Danger in the air. Lovers on the brink. And we’re back for another magical, dangerous and hot as sin story with Lucien and Stephen in the third book of the Charm of Magpies trilogy. If you haven’t read the first two books in the series, you really need to do so or you would be rather lost – plus they are well worth reading! Lucien, Lord Crane, continues to be one of the hottest, most intelligent, carelessly elegant heroes I’ve had the pleasure to read […]
Clueless In The Sierra Mountains
I’ll start off this review by saying I’ve not read anything else by Jill Shalvis, but if this book is an indication of her writing…it doesn’t encourage me to try another book. I picked this up based on the cover blurb: When she gets left at the altar, city girl Breanne decides to go on her honeymoon alone. She ends up snowed in at a Sierra mountains lodge, then discovers that her room has been double-booked, and she ends up sharing with burned-out cop Cooper […]
He’s Lost His Head – How Frightfully Gauche
Book 10 in the Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series begins with a grisly discovery of a decapitated man at Bloody Bridge, his head mounted on a spike. The man was Stanley Preston, a wealthy man who owned a plantation in the West Indies. He was also a man who collected mummified heads (what fun), and a lead coffin strap linked to King Charles 1648 was found near his body, indicating he may have been lured to his death with the promise of the head. As […]
How to Train Your Duchess
While waiting for the next C.S. Harris book, I returned to historical romance for a change of pace – and boy, was it ever at the opposite end of the spectrum. This book is so light and frothy and fairytaleish, I was rolling my eyes more often than not while reading. The premise is a take on ‘My Fair Lady’, but sometimes it stretches the limits of belief. I know I’ve read one of Ms Frampton’s before, and thought it was okay, but this one […]