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It’s not often a book’s title is the spoiler for the story, but that’s the case here. The Billy of the title not only isn’t mentioned in the first half of the book, but he doesn’t appear at all in the flesh. Instead, he’s the nightmare that keeps one of the characters screaming in the…
In this novella, which both concludes Manda Collins’ Ugly Duckling series and introduces characters who will appear in her forthcoming novel Why Dukes Say I Do, readers are re-acquainted with Miss Amelia Snowe, the stuck-up, sharp-tongued young woman who had previously scorned and mercilessly mocked the three cousins who were the heroines of those books….
The answer of whether or not you will like Theresa Weir’s Come As You Are depends on how much escapism you need in a story versus your willingness to delve into a dark character study of girl with serious issues. You won’t smile a lot reading this book, but you will probably keep turning the…
With a title like A Passion for Pleasure one could be forgiven for thinking that this is a story about a dissolute rake and his reluctance to give up his thoroughly enjoyable debauched lifestyle – until, of course, he meets the love of his life and realises it’s time to abandon his bachelor ways and…
Narrated by Susan Duerden First of all, I have to take my hat off to Susan Duerden for pulling off something which, to my mind, would have been quite a daunting task. In Much Ado About You, there are four (possibly five) principal female characters and four principal male characters as well as various servants…
Technology has changed the way the people of the Western hemisphere talk. We text, we tweet, we post on social media. Many argue that this type of sharing has actually been the death of true communication. Others say it has never been easier to keep in touch. Whichever side of the argument people fall on,…
Trilogies abound these days with rich guys paired with average girls. But a story about a woman who finds a journal detailing the erotic acts experienced by a missing woman appealed to me. Friends, a pretty cover and an interesting premise could not make up for the strange awfulness that was this book. The story…
There is something terribly chilling and titillating about gothic novels, and that’s what made me pick up this male/male story. The combination of romance and horror is layered under the generally dark and dank background, and the first person narration pulls the reader deeper into the romance and intrigue– that’s why I was so excited…
Never Kiss a Rake is the first book in a new historical trilogy by Anne Stuart entitled Scandal at the House of Russell, and I enjoyed it very much. I freely admit that it had its weaknesses, and that the hero of this book bore more than a passing resemblance to some of Ms. Stuart’s…
Narrated by C.J. Critt I have a practical scale for judging the success of an audiobook for me. The very top is where I do extra housework and exercise or drive out of my way so I can keep listening. The next one down is listening at every opportunity but not creating those opportunities. Then…
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