Review: Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal by Grace Burrowes

The Particulars: Historical Romance, Sourcebooks, available in print and as e-book The Source: Pre-ordered at Allromance The Grade: B The Blurb Maggie Windham, oldest of the Windham sisters and a by-blow from His Grace’s pre-marital wild oats, finds herself in desperate needs of an investigator to help her retrieve a missing reticule. Benjamin Hazlit knows […]

Review:Mad Maria’s Daughter by Patricia Rice

The Particulars: Historical Romance, Regency Reads, e-book. The Source: Fictionwise The Grade: B+ The Blurb: Daphne Templeton knows society has stigmatized her because of her mad mother, so she decides to leave London and live with her Aunt Agatha in the country. On the way she’s abducted by a highwayman, whom she insists see her […]

Review: The Virtuoso by Grace Burrowes

The Particulars: Historical Romance, Sourcebooks, available in print and as ebook The Source: Purchased at Allromance  The Grade: A The blurb: Ellen Markham tells herself she’s happy raising flowers and living in near penury in the Oxfordshire countryside, but when Valentine Windham moves in just on the other side of the wood, Ellen’s longing for […]

Review: Men of Bronze by Scott Oden:

The Particulars:  Historical Fiction, Medallion Press, available as e-book and in print.  The Source: Purchased at Omnilit The Grade: A   The blurb:  It is 526 B.C. and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crushed by the weight of its own antiquity. Decay riddles its cities, infects its aristocracy, and weakens its armies. While […]

Review: Copper Lake Secrets by Marilyn Pappano

The Particulars: Romantic Suspense, Harlequin, available as e-book The Source: Purchased at Allromance The Grade: B- The Blurb:  “What happened that summer?” The ill-fated vacation Reece Howard spent at her grandparents’ Georgia home long ago changed her in ways her mind still refuses to remember. She forgot about the man she once knew as “Jones,” […]

BooksonBoards recommendations:

Books on board offers up to 33% off right now, so I am going on a shopping spree tomorrow. Since it is easy to get overwhelmed, I decided to make some recommendations: For the UF and PNR fans: Laura Anne Gilman.    I love her books. They are snarky, witty, and action packed. With the […]

Review: Becoming Miss Becky by Shannon Stacey

The particulars:  Historical Romance, Samhain, available as e-book and in print.The Source: Purchased, but cannot remember were.The Grade: B Blurb:A sheriff with a stone-cold reputation. An innocent madam hell-bent on disturbing his peace. Who will be the first to give in?Rebecca Hamilton passed through life as bland as biscuits—until the day she buried her father […]

Review: One More Summer by Liz Flaherty

The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Carina Press, ebook. The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, available as e-book The source: Purchased at Books on boardThe Grade: AThe blurb:Grace has taken care of her widowed father her entire adult life and the ornery old goat has finally died. She has no job, no skills and very little money, and has […]

Review: Because of You by Jessica Scott:

The Particulars: Military Romance, Lovespell, ebook.The Source: Purchased Kobo.The Grade: A-The Blurb:Keeping his men alive is all that matters to Sergeant First Class Shane Garrison. But meeting Jen St. James the night before his latest deployment makes Shane wonder if there’s more to life than war. He leaves for Iraq remembering a single kiss with […]

Recommended Series: The Ash Triology by Shiloh Walker

 This is a new feature, and first up is Shiloh Walker’s chilling suspense series. IF YOU HEAR HER:Released in Oct -11 A CRY IN THE WOODSThe scream Lena Riddle hears in the woods behind her house is enough to curdle her blood—she has no doubt that a woman is in real danger. Unfortunately, with no […]