the French army in order to survive.

Now that the war is over, he has returned home to his beloved England, and is determined to live a quiet life as a country gentleman. He believes that his wish is about to come true when he begins to fall for his elderly aunt’s lovely companion, Miss Millicent Danforth.

But the French are not quite ready to let him go, and they’ve devised a devious plot that could destroy everything that Sebastian holds dear. He will have to use all of his wits if he plans on escaping this scheme with his life…and his love.

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Book Review-The Winter Bride by Anne Gracie

The Winter Bride
Chance Sisters (2)
Anne Gracie
Berkley Sensation
Paperback
Published April 2014
Acquired: Library
324 Pages
Regency Historical Romance
ISBN: 978-0-425-25926-9
Authors Website 

Synopsis
Award-winning author Anne Gracie delivers the second in her enticing new series about four young women facing a life of destitution—until a daring act changes their fortune and turns them each into a beautiful bride…

Damaris Chance’s unhappy past has turned her off the idea of marriage forever. But her guardian, Lady Beatrice Davenham, convinces her to make her coming out anyway—and have a season of carefree, uncomplicated fun.

When Damaris finds herself trapped in a compromising situation with the handsome rake Freddy Monkton-Coombes, she has no choice but to agree to wed him—as long as it’s in name only. Her new husband seems to accept her terms, but Freddy has a plan of his own: to seduce his reluctant winter bride.

Will Damaris’s secrets destroy her chance at true happiness? Or can Freddy help her cast off the shackles of the past, and yield to delicious temptation?

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Book Review-When A Laird Takes A Lady by Rowan Keats

When A Laird Takes A Lady
Claimed By The Highlander (2)
Rowan Keats
 Signet Eclipse
Paperback
Published May 2014
Acquired: Library
322 Pages
Scottish Highlands Historical Romance
ISBN: 978-0-451-41608-7
Authors Website

Synopsis
In the Highlands of Scotland, honor and loyalty are worth more than life itself. But when a haunted woman meets a wronged warrior, love will prove more powerful than anything they have ever known.

Isabail Grant has had to be strong all her life. Over the years, she has lost everyone close to her, and now she’s seeking justice for her brother’s murder. But en route to Edinburgh to petition the king, she is kidnapped by a fierce warrior—and is shocked to find herself irresistibly drawn to her captor.

Aiden MacCurran is an outlaw. The laird of a small clan, he’s been falsely accused of killing the king’s courier and stealing the Crown’s property—and the key to clearing his name and redeeming his clan lies in Isabail’s memories. But Aiden and Isabail must first weather deceit and treachery before they can find the truth and claim the love that’s growing between them.

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Book Review-The Scotsman by Juliana Garnett

The Scotsman
Juliana Garnett
Bantam Books
Paperback
Published November 1998
Acquired: Library
388 Pages
Medieval Historical Romance
ISBN: 0-553-57627-5
Authors Website 

Synopsis
Follow this extraordinarily talented writer into a wild, romantic land of mists and mountains, where a rebellious Scots lord and a defiant English beauty surrender to a reckless passion that could destroy them both...

SHE WAS HIS SWORN ENEMY - AND THE WOMAN HE DARED TO LOVE
Proud and fierce, Alexander Fraser fights for the lands and title the English stole from his family - and for the Scots dream of freedom. Now he's lost what's closest to his heart: his younger brother Jamie, captured by the ruthless earl of Warfield. Determined to free Jamie, Alex boldly takes a hostage - the earl's daughter Catherine. But the delicate maiden he locks in his craggy castle has more mettle than many men...and more passion than any woman he has ever known. Even as Alex and Catherine risk scandal and insurrection to indulge their desire, he knows he must someday give her up...or forfeit his brother's life.

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ARC Book Review-A Sword Upon The Rose by Brenda Joyce

The Sword Upon The Rose
Scottish Medieval (2)
Brenda Joyce
Harlequin HQN
E Book
Published June 2014
384 Pages
Medieval Historical Romance
ISBN:  9780373778850
Authors Website 

Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author Brenda Joyce takes you back to the Highlands, where the battle for land, liberty and love rages on…

A bastard daughter, Alana was cast away at birth and forgotten by her mighty Comyn family. Raised in solitude by her grandmother, she has remained at a safe distance from the war raging through Scotland. But when a battle comes close to home and she finds herself compelled to save an enemy warrior from death, her own life is thrown into danger.

Iain of Islay's allegiance is to the formidable Robert Bruce. His beautiful rescuer captures both his attention and his desire, but Alana must keep her identity a secret even as she is swept up into a wild and forbidden affair. But as Bruce's army begins the final destruction of the earldom, Alana must decide between the family whose acceptance she's always sought, or the man she so wrongly loves.

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ARC Book Review-A Vampire's Soul

A Vampire's Soul
Carla Susan Smith
Kensington Books
Published July 3rd 2014
270 Pages
Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9781601832917
Authors Website

INTO THE DARK...

Rowan Harper’s world has been wrenched apart. The man she thought she loved—the man she does love—is a vampire, and not the kind that glitters. Running away isn’t an option. Gabriel isn’t just her lover. She’s bound to him in ways she can’t comprehend, ways that put both of them in desperate danger even as Rowan’s desire for him blazes anew.

The rules of her life before are gone. But she has a power of her own, a power she is remembering in fits and starts even as time races against her. With her life and Gabriel’s very soul on the line, Rowan has to choose who to believe—and who to trust…

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Book Review-Duke Of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

Duke Of Midnight
Maiden Lane (6)
Elizabeth Hoyt
Grand Central Publishing
Paperback
Published October 2013
360 Pages
Regency Romance
ISBN: 978-1-4555-0834-1
Authors Website

Synopsis 
WHEN A MASKED MAN . . .

Twenty years ago Maximus Batten witnessed the brutal murders of his parents. Now the autocratic Duke of Wakefield, he spends his days ruling Parliament. But by night, disguised as the Ghost of St. Giles, he prowls the grim alleys of St. Giles, ever on the hunt for the murderer. One night he finds a fiery woman who meets him toe-to-toe—and won't back down . . .

MEETS HIS MATCH . . .

Artemis Greaves toils as a lady's companion, but hiding beneath the plain brown serge of her dress is the heart of a huntress. When the Ghost of St. Giles rescues her from footpads, she recognizes a kindred spirit-and is intrigued. She's even more intrigued when she realizes who exactly the notorious Ghost is by day . . .

DESIRE IGNITES A DANGEROUS PASSION

Artemis makes a bold move: she demands that Maximus use his influence to free her imprisoned brother-or she will expose him as the Ghost. But blackmailing a powerful duke isn't without risks. Now that she has the tiger by the tail, can she withstand his ire-or the temptation of his embrace?

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ARC Book Review-It Takes A Scandal

It Takes A Scandal
Scandals (2)
Caroline Linden
Avon Books
E Book
Published April 29 2014
384 Pages
Regency Historical Romance
ISBN:  9780062244901
Authors Website  

Synopsis (Goodreads)
Sometimes It Takes a Scandal...

Abigail Weston has everything: beauty, wit, and one of the largest dowries in England. Her parents hope she'll wed an earl. Abigail hopes for a man who wants her desperately and passionately. But the money seems to blind every man she meets—except one.

Sebastian Vane has nothing. He came home from war with a shattered leg to find his father mad and his inheritance gone. He's not a fit suitor for anyone, let alone an heiress. But Abigail lights up his world like a comet, bright and beautiful and able to see him instead of his ruined reputation. And it might end happily ever after...

To Reveal Your Heart's Desire

...Until Benedict Lennox begins courting Abigail. Ben is everything Sebastian isn't—wealthy, charming, heir to an earl. Sebastian won't give up the only girl he's ever loved without a fight, but Abigail must choose between the penniless gentleman who moves her heart, and the suitor who is everything her parents want.

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ARC Book Review-Playing It Close

Playing It Close
London Legends (2)
Kat Latham
Carina Press
E Book
Published  April 14 2014
262 Pages
Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9781426898211
Authors Website

Synopsis
Where do you go to escape everything when you're one of the most famous rugby players in the world? For Liam Callaghan, that place is a remote lodge on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. Perfect, except he doesn't exactly want to be alone with his thoughts. Enter Tess Chambers, the ultimate distraction.

Still reeling from a professional disaster that's made her all but unemployable, Tess understands the desire to move through life as somebody else. So when instantly recognizable Liam uses a fake name, she runs with it and creates a temporary new identity of her own.

Their time spent together in paradise is idyllic but brief—after one passionate night, Liam wakes up to find Tess gone. Returning to London, he's shocked to learn she's taken a job with his team's new sponsor. As the Legends' captain, he'll have to not only figure out how to work with the one woman who ever left him wanting more, but also convince her that their feelings in the present mean more than any lies they've told in the past.

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Audio Book Review-Fury of Seduction

Fury Of Seduction
Dragonfury (3)
Coreene Callahan
Brilliance Audio
Narrated:Benjamin L. Darcie
13 Hours in Length
Shifter Romance
ASIN:  B00AAOSULW
Authors Website

Synopsis
New to the Nightfury pack, dragon-shifter Mac cannot understand the bond between his brothers-in-arms and their human mates - until the moment he spies Tania and the energy bond between them blazes to life. Driven by a primal instinct, Mac will stop at nothing to find Tania, to keep her safe, to possess her. He has no time to waste: Ivar, leader of the rival Razorbacks, hunts her, hungry for a new high-energy pawn with which to destroy the human race. Caught between the warring factions, Tania finds herself immersed in a world she never knew existed - and bound by a love stronger than time.

With Mac, her safety from Ivar and the perils of the human world is assured, but still she is left with a terrible choice: forsake the independence she's fought so hard to achieve and reclaim the life she loves, or abandon the man who now holds her heart.

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ARC Book Review-Lucas

Lucas
Vampires  In America (6)
D.B. Reynolds
ImaJinn Books
E Book
Published March 2014
337 Pages
Vampire Romance
ISBN: 978-1-61026-102-2
Authors Website

Book SIX of the award-winning Vampires in America.

THE BADLANDS of SOUTH DAKOTA . . . haunting landscapes, legendary outlaws, and . . . vampires?

LUCAS DONLON, Vampire Lord, is one of the most powerful vampires in North America and beyond. Charming and irreverent to his friends and lovers, he enjoys everything about his life as a vampire. But when a neighboring lord makes the mistake of declaring war, he quickly discovers that Lucas is every bit as lethal as he is charming.

KATHRYN HUNTER doesn't care about powerful vampires or their wars. Her baby brother is missing and she will do anything to find him, even if it means going against both her FBI bosses and the local vampire lord. But Lucas Donlon has other plans for the lovely FBI agent who's landed on his doorstep.

Waging war against their enemies and each other, Lucas and Kathryn will risk everything to keep the most deadly vampire war in hundreds of years from engulfing every vampire, and human, in North America

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ARC Book Review-Wicked Earl Seeks Proper Heiress

Wicked Earl Seeks A Proper Heiress
The Husband Hunters Club (5)
Sara Bennett
Avon Romnace
Published February 2014
384 Pages
Regency Historical Romance
ISBN:  9780062293015
Authors Website 

Synopsis
Sara Bennett concludes her fan-favorite Husband Hunters series with an earl, an heiress, and an accidental attraction…

Too wicked for proper society and in dire financial straits, Rufus Blainey, the Earl of Southbrook, knows but one solution: to marry an heiress. So when innocent and beautiful Lady Averil Martindale waltzes into his life, Rufus can't imagine a more perfect scenario: woo her, win her, bankrupt her.

Averil has no intention of spending her life or her money alone. An orphan, she's determined to find her lost half sister and reclaim what little family she has left. When Rufus offers to help locate the elusive girl, Averil is grateful and more than a little intrigued by the handsome, dashing rogue.

Everything is going according to Rufus's plan. That is until, despite his best efforts, he begins to fall totally, madly, sincerely in love with Averil…but will she marry him once she learns the truth?

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ARC Book Review-Duncan

Duncan
Vampires In America (5)
D.B. Reynolds
ImaJinn and Belle Books
Re Published February 2014
 264 Pages
Vampire Romance
Authors Website

Synopsis
Washington, D.C. … capital of an empire. Powerful. Exhilarating. Corrupt. And in the shadows … vampires far older than the nation itself.

A power unto himself, Duncan has served at Raphael’s side for a hundred and fifty years. But long laid plans have finally borne fruit, and the time has come for Duncan to leave Raphael and tackle the greatest challenge of his life. He will face treacherous vampires and murderous humans. He will rock the halls of human power if necessary. But Washington, D.C. will be his.

Emma Duquet cares nothing for vampire politics. She just wants to find her missing roommate and best friend, Lacey. But Lacey’s been playing with vampires of a particularly dangerous kind, and Emma will have to deal with the new vampire in town if she’s going to find her friend.

Battling powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets, Duncan and Emma will dig beneath the corruption and depravity that is Washington, D.C. and uncover the most heinous conspiracy of all…

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ARC Book Review-A Wicked Pursuit

A Wicked Pursuit
Breconridge Brothers (1)
Isabella Bradord
Ballantine Books
E book
Published February 2014
368 Pages
Regency Historical Romance
ISBN:  9780345548122
Authors Website

Synopsis
In Isabella Bradford’s enthralling new trilogy, three noble brothers—London’s most scandalous rakes—are about to do the unthinkable: settle down. Harry Fitzroy, Earl of Hargreave, is the first to meet his match and lose his heart . . . to a lady he least expected.
 
As the eldest son of the Duke of Breconridge, Harry Fitzroy is duty-bound to marry—and marry well. Giving up his rakish ways for the pleasures of a bride’s bed becomes a delightful prospect when Harry chooses beautiful Lady Julia Barclay, the catch of the season. But a fall from his horse puts a serious crimp in his plans. Abandoned by Julia before he can propose, the unlucky bachelor finds himself trapped in the country in the care of Julia’s younger sister.

Harry has never met a woman like Lady Augusta. Utterly without artifice, Gus is clever and capable, and seems to care not a fig for society. After a taboo kiss awakens passion that takes them both by surprise, Harry realizes he’d almost given his heart to the wrong sister. While London tongues wag, he’ll use his most seductive powers of persuasion to convince the reluctant Gus that she belongs with him—as his equal, his love, his wife.

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Book Review-Last Kiss Goodnight

Last Kiss Goodnight
Otherworld Assasin
Gena Showalter
Pocket Books
Paperback
Published January 2013
436 Pages
Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 978-1-4516-7159-9
Authors Website

Synopsis
The breathtaking first novel in New York Times best selling author Gena Showalter’s new paranormal romance series, Otherworld Assassins, featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved…and the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his salvation…

THE SWEETEST TEMPTATION…

Black ops agent Solomon Judah awakens caged and bound in a twisted zoo where otherworlders are the main attraction. Vika Lukas, the owner’s daughter, is tasked with Solo’s care and feeding. The monster inside him yearns to kill her on sight, even though she holds the key to his escape. But the human side of him realizes the beautiful deaf girl is more than she seems—she’s his.

THE ULTIMATE PRICE…

Vika endures the captives’ taunts and loathing, hoping to keep them alive even if she can’t free them. Only, Solo is different—he protects her. But as hostility turns to forbidden romance, his feelings for her will be used against him…and he’ll be put to a killer test.

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