Review: A Beautiful Cage

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Title: 

A Beautiful Cage

Author: 

Alyson Reuben

Release Date:

September 2, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 96,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Author's Website:

http://www.alysonreuben.com

Description:  

A BEAUTIFUL CAGE: Wanted by the Gestapo, Rebecca Bloomberg is on the run for her life. Sheltering in the home of a reporter who writes absurd lies for a Nazi propaganda newspaper is hardly an ideal solution. Irresistibly drawn to the man, she dares not trust him, until she discovers his journalist position is a mask for involvement in an anti-Nazi resistance ring.

Gustav Von Furst has done all he can to perfect his mask. Neither his family nor his close friends know the truth. Hiding a Jewish girl is the most foolish risk, yet there is something about her that makes him want to protect her.

Eager to forget the outside world, Rebecca and Gustav are caught up in a private world of forbidden passion—until unexpected danger lands on their doorstep and they’re faced with a decision that will change everything. Will love demand a sacrifice too great to give?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: Eulogy's Secret

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Title: 

Eulogy's Secret

Author: 

Grace Elliot

Release Date:

October 18, 2011

Word Count:

approx. 68,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Amazon UK

Smashwords

Author's Website:

http://graceelliot-author.blogspot.com

Description:  

In the four weeks since her guardian’s death, Eulogy Foster has lost everything. She travels to London seeking the help of Lord Lucien Devlin, the estranged brother who doesn’t know she exists. But Lord Devlin turns her away and alone on the streets, Eulogy is attacked, robbed and thrown onto the mercy of a passing stranger.

Jack Huntley - bitter, cynical and betrayed in love -believes women are devious, scheming creatures and not to be trusted. So when one night he saves a naive young woman from rape, little does he suspect how life is about to change. Despite his growing attraction to Miss Foster, Jack has a problem: Eulogy Foster has a secret involving his bitterest enemy, Lord Devlin, and he can’t trust her.

As Eulogy learns the haunting story of her mother’s past, she knows she will only marry for true love. Deeply drawn to Jack Huntley, she needs him to confess his love before she shares the secret of her birth. Caught in a deadlock, with neither able to confess their true feelings, events take a sinister turn as it becomes clear someone wants Eulogy Foster dead.

Laura’s Review:

Review: Stand and Deliver Your Heart

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Title: 

Stand and Deliver

Author: 

Killarny Sheffield

Release Date:

September 16, 2011

Publisher:

MuseItUp Publishing

Word Count:

approx 61,000

Purchase Links:  

Muse It Up Publishing

Author's Website:

http://romanceauthorkillarneysheffield.yolasite.com/about-us.php#/

Description:  

Mistress Sarah was once a woman of promise, until a greedy relative left her to fend for herself on the cold, hard streets of London.  Now, she does the only thing she can to survive and care for those she has sworn to protect.

 

Lord Byron Cobbett has given up on life after the death of his beloved fiancée.  On a trip to London to clear his family’s name he is involved in a carriage accident.

 

Sarah gets more than she bargains for when she unwittingly rescues Byron.  She must find a way to convince him to keep her secret.  Can she allow herself to love him and still keep her promise?  Will Byron stand and deliver his heart to the auburn-haired bandit and risk his own freedom?

Laura’s Review:

Review: Flawless

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Title: 

Flawless

Author: 

Jana Richards

Release Date:

January 5, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 40,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

www.janarichards.net

Description:  

France, 1942.  The world is at war. The Nazis have stolen the infamous blue diamond, Le Coeur Bleu, intending to barter it for weapons that will destroy the Allies. Jewel thief Hunter Smith is given a choice; help the French Resistance steal back the diamond and avenge the death of his best friend, or stay locked up in an English prison. He chooses revenge.

Resistance fighter Madeleine Bertrand’s husband died when he was betrayed by Hunter Smith. How can she now pretend to be married to the arrogant American? How can she betray Jean Philippe’s memory by her passionate response to Hunter’s kisses? Neither is prepared for the maelstrom of attraction that erupts between them. To survive they must uncover the mysteries of the past and conquer the dangers of the present. But first Madeleine must decide if her loyalties lie with her dead husband and the Resistance or with the greatest love of her life.

Deniz’s Review:

Review: Midnight Conquest

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Title: 

Midnight Conquest

Author: 

Arial Burnz

Release Date:

June 1, 2011

Word Count:

approx. 105,000

Purchase Links:  

http://arialburnz.bigcartel.com/

Author's Website:

http://www.arialburnz.com/

Description:  

Scotland – 1513

Masked in a Gypsy guise, Broderick MacDougal hides his vampiric identity while seeking to destroy the man who slaughtered his family. When an old Clan rival ensnares Broderick in a trap using an enticing widow, he is compelled to discover if she is bait or an accomplice, and the cinnamon-haired beauty is his next conquest.

Widow of an abusive husband, Davina Stewart-Russell clings to the only image that gave her strength during those dark times—the Gypsy rogue who stole her heart as a youth. After nine years, she is finally face-to-face with him again, but reality clashes with fantasy as she is confronted with Broderick’s passionate pursuit.

When Davina’s past returns to haunt her, Broderick is forced to reveal a dark secret worse than anything Davina thought possible. The challenge before them has fatal risks and neither of them is prepared for the sacrifices expected for the sake of eternal love.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: The Pendulum

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Title: 

The Pendulum: Legacy of the Celtic Brooch

Author: 

Tarah Scott

Release Date:

March 8, 2011

Word Count:

approx. 25,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

All Romance

Author's Website:

http://www.tarahscott.com/

Description:  

Two demands for the promised payment of marriage.

Murder, deceit, and fraud pull Lady Airin Keith between these men.

Which one will bed her, claim her...own her?

Lady Airin Keith won't rest until Lord Jason Bothwell is tried and convicted for the murder of her sister. An unexpected marriage proposal brings an opportunity to prove the earl's guilt, but the knight who appears with her great grandmother's lost brooch threatens to interfere with Airin's brand of justice when he demands the agreed payment of marriage. 

Babs' Review:

Review: Rafe's Redemption

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Title: 

Rafe's Redemption

Author: 

Jennifer Jakes

Release Date:

February 25, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 89,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.jenniferjakes.com

Description:  

He rode into town to buy supplies, not a woman.

 

For hunted recluse Rafe McBride, the raven-haired beauty on the auction block  is exactly what he doesn't need. A dependant woman will be another clue his vengeful stepbrother can use to find and kill him. But Rafe's conscience won't let him leave another innocent's virginity to the riff-raff bidding. He buys her, promising to return her to St. Louis untouched. He only prays the impending blizzard holds off before her sultry beauty breaks his willpower.

 

She wanted freedom, not a lover.

 

Whisked to the auction block by her devious, gambling cousin, and then sold into the arms of a gorgeous stranger, outspoken artist Maggie Monroe isn't about to go meekly. Especially when the rugged mountain man looks like sin and danger rolled into one. But a blizzard and temptation thrust them together, and Maggie yearns to explore her smoldering passion for Rafe.

 

But when the snow clears, will the danger and secrets that surround Rafe and Maggie tear them apart?

Babs' Review:

Review: A Taste of Seduction

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Title: 

A Taste of Seduction

Author: 

Mary Campisi

Release Date:

March 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 87,000

Purchase Links:  

The Wild Rose Press 

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.marycampisi.com/

Description:  

A young woman of noble blood, raised as a peasant girl...

An orphaned stable boy, now grown and the surrogate son of a powerful earl – the same earl who just so happens to be the young woman’s father...

Meriel and Anthony have nothing in common--she runs barefoot and talks to animals, he won’t loosen his cravat unless the bedroom door is firmly closed. Meriel believes in love, hope, and happily ever after. Anthony believes in keeping a safe distance from anything resembling an emotion. They have nothing in common but an undeniable, burning desire for one another they can’t ignore or understand, and an ailing "father" who will do anything to see them together. Unfortunately, there are others, cunning and manipulative, working behind the scenes. Others who will stop at nothing, willing even to kill, to keep them apart.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: The Pickle My Little Friend

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Title: 

The Pickle My Little Friend

Author: 

T.C. Archer

Release Date:

March 2011

Word Count:

approx. 9,000

Purchase Links: 

All Romance 

Amazon

Author's Website:

http://www.tcarcher.com/

Description:  

The ninth victim in the Bicycle Chain murders is found dead on his living room floor grasping a paper bag containing a pickle.

Detective Jack Carter is working on the biggest murder case of his life. Which means, the last thing he needs is to find out that the one woman he has feelings for might be involved in the murders.

Vicky Peik knows things—and one of those things is that her boss, Detective Jack Carter, is in over his head. Vicky has stayed a step ahead of Jack in her private investigation. Only problem is, despite her ability to sense the killer, he has managed to stay a step ahead of her. Something’s wrong, and it’s closer to home than Jack can imagine. Can Vicky find the killer before things go too far, and Jack can’t get out? 

Laura’s Review:

Review: A Man Like That

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Title: 

A Man Like That

Author: 

Alison Henderson

Release Date:

June 29, 2011

Publisher:

The Wild Rose Press

Word Count:

approx. 90,000

Purchase Links: 

The Wild Rose Press 

Author's Website:

www.alisonhenderson.com

Description:  

Jessamine Randall, fearless crusader and champion of the downtrodden, is not a woman to be left waiting at the altar.  When her fiancé disappears hours before their wedding, the ever-resourceful Jessy hatches a plan to track him down and bring him back where he belongs.

Morgan Bingham knows he’s no good.  Never has been.  Never will be.  A former outlaw is no fit husband for the only daughter of the town judge, despite her misguided notions.  Besides, after ten long years away from home, it’s time to return to the hills and face his demons.

Ill-prepared, but armed with unshakeable certainty, Jessy follows Morgan to his family’s cabin deep in the Ozark Mountains where she’s sucked into a whirlpool of deep secrets and old hatreds.  While she struggles to bring light and hope into their dark lives, her greatest challenge is Morgan himself. Can she ever convince him he’s worthy of love?

Babs' Review:

Review: Trencarrow Secret

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Title: 

Trencarrow Secret

Author: 

Anita Davison

Release Date:

June 2011

Publisher:

MuseItUp Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 94,000

Purchase Links:  

MuseItUp Publishing

Author's Website:

http://thedisorganisedauthor.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Isabel Hart is afraid of two things, the maze at Trencarrow where she got lost as a young child, and the lake where her brother David saved her from drowning in a boating accident.

With her twenty-first birthday and the announcement of her engagement imminent, Isabel decides it is time for her to face her demons and ventures into the maze. There she sees something which will alter her perceptions of herself and her family forever.

Isabel’s widowed aunt joins the house party, where her cousin confides she is in love with an enigmatic young man who surely cannot be what he pretends, for he is surely too dashing for homely Laura?

When Henry, Viscount Strachan and his mother arrives, ostensibly to use her ball as an arena for finding a wife, Isabel is determined not to like him.

As more secrets are revealed, Isabel doubts she has chosen the right man, although her future fiancé has more vested in this marriage than Isabel realizes and has no intention of letting her go easily.

Will Isabel be able to put her preconceptions of marriage behind her and take charge of her own life, or is she destined to be controlled by others forever?

Laura's Review:

Review: Call Me Duchess

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Title: 

Call Me Duchess

Author: 

Maggie Dove

Release Date:

January 11, 2011

Publisher:

Eternal Press

Word Count:

approx. 90,000

Purchase Links:  

Eternal Press

Amazon

Fictionwise

Author's Website:

http://www.maggiedove.net/

Description:  

A rapist is loose in London…and he has plans for Marguerite Wiggins. Grippingly suspenseful and romantic, CALL ME DUCHESS is one young woman’s stunning journey to find love in 1870s London while a dashingly handsome chaperone, a heinous villain, and her own lofty aspirations stand in her way. Left penniless by their father, Marguerite Wiggins and her sisters must find husbands during the London season or find work as governesses by season’s end. Determined to become the next Duchess of Wallingford, Marguerite must make the difficult decision between following her heart or attaining her lifelong dreams and ambitions as a depraved rapist seeks to make her his next victim. 

Laura’s Review:

Review: Engraved

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Title: 

Engraved

Author: 

Jayne Fresina

Release Date:

March 23, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 35,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing

Author's Website:

http://www.jaynefresina.com/

Description:  

When Adam Blackwood first lays eyes on the woman of his lusty fantasies, he’s a young man with too much arrogance and not enough self-control.  She rejects his clumsy advances and deeply wounds his pride.  Six years later the wound remains, but other things have changed.  He’s grown up.  She’s widowed and alone.  And this time, she wants something from him.

Evangeline always knew Adam was dangerous.  He aroused emotions and desires she’d learned to suppress.  But now he’s back with a proposition and a secret from her past.  A little blackmail is hardly a gentlemanly method of getting her into bed, but what else can she expect from a Blackwood?

Perhaps, for just one night, she’ll give him what he wants and indulge her own secret passion. Providing they never see one another again, what harm can it do?

Brandi's Review:

Review: Banish The Dragon

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Title: 

Banish the Dragon

Author: 

D.L. Robinson

Release Date:

January 8, 2011

Publisher:

Melange Books

Word Count:

approx. 86,000

Purchase Links:  

Melange Books

Author's Website:

www.risforromance.net

Description:  

Forced to choose an English bride, Simon Radcliffe marries the beautiful Katherine Maguire but it’s his cousin Jonathan who saves Katherine, time and again, from ravishment. Months later, the marriage annulled, Katherine travels from Seven Oaks Plantation to Carlyle, New York, where she finds love and Jonathan Radcliffe, slayer of dragons.

Joey’s Review:

Review: The End of Night

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Title: 

The End of Night

Author: 

B.L. Bonita

Release Date:

January 31, 2011

Publisher:

Liquid Silver Books

Word Count:

approx. 21,000

Purchase Links:  

Liquid Silver Books

Author's Website:

http://www.blbonita.net

Description:  

Can a woman cursed find true love?

Liv Erichsen is destined to become a spinster. After the body of her second fiancé is discovered on the jagged rocks below her cliff-dwelling estate, she's labeled The Black Bride. No man would dare fall in love with her again and risk being her next victim until a mysterious and arousing gentleman arrives at her door.

A liar and a womanizer, Mason Davidson's reasons for being at Valhalla Estate are not to redeem himself. Then again, he's never met a woman quite like Liv before. She's strong, passionate, and fit to drive him crazy with lust. But how can he make her accept him for more than a casual fling when he arrived for the wrong reasons and a crazed killer is watching? 

 

Laura’s Review:

Review: Moon of Ripening

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Title: 

Moon of Ripening

Author: 

Diane Davis White

Release Date:

January 2011

Publisher:

DCL Publications

Word Count:
approx. 110,000

Purchase Links:  

Amazon

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Author's Website:

http://www.dianedaviswhite.com/

Description:   

When Lakota warrior Thunder Heart, who is destined to be a leader of his people, saves the lives of two white women during Red Cloud's War, he places his family and, indeed, his entire village at risk. Can Thunder Heart keep these women safe?

Will his act of compassion cause the death of his family?

Will his people demand the abandonment or death of these women in order to avoid the wrath of the Bluecoats or perhaps that of Red Cloud?

Uncertain of the outcome, he knows only one thing: He desires the pale-haired beauty, Victoria Abernathy, and will do anything to insure her safety.

Brandi’s Review:

Review: Sappho's Sisters

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Title: 

Sappho's Sisters

Author: 

Berengaria Brown

Release Date:

January 2, 2011

Publisher:

Logical-Lust Publications

Word Count:

approx. 10,000

Purchase Links:  

Logical-Lust Publications

Author's Websites:

http://berengariabrown.webs.com/

http://berengariasblog.blogspot.com/

Description:  

Lady Eustacia Lumley is the only child of the Earl of Wentworth. It is her duty to marry well and ensure the succession.

Margaret Durrell is the fourth daughter of a gently born, but near penniless vicar. She has no option but to marry a man who can provide for her and possibly for some of her sisters as well.

Best friends since their days at Miss Marcomb's Academy for Young Ladies, both young women are very interested in Sappho's poetry and ideas. One evening while visiting the Wentworth estate, Margaret has a headache and Eustacia offers to massage her scalp. This act of kindness leads them into an encounter they both find very enjoyable.

The two young women fall deeply in love, but is there any hope for them? Or will they both have to conform to the rigid rules of Regency society?
 

Brandi's Review:

Review: Pilgrim for Love

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Title: 

Pilgrim for Love

Author: 

Anna Austen Leigh

Release Date:

November 23, 2010

Publisher:

Logical-Lust Publications

Word Count:

approx. 23,000

Purchase Links:  

Logical-Lust Publications 

Description:  

After five varyingly successful marriages, Alys is on pilgrimage—determined to find husband number six. She’s also determined to have a bit of fun on the way, and she’s broadminded enough to make the most of her opportunities. But when the young squire Parys falls in love with her, she finds life becoming rather more complicated than she bargained for.  Can she still find the right man before they reach Santiago?

Deniz’s Review:

Review: A Captain's Order - A Duke's Command

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Title: 

A Captain's Order - A Duke's Command

Author: 

Tamara Gill

Release Date:

January 24, 2011

Publisher:

Noble Romance

Word Count:

approx. 11,000

Purchase Links:  

Noble Romance

Author's Website:

http://www.tamaragillromanceauthor.com
http://tamaragill.blogspot.com

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Description:  

Lady Eloise Bartholomew's trip to Australia on the shirttails of her adventurous brother ends in tragedy when he dies from a fever. But with the conventions of English society suspended on the high seas, she finds passion and excitement in the arms of a rugged ship's captain—only to be dumped back into the ton, still burning from the fire ignited in her and the loss of the only man she could ever love.

More at home on his ship than dallying with the ton, Gabriel Lyons, now the Duke of Dale, intended never to set foot in London again. But when an elder brother dies, and the woman who claimed his heart over his love for the ocean brings him home, he knows he has to face the secrets of his past. He can only pray their love will survive the scandal that sent him away, the lies he has told her, and the duel he must fight for his honor and her hand. 

Laura’s Review:

Review: Last Rake Standing

 

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Title: 

Last Rake Standing

Author: 

Jayne Fresina

Release Date:

January 28, 2011

Publisher:

Evernight Publishing

Word Count:

approx. 26,000

Purchase Links:  

Evernight Publishing

Author's Website:

http://www.jaynefresina.com/

Description:  

In Victorian London, Emma Hale leads two lives. As Le Petite Oiseau, in corset and pink feathers, she'd the reigning queen of the music hall; offstage she's a prim-faced theatre seamstress. For years these two women have shared on body; now the share something else—forbidden love for a man who could destroy them both.

Marcus Craven, Duke of Penhale, wants Le Petite Oiseau as his mistress, but he's also sworn to hunt down and revenge himself on the hazel-eyed girl who once shot at him with a dueling pistol. On this winter's evening when he finds both women in his path, he suddenly faces a dilemma.

What exactly does Marcus want? The fiery, passionate actress or the quiet "mouse" hiding in her shadow?

Perhaps this notorious rake wants them both.

Babs' Review: