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January 2nd, 2009 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, France, Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen, Kidnapping, Mistaken Identity, Regency, Secondary Romance, Virgin, consequences, devil, dominic, flummoxed, imdb, intercepts, marquis, novels, phrasing, regency novel, romance, scandal, silver screen, sister sophie, true nature, true spirit, tryst, vocabulary from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer is enchanting and will assuredly transport you to another world. Georgette Heyer, praised to be the new Jane Austen, was born in 1902 and her tales are quite old but hold the same classic feel as any one of Austen’s novels. I can picture the whole novel as a movie [...]
Related Websites - Review: Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer is enchanting and will assuredly transport you to another world. Georgette Heyer, praised to be the new Jane Austen, was born in 1902 and her tales are quite old but hold the same classic feel as any one of Austen’s novels. I can picture the......
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December 31st, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Bodyguard, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Jane Porter, Queen or Princess, Regency, Survival, Widow or Widower, airplane, cara lynn, crazy person, demetrius, inlaws, love, loveless, marriage, physical abuse, pre nup, private island, returning home, thibaudet, turbulence, unhappy life from Karin @ Love Romance Passion
This is a book I really enjoyed. Chantal Thibaudet is a princess, but leading an unhappy life. Her marriage was loveless (and included physical abuse, so be warned) but she is now widowed with a four year old daughter. Her in-laws are power hungry, including a pre-nup that basically holds her daughter [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: The Greek's Royal Mistress by Jane Porter This is a book I really enjoyed. Chantal Thibaudet is a princess, but leading an unhappy life. Her marriage was loveless (and included physical abuse, so be warned) but she is now widowed with a four year old daughter. Her in-laws are power hungry, including a pre-nup that basically holds......
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December 27th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Comedy of Manners, England, Highlander, Julie Garwood, Kidnapping, Rape, Scarred Hero, Scotland, Virgin, Warrior, alec, brief history, brotherhood, childhood home, closest friend, death bed, delightful combination, driving force, fabulous author, father and son, heroine, highlanders, household name, laird, mcalister, revenge plot, staple, tbr pile, young girl from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Julie Garwood is a staple, a household name, and Wedding is the first book of hers I ever read. Recommended to me by my closest friend, I came to the conclusion that it must go to the top of my TBR pile. I found the Wedding to be a delightful combination of bride stealing, tortured [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: The Wedding by Julie Garwood Julie Garwood is a staple, a household name, and Wedding is the first book of hers I ever read. Recommended to me by my closest friend, I came to the conclusion that it must go to the top of my TBR pile. I found the Wedding to be a delightful......
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December 20th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Book Review, Dukes and Earls, England, Farmer / Gentleman Farmer, Historical Romance, Kidnapping, Suspense/Thriller, Virgin, Widow or Widower, alpha male, amanda quick, amelia, dead wife, epitome, feathers, heir, julian, madness, match, novel, nymphomaniac, outrageous ideas, passion, realization, ribbons, seduction, sophisticated pieces, treatise on, turning the tables, widower from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
This lovely little book was a quick and delightful read. I was sad to finish it because it meant that I would have to let the leads Julian Ravenwood and Sophy Dorring go their own way. The novel starts out with Julian accepting Sophy’s refusal to marry him. The word was passed down to him [...]
Related Websites - Review: Seduction by Amanda Quick This lovely little book was a quick and delightful read. I was sad to finish it because it meant that I would have to let the leads Julian Ravenwood and Sophy Dorring go their own way. The novel starts out with Julian accepting Sophy’s refusal to marry him. The word......
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December 15th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Contemporary, Police, Regency, Suspense/Thriller, United States of America, Writer, bitches, chief of police, contests, dahl, debut novel, family and friends, fun sex, heroine, honey, hunk, inheritance, law enforcer, lawson, molly, pen name, prizes, romance author, romance novels, romantic times, sexual interactions, writing erotica from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Sarah from Smart Bitches and Jane from Dear Author are co-hosting another contest. The prizes are pretty sweet and well worth the time to get involved.
First things first, what contemporary romance started this contest?
The answer to that is Victoria Dahl’s debut novel Talk Me Down. The heroine in this novel, Molly Jenkins, is an erotica [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Pirate and Privateer Romance- Separating Myth from Truth What is pirate, privateer, or buccaneer romance? While pirate romance seems pretty self explanatory the truth of the matter is that modern romantic notions of pirates are far from fact. When we think of a pirate, I am sure many of you will conjure up an image of the deliciously......
- The Search for Mr. Romance is On! So I just learned that my "Search for Fabio" posts are part of a wider search for Mr. Romance. Variety announces that Mr. Romance is going to be a New Regency film and is about a skeptical guy entering the Mr. Romance Pageant contest in hopes to win back his......
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December 7th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Cathy Maxwell, England, Highlander, Kidnapping, Scotland, Warrior, bedroom scenes, boarding school, clansman, constance cameron, devil, dire need, dissatisfaction, doldrums, hangman, lovemaking, mackenna, noose, notch, novel, peerage, persuasive arguments, pride, sword from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Cathy Maxwell spins a charming little tale with delightful leads that are fun to read. I was disappointed in the bedroom scenes, however, when the story finally got there. I would have given this novel a four, but the dissatisfaction gleaned out of the lovemaking knocked it down a notch.
In the Highlander’s Bed a clan [...]
Related Websites - Review: In the Highlander’s Bed by Cathy Maxwell Cathy Maxwell spins a charming little tale with delightful leads that are fun to read. I was disappointed in the bedroom scenes, however, when the story finally got there. I would have given this novel a four, but the dissatisfaction gleaned out of the lovemaking knocked it down a notch.......
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December 5th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Contemporary, Guest Reviews, Linda Howard, Pilot, Survival, United States of America, Widow or Widower, adult children, assets, cameron, handsome salary, money, particulars, personal assistant, romance, rrn, seattle, seth, tazmin, time passion, trust funds, wealthy businessman, wingate from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Three guests reviews this week! Marcia writes to us again, this time about Linda Howard’s Up Close and Dangerous. Marcia is fabulous and a completely avid reader. She’s written RRN many reviews. I would like to take a moment to thank her for all her time, passion, and energy that she’s devoted to the growing [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard Bailey Wingate is living what many would believe to be a charmed life in Seattle, but she has problems. Not that she is complaining. She knows that she is fortunate. Having grown up impoverished, she became the personal assistant to James Wingate, a wealthy businessman and father of two extremely......
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December 5th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, Friends, Georgette Heyer, Regency, Runaway, Secondary Romance, Spinster, Virgin, brother charles, charity girl, curricle, good graces, granddaughter, henrietta, high hopes, lark, miss charity, pickle, romp, silverdale, sole man, sore feet, suitor, suitors, viscount, way to london, whisk from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer is one scrumptious romp of trouble after the next. It all begins when Miss Charity Steane was found wandering the hillside, luggage in one hand and very sore feet. She is picked up by Viscount Ashley Desford and whisked away in his curricle as blasé as anything you please. He [...]
Related Websites - Review: Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer is one scrumptious romp of trouble after the next. It all begins when Miss Charity Steane was found wandering the hillside, luggage in one hand and very sore feet. She is picked up by Viscount Ashley Desford and whisked away in his curricle as blasé......
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December 4th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Abigail Reynolds, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, England, Jane Austen, Regency, abigail, affections, ammunition, austen fan, current affairs, darcy, dismay, fall from grace, first kiss, foolishness, georgiana, insecurities, lambton, lydia, one kiss, parting ways, pride and prejudice, propriety, provocation from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Abigail Reynolds writes Pemberley Variations. For the uninitiated this means that she takes the classic story of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and plays a what-if scenario. For instance in From Lambton to Longbourn the what-if is what if Darcy and Elizabeth disclosed their feelings before parting ways after Lydia’s fall from grace? The characters [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: From Lambton to Longbourn by Abigail Reynolds Abigail Reynolds writes Pemberley Variations. For the uninitiated this means that she takes the classic story of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and plays a what-if scenario. For instance in From Lambton to Longbourn the what-if is what if Darcy and Elizabeth disclosed their feelings before parting ways after Lydia’s......
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December 3rd, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, England, Gaelen Foley, Guest Reviews, Historical Romance, India, Queen or Princess, abdomen, british citizens, death experience, epitome, four inches, gabriel knight, greek island, horrors of war, janissaries, kavros, leader of men, loose morals, princess sophia, romance novel, romances, security team, sheik, six feet, sole discretion, visual descriptions from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Today’s post is the first of RRN’s guest posts. The review of Her Every Pleasure is written by Marcia, and I am proud to have her. She is a woman after my own heart. Marcia reads romances as avidly as I do. The following review is her own opinion and the rating is at her [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Her Every Pleasure By Gaelen Foley Her Every Pleasure is the third book in the Spice trilogy about three siblings, British citizens, who have grown up in India. It is a story of duty, honor and destiny which would seem predictable for a romance novel; but add an ambitious Sheik and ruthless Janissaries bent on conquering......
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December 3rd, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Amelia Grey, Book Review, Dukes and Earls, England, Historical Romance, Pinkwater, Virgin, aunt agatha, chit, confirmed bachelor, dugdale, ghost hunt, ghosts, kind girl, love story, olivia, rainy afternoon, reputation, soap, society women, temptation, thief, threesome, urn, yost from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Amelia Grey spins a sweet love story of ghosts, trapped marriages, thievery, and near misses. A Taste of Temptation is a pretty quick read. The book is wonderful to sit down with and read on a rainy afternoon, which is exactly how I read it.
Andrew Terwillger, Lord Dugdale, is the last of the Terrible Threesome. [...]
Related Websites - Review: A Taste of Temptation by Amelia Grey Amelia Grey spins a sweet love story of ghosts, trapped marriages, thievery, and near misses. A Taste of Temptation is a pretty quick read. The book is wonderful to sit down with and read on a rainy afternoon, which is exactly how I read it. Andrew Terwillger, Lord Dugdale, is......
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November 28th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Cindy Harris, England, Estranged, Historical Romance, Scarred Hero, alec, bad decision, bedroom scenes, crimean war, evil man, lashes, little white lie, personal vendetta, poof, rafferty, rich tones, scarred for life, side of a mountain, snow drift, stepmother, stepsister, telling the truth, throbbing headaches, war office, whim from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Wolf at the Door is one of those stories that starts with a pebble falling off the side of a mountain and ends in an avalanche. The pebble is the little white lie Millicent Hyde tells her stepsister about being engaged. The snow drift starts when Sherry asks Captain Alec Wolferton if it is [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Wolf at the Door by Cindy Harris Wolf at the Door is one of those stories that starts with a pebble falling off the side of a mountain and ends in an avalanche. The pebble is the little white lie Millicent Hyde tells her stepsister about being engaged. The snow drift starts when Sherry asks Captain......
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November 21st, 2008 — 21st century, 3.5 Stars, Anthropologist, Book Review, Contemporary, Memory Loss, Nora Roberts, Pilot, Time Travel, United States of America, Virgin, bar fight, bells, black hole, blackness, bro, butt, caleb, colonies, february 2nd, freefall, hornblower, jacob, libby, memory banks, meteor shower, purple clouds, rockets, sister time, thunderstorm from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Time and Again is a novel that is really two stories in one. The first is Time Was with Caleb Hornblower and Liberty Stone. The second is Times Change with Caleb’s younger brother and Libby’s younger sister.
Time Was
Caleb Hornblower was born in February 2nd, 2222. That makes 2 is favorite number. He’s a pilot and [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Time and Again by Nora Roberts Time and Again is a novel that is really two stories in one. The first is Time Was with Caleb Hornblower and Liberty Stone. The second is Times Change with Caleb's younger brother and Libby's younger sister. Time Was Caleb Hornblower was born in February 2nd, 2222. That makes 2......
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November 18th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Patricia Rice, Pregnant, Teacher, United States of America, abc board, alyssum, axell, children, constance, haired woman, hippie, holm, impossible dream, impossible dreams, liquor license, matty, maya, mother in law, new age shop, private school, purple hair, safe car, shopping center, smiles from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
For the more modern readers Impossible Dreams by Patricia Rice shouldn’t be passed up. The writing is witting and captivating, sure to leave smiles whenever one closes the book. Impossible Dreams is another rare find that includes children; Constance and Matty.
Set in North Carolina, Maya Alyssum is a fun-loving hippie who runs her sister’s New [...]
Related Websites - Review: Impossible Dreams by Patricia Rice For the more modern readers Impossible Dreams by Patricia Rice shouldn’t be passed up. The writing is witting and captivating, sure to leave smiles whenever one closes the book. Impossible Dreams is another rare find that includes children; Constance and Matty. Set in North Carolina, Maya Alyssum is a fun-loving......
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November 1st, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Doctor, Malena Lott, Teacher, United States of America, Widow or Widower, dissertation, flesh and blood, former students, french kiss, grief, griffen, haired man, immigrants, intimacy, joke, leonardo da vinci, life insurance, limbo, odd name, pantry, peanut butter, real world, soul kiss, soul mate, studio spaces from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Dating da Vinci is a wonderful novel that deals with some very hard issues in a very compassionate and interesting way with very engaging writing. It basically boils down to the question- can one love again when one’s soul mate is gone? Ramona Elise Griffen tries to answer this question all throughout the novel as [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: Dating da Vinci by Malena Lott Dating da Vinci is a wonderful novel that deals with some very hard issues in a very compassionate and interesting way with very engaging writing. It basically boils down to the question- can one love again when one’s soul mate is gone? Ramona Elise Griffen tries to answer this question......
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October 29th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Contemporary, Cursed Lead, Ghost, Ireland, Loucinda McGary, Paranormal, Survival, Suspense/Thriller, all saints day, american citizen, bright flash, donovan, fictional town, ghosties, good measure, halloween, irish holiday, little mystery, massive stroke, mcgary, november 1st, o shea, october 31st, romance novel, samhain, spirit world, superstitions, veil, witching hour from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
I managed to sneak another romance novel in time for Halloween that has a spooky overtone. Wild Sight by Loucinda McGary takes place in a fictional town in Ireland with a lot of real cities and sights thrown in for good measure. This little mystery romance has a paranormal edge with the hero having what [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: Wild Sight by Loucinda McGary I managed to sneak another romance novel in time for Halloween that has a spooky overtone. Wild Sight by Loucinda McGary takes place in a fictional town in Ireland with a lot of real cities and sights thrown in for good measure. This little mystery romance has a paranormal edge......
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October 27th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Candace Camp, Covers, Dukes and Earls, England, Guest Reviews, Regency, Widow or Widower, book 3, brom, bromwell, calandra, costume ball, family friend, francesca, heroine, lady daphne, lies and deceptions, love scenes, manor houses, matchmaker series, morass, nylon zippers, rochford, romance novels, romantic scenes, short women from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Welcome back Marcia! Today’s review was submitted by Marcia late last night and I was so excited to see it in my mail box. I always take Marcia’s reviews to heart. She’s a kindred spirit and reads romance all the time. Marcia is one of LRP’s wonderfully regular contributors and I am always happy to [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: The Wedding Challenge by Candace Camp This third addition to Camp’s Matchmaker Series is a winner. Even the cover is great. The covers on most romance novels show insipid, overly romantic scenes of manor houses or cheap, torrid love scenes. The love scenes are the worst, inaccurately depicting the characters in the book with men that......
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October 26th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Cursed Lead, Detective, Linda Wisdom, Magic Users, Paranormal, United States of America, Vampire, beauty secret, beer bottle, bunny slippers, carrot cake, computer programming, curses, eliminator, eternal youth, fluff, forays, ghost dog, horror films, licorice, mortals, new faces, programming web, sex appeal, side kick, tremaine from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Linda Wisdom is the creator behind the latest paranormal sensation. Her hit characters Jazz Tremaine and Nick make an appearance in Hex Appeal, a fun little pun on sex appeal. The novel is a sequel to 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and contains the old gang plus some new faces. I particularly loved [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: Hex Appeal by Linda Wisdom Linda Wisdom is the creator behind the latest paranormal sensation. Her hit characters Jazz Tremaine and Nick make an appearance in Hex Appeal, a fun little pun on sex appeal. The novel is a sequel to 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and contains the old gang plus some new......
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October 11th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, England, Jane Austen, Movie, Regency, austen purists, bbc, billie piper, blake ritson, byronic hero, fanny, henry crawford, lady bertram, mansfield park, mary crawford, masterpiece theater, persuasion, phenomenal, rushworth, sir thomas, wickham from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
The Masterpiece Theater version of Mansfield Park is my first foray at watching this particular novel come to life. True Austen purists will find the film a disappointment. Too many characters are left out and several are given so little back story that newbies to Mansfield Park will be a bit confused at the beginning. [...]
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October 11th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, England, Jane Austen, Movie, Regency, austen purists, bbc, billie piper, blake ritson, byronic hero, fanny, henry crawford, lady bertram, mansfield park, mary crawford, masterpiece theater, persuasion, phenomenal, rushworth, sir thomas, wickham from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
The Masterpiece Theater version of Mansfield Park is my first foray at watching this particular novel come to life. True Austen purists will find the film a disappointment. Too many characters are left out and several are given so little back story that newbies to Mansfield Park will be a bit confused at the beginning. [...]
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September 29th, 2008 — 3.5 Stars, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Heiress, Kidnapping, Lisa Kleypas, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, Virgin, attentions, better chance, bowman, contempt, ear wax, flask, hands and lips, heiresses, house party, hoyden, long house, olfactory sense, proprietor, romance novels, scents, sister daisy, unusual behavior, viscount, westcliff from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Hap