Married in Haste is the first book in Cathy Maxwell‘s Marriage Series. This book is the perfect example of how good writing and interesting characters can make up for plot devices that are generally avoided. It features one of my most hated plot devices: The Big Misunderstanding I think that blurb sucks, so I’m writing […]
I think it was Romance Lover from Where’s My Hero that said this book turned her off of Cathy Maxwell for good, so I wasn’t expecting a great read when I picked it up, but I was pleasantly surprised. Isabel is the bastard daughter of an Earl who’s working as a governess. During a country […]
To Taste Temptation is the first book in Elizabeth Hoyt‘s Legend of the Four Soldiers series. I was first introduced to Elizabeth Hoyt by Sybil, who told me I had to read The Serpent Prince, the third book in her Princes trilogy. I adored it. Then I read her first contemporary, Hot, written as Julia Harper […]
This was a really nice book to settle into before going to bed. It was a great book with great characters and a solid storyline. Lord Rye hires Lady Ivy Wentworth who is a seer to see if there are any ghosts running around in his house and Garrett Burke comes to town under the […]
For me, this was a vast improvement over Desperately Seeking a Duke. This was more believeable, for one thing. It was also more like what I’ve come to expect when I pick a book up by Celeste Bradley. I’m always somewhat fascinated when an author takes a character that has previously been so un-likeable and […]