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January 3rd, 2009 — 3 Stars, 4 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Book Review, Covers, Eliza Doolittle, England, Farmer / Gentleman Farmer, Foster/Orphan, Friends, Julia Quinn, Regency, Virgin, barony, book hands, dancing at midnight, dowry, dunford, henrietta, heroine, kindness, lusty thoughts, midpoint, minx, mistress, pet name, pet names, plot twist, poor man, tomboy, truce from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Minx by Julia Quinn is the third book in the Blydon Series, following Splendid and Dancing at Midnight.
William Dunford inherits a barony out in Cornwall. He also inherits an unexpected ward, not that he knows this when he arrives. Henry, his ward, is a spunky hoydenish tomboy with a plan. She’s going to convince London [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Minx by Julia Quinn Minx by Julia Quinn is the third book in the Blydon Series, following Splendid and Dancing at Midnight. William Dunford inherits a barony out in Cornwall. He also inherits an unexpected ward, not that he knows this when he arrives. Henry, his ward, is a spunky hoydenish tomboy with a......
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December 25th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Baroness or Viscountess, Contemporary, Divorced, England, Gambling, Guest Reviews, Jane Porter, Monaco, Racing, Scarred Hero, Virgin, bet, cara lynn, children, compulsive gambler, disastrous marriage, family fortune, fears, harlequin, highest bidder, little girl, mid point, monte carlo, nice guy, plucky heroine, pre nup, puzzle, step daughter, stepmother, twists, van bergen from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
This one had a few twists and turns I didn’t see coming, and it was more believable. The background of the leading characters unfolds throughout the book, and some of it you don’t find out until mid-point.
Samantha van Bergen is in a disastrous marriage, mothering a step-daughter that she dearly loves. This [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Taken by the Highest Bidder by Jane Porter (no spoilers) This one had a few twists and turns I didn't see coming, and it was more believable. The background of the leading characters unfolds throughout the book, and some of it you don't find out until mid-point. Samantha van Bergen is in a disastrous marriage, mothering a step-daughter that she......
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December 16th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Hairy, Hannah Howell, Highlander, Kidnapping, Pregnant, Scarred Hero, Scotland, Virgin, Warrior, attentions, awe, beautiful woman, beauty and the beast, brute, children, disappointment, finer things in life, graceful body, inheritance, red devil, red hair, red knight, scars, second cousin, segments, soft brown eyes, thayer, true heir from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Beauty and the Beast by Hannah Howell is not a spectacular read. It is however a pretty solid read. I found several segments to be unnecessary and jumpy and predictable in others. This Highlander romance contains all the elements of the sub-genre including bride stealing, thwarted love, revenge plotting, and battle.
Thayer Saiturn is known as [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Beauty and the Beast by Hannah Howell Beauty and the Beast by Hannah Howell is not a spectacular read. It is however a pretty solid read. I found several segments to be unnecessary and jumpy and predictable in others. This Highlander romance contains all the elements of the sub-genre including bride stealing, thwarted love, revenge plotting, and......
- Review: Highland Barbarian by Hannah Howell Highland Barbarian by Hannah Howell is an exceptional romance novel. The love story is both captivating and highly amusing. A tale of a Lowlander (with Highlander blood in her veins) and a Highlander (whose warrior skills include brains), this is sure to be on your favorite shelf. With his Laird......
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December 13th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Regency, Sabrina Jeffries, Teacher, Virgin, anthony dalton, becoming parents, children, dead brother, eunice, headmistress, lascivious behavior, madeline, niece, partying, poor tess, rakehell, respectability, rogues, simpleton, stable home life, strong spirits, virtu, viscount, widows from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Let Sleeping Rogues Lie is as scintillating as the title sounds rolling off the lips. Sabrina Jeffries weaves a tale of deception, half-truths, and omission. Sordid pasts litter throughout the story, many alongside the main characters, and a few directly related to the main characters. The only thing to watch out for is the mention [...]
Related Websites - Review: Let Sleeping Rogues Lie by Sabrina Jeffries Let Sleeping Rogues Lie is as scintillating as the title sounds rolling off the lips. Sabrina Jeffries weaves a tale of deception, half-truths, and omission. Sordid pasts litter throughout the story, many alongside the main characters, and a few directly related to the main characters. The only thing to watch......
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December 10th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Contemporary, Divorced, Fern Michaels, Guest Reviews, Secret Agent, United States of America, divorce papers, fbi, fbi training, first wives club, flying colors, getting revenge, girlfriend, honeymoon, joke, karin, marriage, marriage game, mountains, pappy, recruiter, screen comedy, secret ops, silver screen, wolf from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels is a light summer read.
I figured by the description it would have some humor, and it does.
Samantha Rainford returns from her honeymoon to find she has been served divorce papers. She is both shocked and heart broken. She is going to be paid off with a [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels is a light summer read. I figured by the description it would have some humor, and it does. Samantha Rainford returns from her honeymoon to find she has been served divorce papers. She is both shocked and heart broken. She is going to be......
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December 9th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, Cursed Lead, England, Gwen Rowley, Knight, Magic Users, Warrior, aislyn, arthur and guinevere, canterbury tales, contempt, courtiers, dismay, encha, heart and soul, heart leap, king arthur, king arthur and guinevere, knights of the round table, medieval, old crone, ridicule, rowley, scorn, sir gawain, true identity, wife of bath, young knight from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The story of Gawain and Aislyn is one told before in the Canterbury Tales (The Wife of Bath’s Tale) under different names. Gwen Rowley remakes it in Knights of the Round Table: Gawain. Where the original had the knight rape a lovely young maiden and sentenced before King Arthur and Guinevere into solving a riddle [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Knights of the Round Table: Gawain by Gwen Rowley The story of Gawain and Aislyn is one told before in the Canterbury Tales (The Wife of Bath's Tale) under different names. Gwen Rowley remakes it in Knights of the Round Table: Gawain. Where the original had the knight rape a lovely young maiden and sentenced before King Arthur and......
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December 8th, 2008 — 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, Another Planet/Dimension, Book Review, Dragon, Enemies, Erotica, Paranormal, Stella and Audra Price, Succubus, audra, compatriots, distraction, dragons, edict, elementals, erotic moments, fire demons, fire dragon, fire dragons, king of fire, masquerade party, naked mole rats, paramours, penguins, sexual preference, strip club, yellow dragon from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Fire in His Eyes is the first book of the Dragon Elementals in Stella and Audra Price’s Eververse. A complicated web of Afterverse and the real world, Eververse will introduce you the paranormal.
Char is the last of the reigning fire dragons and he has found his mate. He can’t do anything about it because [...]
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- Review: Fire in His Eyes by Stella and Audra Price Fire in His Eyes is the first book of the Dragon Elementals in Stella and Audra Price’s Eververse. A complicated web of Afterverse and the real world, Eververse will introduce you the paranormal. Char is the last of the reigning fire dragons and he has found his mate. He can’t......
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December 4th, 2008 — 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, United States of America, apple orchard, assorted characters, bank loan, busybodies, guest reviewer, hank malone, housekeeper, janet evanovich, kidnappings, long time friends, madam, maggie, misunderstanding, romances, smile on your face, stephanie plum series, toone, twists and turns, two different things, whirl from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
RRN would like to welcome back guest reviewer Karin! It is my pleasure to have her again. Today’s post is a review she has submitted on one of Janet Evanovich’s lighthearted romances. For your pleasure the full review is listed below.
Janet Evanovich is one of my favorite writers. I really enjoy her Stephanie Plum [...]
Related Websites - Review: Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich Janet Evanovich is one of my favorite writers. I really enjoy her Stephanie Plum series. So when I saw Wife for Hire, I figured I'd give one of her other books a whirl. It's quite lightweight and fairly short (especially since the print is larger, which is a bit annoying......
- Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich Fearless Fourteen continues the comic saga of Stephanie Plum and her cohorts in bond enforcement. Along the way there are the requisite crimes to solve to the tune of $9 million missing from a heist. Then add to the mix being stalked by the perpetrators who are dying one......
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December 2nd, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, Botanist, England, Historical Romance, Julia Quinn, Spinster, Virgin, Widow or Widower, child abuse, children, conclusion, decent story, desperate need, doorstep, dozen proposals, eloise, half a dozen, invitation, legs, lightweight, long wait, love, nanny, perfect man, sex scenes, sir phillip from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn was a fairly decent story. There were times in the story when I wondered if the main characters would ever fall in love before the pages ran out. The sex scenes were scrumptious and more than counter balanced the long wait to get to them. Also the [...]
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December 1st, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Connie Mason, Denmark, Doctor, Kidnapping, Norway, Rape, Survival, Viking, Warrior, cruel man, farmland, farmstead, hand of fate, harem, heaving bosoms, home turf, man without a heart, murderers, norseman, reyna, rue the day, slave trader, swedes, thrall, tidy package, twisted hand of fate, two summers, unborn child from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
His world was shattered two summers ago when on a trading voyage his farmstead was ransacked by Danes. His wife and unborn child were slaughtered. When the news reached him Wulf’s heart vowed to make the Danish rue the day they ever dared to set foot on his soil. His quest was a tidy package [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Viking Warrior by Connie Mason His world was shattered two summers ago when on a trading voyage his farmstead was ransacked by Danes. His wife and unborn child were slaughtered. When the news reached him Wulf’s heart vowed to make the Danish rue the day they ever dared to set foot on his soil. His......
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November 30th, 2008 — 2 Stars, 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, Bevery Barton, Guest Reviews, Linda Howard, Linda Winstead Jones, Magic Users, Memory Loss, Paranormal, Police, United States of America, charms, dante, fertility, gideon, good intentions, heir, hotel casino, hundred years, inferno, low profile, motivations, paranormal abilities, particulars, premise, revenge book, rogue group, three novels, trilogy, wizards from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The review for today is written by Marcia and is on not one, but three novels, those that consist of the Raintree trilogy. The ratings are solely her reflection of the stories.
The Raintree Trilogy is an weak, anemic effort by three different authors. The premise is that two hundred years ago there was a [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Entire Raintree Trilogy The review for today is not one, but three novels. The Raintree Trilogy is an weak, anemic effort by three different authors. The premise is that two hundred years ago there was a war between the Raintree clan, a family with paranormal abilities, and the Ansara wizards. The Ansara clan......
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November 30th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Dukes and Earls, England, Guest Reviews, Historical Romance, Sabrina Jeffries, Virgin, blackmore, confrontation, cousin, delightful romp, dryden, emily, fairchild, first night, lady sophia, little time, marquess, masquerade ball, niece, patron, personal growth, spite, three stars, twists, vicar, young ladies from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Marcia, RRN’s guest reviewer today, writes to us about the Forbidden Lord by Sabrina Jeffries. Marcia is a frequent reviewer and we thank her for her many contributions. I shan’t detain you all, however, another moment from reading about this scandalous and thrilling plot.
Quiet and obedient Emily Fairchild is not expecting an adventure. She [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Forbidden Lord by Sabrina Jeffries Quiet and obedient Emily Fairchild is not expecting an adventure. She is content to care for her father, a country vicar since her mother died after a long illness less than a year before. She is happy to have been invited to the masquerade ball being held by the Marquess......
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November 24th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Georgette Heyer, Heiress, Regency, Secondary Romance, arrogance, audley, brunt, coming of age, elizabeth bennet, farce, fifth earl, grantham, heroine, innkeeper, miss judith, mr darcy and elizabeth, mr darcy character, negative criticism, nettle, pride and prejudice, regency buck, regency romance, wards from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer is loosely based on the premise of Pride and Prejudice. I would not go so far as to say it’s a retelling of the classic tale, but there are elements of this Regency romance that bring to mind the farce that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet went through before getting [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Regency Romance versus Historical Romance What is regency romance and how does it differ from historical romance? You may well recognize Jane Austen as a regency romance writer. She is best known for works such as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. So what makes a regency romance? Well if you look at......
- Movie Review: 2005 Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly, Donald Sutherland, and Matthew Macfadyen I’m pretty certain a select group of individuals will think what I’m about to say is sacrilegious. I think that the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly, Donald Sutherland, and Matthew Macfadyen is the best version of this Jane Austen classic made to date. Sorry – sorry!......
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November 23rd, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, England, Historical Romance, Julia London, dupree, fairchild, fashion creations, fever, fitzherbert, heir, imaginings, joshua, modiste, phoebe, pickle, polite society, ramsey, seamstress, seizure, servants, smithy, wentworth hall, wild horses, william darby from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Lady Phoebe Fairchild is in a pickle. Mrs. Ramsey is blackmailing her. The awful woman has guessed her biggest secret– that she is Madame Dupree, the French modiste, whose fashion creations are the talk of the ton. In exchange for not exposing her secret and ruining her reputation Phoebe must go to Wentworth Hall. Immediately.
The [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount by Julia London Lady Phoebe Fairchild is in a pickle. Mrs. Ramsey is blackmailing her. The awful woman has guessed her biggest secret-- that she is Madame Dupree, the French modiste, whose fashion creations are the talk of the ton. In exchange for not exposing her secret and ruining her reputation Phoebe must......
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November 19th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Emma Holly, England, Guest Reviews, Historical Romance, Victorian, bullies, close proximity, comic situations, erotic imagery, fall from grace, farleigh, florence, footman, good woman, house party, innocence, kindness, loyalty, marriage, point of view, scandal, skillful writer, vicar, victorian england from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The wonderful Marcia has delighted us again with another review this week. She really is amazing. The following post and rating are hers alone. Thanks for sharing with us!
Taking place in Victorian England, Beyond Innocence is about loyalty to family versus being true to one self.
Edward Burbrooke is horrified to learn that his brother, Freddie, [...]
Related Websites - Review: Beyond Innocence by Emma Holly Taking place in Victorian England, Beyond Innocence is about loyalty to family versus being true to one self. Edward Burbrooke is horrified to learn that his brother, Freddie, has been discovered, in the bedroom, with a footman, at a house party. He loves his brother and feels responsible for his......
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November 19th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, High School, Paranormal, Stephenie Meyer, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, angel, edge of the forest, edwards, end of twilight, few days, going to florida, grief, hallucination, heartbroken, jacob, jasper, leavings, motorcycles, new moon, quileute tribe, romance, saga, sewers, shell, ultimatums from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The second book in the Twilight saga is entitled New Moon and if the first book was about finding true love, then this book is about losing true love. I am not particularly fond of this book. It is because it contains so little Edward. We are introduced to the other paranormal group just up [...]
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- Review: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer The second book in the Twilight saga is entitled New Moon and if the first book was about finding true love, then this book is about losing true love. I am not particularly fond of this book. It is because it contains so little Edward. We are introduced to the......
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November 10th, 2008 — 3 Stars, Alien, Another Planet/Dimension, Book Review, Cursed Lead, Highlander, Kendra Leigh Castle, Paranormal, Queen or Princess, Scotland, Survival, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, cameo appearances, carly, cousin, descendants, deus, deus ex, dyana, gideon, goddess, heroine, highland fire, macinnes, overcoming obstacles, rowan, safety purposes, sass, scottish highlands, stubbornness from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Dark Highland Fire is about two distinctly polar opposites getting together and overcoming obstacles that should under normal circumstances lay them low. Rowan is a fiery demi-goddess akin to the vampire as she needs blood to survive. However her blood-taking is about life not death so at most she is a cousin of the vampire. [...]
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October 17th, 2008 — 2.5 Stars, 3 Stars, Book Review, Dukes and Earls, Highlander, Karen Ranney, Rape, Scotland, bastard, bathroom scene, blood disease, brother, companion, continuance, cup of tea, foolishness, gillian, hassle, hero, heroine, innocents, marriage, romance novel, sexual perversion, sleaze ball, unspeakable things, young girl from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
So how do you rate a romance novel where the romance part was exceptional but the side story was wholly unnecessary? Once again I’ve managed to pick up a story where the author seems to think that it’s a good idea to include a history of sexual perversion on kids. What’s with this? The young [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: The Scottish Companion by Karen Ranney So how do you rate a romance novel where the romance part was exceptional but the side story was wholly unnecessary? Once again I’ve managed to pick up a story where the author seems to think that it’s a good idea to include a history of sexual perversion on kids.......
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