Tag: Historical

Review: Married in Haste by Cathy Maxwell

Review: Married in Haste by Cathy Maxwell

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 […]

Book Watch: Seduce Me At Sunrise: Excerpt and Cover

Book Watch: Seduce Me At Sunrise: Excerpt and Cover

Check it out: Seduce Me At Sunrise (The Hathaways, Book 2) by Lisa Kleypas now has a cover! Isn’t it pretty?? And teh awesome greedy wench Sybil, has produced an EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT! Go forth and read. Lisa also has an EXCERPT up on her site.This book is available September 30, 2008 from St. Martin’s Press. […]

Review: Temptation of a Proper Governess by Cathy Maxwell

Review: Temptation of a Proper Governess by Cathy Maxwell

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 […]

Guest Review: Breathless by Laura Lee Guhrke

Guest Review: Breathless by Laura Lee Guhrke

Nath‘s guest review of Breathless by Laura Lee Guhrke, published by Pocket Books in July 1999. I’ve been on a Laura Lee Guhrke kick lately, so after Not So Innocent, here is my review of Breathless 🙂 I’ve seen Breathless and The Charade around, I even own a copy of The Charade, but for some […]

Review: To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt

Review: To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt

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 […]