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December 29th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Divorced, England, Foster/Orphan, Handicap, Heiress, Julie Garwood, Native American, Queen or Princess, Regency, Scarred Hero, United States of America, Virgin, Warrior, Widow or Widower, banter, blue eyes, boob, dakotas, dead mother, diamond pin, far cry, fops, heroine, lioness, london society, marquess, scar, shaman, sister in law, sleeping bag, slippers, stupor, typical romance, white hair from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
I took great pleasure in reading this novel. It wasn’t a typical romance though it held many of the typical pieces you would find in a romance. Atypical you ask? Yes! The heroine for instance was raised by the Dakota, or Native American Indians. She had to return to England to pursue the rest of [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Lion’s Lady by Julie Garwood I took great pleasure in reading this novel. It wasn’t a typical romance though it held many of the typical pieces you would find in a romance. Atypical you ask? Yes! The heroine for instance was raised by the Dakota, or Native American Indians. She had to return to England......
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December 26th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, England, Regency, Scarred Hero, Soldier, Suzanne Enoch, Virgin, being a gentleman, caliber, carroway, cheery disposition, different man, gardening, georgiana, heroic deeds, home from war, how to be a gentleman, lucinda, moth, moth to the flame, newcombe, nobleman, personal hell, separate lists, silent agony, snare, sweet nature from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
What makes a perfect hero? Is it his dashing good looks, his heroic deeds, or his charm? Third in the series Lessons in Love by Suzanne Enoch, England’s Perfect Hero, delves into the challenge of defining a hero.
Lucinda and her two best friends, Georgiana and Evelyn, create three separate lists on how to be a [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: England's Perfect Hero by Suzanne Enoch What makes a perfect hero? Is it his dashing good looks, his heroic deeds, or his charm? Third in the series Lessons in Love by Suzanne Enoch, England’s Perfect Hero, delves into the challenge of defining a hero. Lucinda and her two best friends, Georgiana and Evelyn, create three separate......
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December 18th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Captain, England, Entrepreneur, Gaelen Foley, Regency, Sailing, Stowaway, Virgin, amazon, back to england, black sheep, black sheep of the family, dandies, farraday, flaming hair, flirts, foley, fortune off, handsome town, insecurities, jack knight, jungles, little stowaway, miscellany, south america, steamy romance, successful entrepreneur, tender moments, winds of fortune from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
His Wicked Kiss is the seventh installment of Foley’s Knight Miscellany series. The novel was quite exceptional from the steamy romance scenes, the tender moments, and the insecurities that flared between Eden and Jack. His Wicked Kiss flirts with the tried and true plot of what you thought you wanted and what you get.
Dr. Victor [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: His Wicked Kiss by Gaelen Foley His Wicked Kiss is the seventh installment of Foley's Knight Miscellany series. The novel was quite exceptional from the steamy romance scenes, the tender moments, and the insecurities that flared between Eden and Jack. His Wicked Kiss flirts with the tried and true plot of what you thought you wanted......
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December 8th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, England, Historical Romance, Kings, Princes, Sheiks, Lisa Kleypas, Queen or Princess, Russia, Scarred Hero, Time Travel, beauty and the beast, bedroom scenes, children, dowry, emma, emotions, false pretenses, forthright attitude, fringes, gentle nature, havoc, love story, magical world, polite society, prince nikolas, prince of dreams, red hair, superstition, tender age, world of fairy tales from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
This love story is one of the most endearing I have ever read. Lisa Kleypas spins a tale worthy of mystical magical world of fairy tales. Based on Russian superstition, a prince who is like the Beast in Beauty and the Beast meets the woman of his dreams and learns to love. The bedroom scenes [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Prince of Dreams by Lisa Kleypas This love story is one of the most endearing I have ever read. Lisa Kleypas spins a tale worthy of mystical magical world of fairy tales. Based on Russian superstition, a prince who is like the Beast in Beauty and the Beast meets the woman of his dreams and learns......
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December 5th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Dyslexia, Foot Fetish, Gambling, Jennifer Crusie, United States of America, actuary, beast, bridesmaid, dobbs, donuts, ecstasy, elvis, goner, handbag, hotdogs, minerva, morrisey, piece of cake, sexy heels, sharp tongue, sister diane, smuck, those shoes from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The cover on this book describes Bet Me to be “wickedly witty, deliciously sexy.” More than that, Jennifer Crusie’s story is tender and full of Elvis (both varieties.) I enjoy this book immensely every time I read it. I think it’s the shoes.
Minerva Dobbs will never be described as thin, but her mother won’t stop [...]
Related Websites - Review: Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie The cover on this book describes Bet Me to be “wickedly witty, deliciously sexy.” More than that, Jennifer Crusie’s story is tender and full of Elvis (both varieties.) I enjoy this book immensely every time I read it. I think it’s the shoes. Minerva Dobbs will never be described as......
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December 2nd, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Dukes and Earls, England, Kathryn Caskie, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, Virgin, apsley, brandy, center of attention, constance, crowds, duke, five minutes, flax, gold eyes, hair gold, laird, lard, last time, master bedroom, rake, red lips, royle, scandal, scottish name from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Kathryn Caskie spins a delightful tale in How to Engage an Earl. My only complaint is the hero’s name. I mean really, Laird? I can’t decide if I am supposed to pronounce it like Lard, Lord, or L’AIR-ed. Apparently, Laird is a Scottish name, if that helps anyone else figure out how to say it.
So [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: How to Engage an Earl by Kathryn Caskie Kathryn Caskie spins a delightful tale in How to Engage an Earl. My only complaint is the hero's name. I mean really, Laird? I can't decide if I am supposed to pronounce it like Lard, Lord, or L'AIR-ed. Apparently, Laird is a Scottish name, if that helps anyone else figure......
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November 28th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Hannah Howell, Highlander, Knight, Scotland, Virgin, Warrior, artan, deathbed, donaldson, dowry, dozen men, fun and games, future bride, green eyes, guardians, heart of hearts, heir, laird, love story, lowlands, niece, red hair, romance novel, stealing kisses from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
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 on his deathbed, Sir Artan Murray [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - The Best Highlander Romance Novels What are they? I know this is pretty subjective and that personal tastes vary greatly, but I am pretty positive we can come up with a list of ones to recommend between us. Personally, my history with Highlander is brief. I only started to read them since the beginning of......
- 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......
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November 25th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Blind, Book Review, Contemporary, Doctor, Melinda Cross, United States of America, car accident, cassie, doctors, dr wyatt, few days, first romance, hard truths, hysterical blindness, job, love, masculinity, melinda, money, muscles, romance novel, spoiled brat, success rate, trauma, wealthy lifestyle from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Lion of Darkness by Melinda Cross was the first romance novel that I read where one of the lovers was handicapped. The story is absolutely beautiful, filled with domineering masculinity and the helpless unyielding fall into love. It is far too short a tale in my opinion and could use another two hundred pages easily. [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Lion of Darkness by Melinda Cross Lion of Darkness by Melinda Cross was the first romance novel that I read where one of the lovers was handicapped. The story is absolutely beautiful, filled with domineering masculinity and the helpless unyielding fall into love. It is far too short a tale in my opinion and could use......
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November 25th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Comedy of Manners, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Gambling, Georgette Heyer, Kidnapping, Regency, Secondary Romance, Virgin, affectation, brute, calf love, cousin max, deb, excursion, farce, faro, folly, full of grace, grantham, heyer, ill treatment, infatuation, jezebel, living goddess, maplethorpe, misconceptions, poor manners, ravenscar from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Faro’s Daughter by Geogette Heyer is an excellent read, but fairly short. The whole story gets told in 285 pages. This is one of the first novels of hers that I’ve read that has a lot of lead interaction. In fact they’re nearly at each others throats in every other scene. It makes for a [...]
Related Websites - Review: Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer Faro's Daughter by Geogette Heyer is an excellent read, but fairly short. The whole story gets told in 285 pages. This is one of the first novels of hers that I've read that has a lot of lead interaction. In fact they're nearly at each others throats in every other......
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November 21st, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, High School, Movie, Paranormal, Stephenie Meyer, Survival, United States of America, Vampire, Werewolf, ashley greene, bella swan, billy burke, carlisle cullen, christy lemire, edward cullen, forks, hot kiss scenes, jackson rathbone, kellan lutz, kristen stewart, nikki reed, peter facinelli, quileute tribe, robert pattinson, romantic tension, sexual tension, team edward, team jacob, twihard, twilight from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
I am very upset with Associated Press Movie Critic Christy Lemire’s review of Twilight. She gave the film 1.5 Stars and wrote a very unappealing look at the book’s film adaptation. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and I think the review was written to be controversial rather than an adequate depiction of the movie. I [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Become Smitten with Twilight's Biting Appeal I am very upset with Associated Press Movie Critic Christy Lemire's review of Twilight. She gave the film 1.5 Stars and wrote a very unappealing look at the book's film adaptation. I thoroughly enjoyed the film and I think the review was written to be controversial rather than an adequate......
- Official Twilight Movie Trailer #2 The first trailer I saw in theaters looked so incredibly hokey. I wasn't sure I was going to want to see it despite how much I loved the novels. This trailer is dynamite in comparison. I'm growing to think of Robert Pattison as Edward. It's just taken awhile. Call me......
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November 20th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Blind, Book Review, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, England, Gayle Callen, Historical Romance, Poor Eyesight, companion, dowager, elderly women, grandmother, helping others, manservant, money, personal accomplishments, pleasure, shelby, trilogy, viscount, whore, willow pond, writing letters from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
I loved The Viscount in Her Bedroom by Gayle Callen the third in the Sisters of Willow Pond Trilogy. What I like about Gayle Callen is that you don’t have to read the first two in the trilogy to really enjoy this book. You can pick up at the end and go backwards and have [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Viscount in Her Bedroom by Gayle Callen I loved The Viscount in Her Bedroom by Gayle Callen the third in the Sisters of Willow Pond Trilogy. What I like about Gayle Callen is that you don’t have to read the first two in the trilogy to really enjoy this book. You can pick up at the end......
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November 20th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Gambling, Handicap, Historical Romance, LaVyrle Spencer, Spinster, Temperance Movement, United States of America, Virgin, abusive father, agatha, alcohol, alcoholic father, children, collinson, dresses, first romance, friendship, fuss, gandy, heroine, job, millinery shop, miss violet, nude pictures, parsons, romance novels, saloon singers from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
One of the first romance novels that I ever read was the Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer. I snuck it out of my mother’s collection because I was curious about all the fuss. I am glad I did, because it rates as one of my dearest favorites, set during the Temperance movement.
Scott Gandy dresses smartly, [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer One of the first romance novels that I ever read was the Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer. I snuck it out of my mother’s collection because I was curious about all the fuss. I am glad I did, because it rates as one of my dearest favorites, set during the......
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November 12th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Erotica, Executive, Jamaica Layne, Survival, United States of America, bad manners, ddg, deluge, dips, drop dead gorgeous, espressos, exchange names, eyeliner, frayed nerves, insults, mascara, miranda, mortified, nosedive, orgasms, purple hair, rastafarian, retort, stock portfolio, swoop from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Jamaica Layne writes a steamy, sticky, and ultimately sweaty good read. Market for Love is a quick little contemporary that was fun to devour. This novel was a smooth read and wonderfully well-executed! Layne sucks you in and doesn’t let go until the last page.
Miranda Johansson’s day is completely tanked from the get go the [...]
Related Websites - Review: Market for Love by Jamaica Layne Jamaica Layne writes a steamy, sticky, and ultimately sweaty good read. Market for Love is a quick little contemporary that was fun to devour. This novel was a smooth read and wonderfully well-executed! Layne sucks you in and doesn’t let go until the last page. Miranda Johansson’s day is completely......
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October 23rd, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Artist, Bride Stealing, Historical Romance, Movie, Seas, Survival, Virgin, actors and actresses, billy zane, cal hockley, dewitt bukater, disaster film, engross, highest grossing films, jack dawson, joseph dawson, kate winslet, leonardo dicaprio, life is an adventure, lifetime opportunity, little rich girl, namesakes, poker hand, poor little rich girl, rms titanic, romeo and juliet, third class ticket from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Titanic is one of the highest grossing films in romance. Romeo and Juliet were not as star-crossed as Rose and Jack. Interesting how both couples names start with R and J. Before you ask, Rose and Jack are a fictional couple not based on historical accounts. A J. Dawson did exist but he was a [...]
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October 22nd, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Amnesia, Comedy of Manners, Mistaken Identity, Movie, United States of America, bill pullman, brother jack, bustles, chicago transit, fusco, glynis johns, grandma mazur, grandmother elsie, hilarious situations, jack warden, l train, michael rispoli, mother and father, peter boyle, peter callaghan, peter gallagher, s type, sandra bullock, stephanie plum novels, tollbooth, white smile from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
While You Were Sleeping is one of the sweetest movies I have ever seen. This movie is entirely based on a series of misunderstandings and hilarious situations. The movie features an all star cast including Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, and Jack Warden. Everyone was amazing in this film. I even liked [...]
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October 14th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Guest Reviews, Liz Carlyle, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, abuse and neglect, beautiful scenery, effects of malnutrition, family abuse, humid weather, hurricane warning, keeping up appearances, luxurious place, man intent, money and power, paved roads, polite society, regency romances, slave population, slave uprisings, warm tropical breezes, water window, wealthy children, welfare system, window screens from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Marcia is back again with this scrumptious tale by Liz Carlyle. I am so pleased to have you with us again at LRP! I hope your time spent with friends and family was a joyous occasion. Her review is below in blue. Enjoy!
Most Regency Romances portray life in this period as opulent and sensual. And [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: Never Romance a Rake by Liz Carlyle Most Regency Romances portray life in this period as opulent and sensual. And it was, but it was also very hard. Wealthy children were valued not so much as individuals but for what they could contribute to the family in the way of money or power. Each member of the......
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September 25th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Book Review, England, Estranged, Historical Romance, Julia Quinn, Rogues and Rakehells, Virgin, butterworth, countess, disgust, elderly lady, four girls, granddaughter, hot steamy, lady d, mad baron, number seven, sausages, sharp tongue, shenanigans, shins, smythe, walking stick, wholesome girls from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His Kiss, a delightful tale that [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His......
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September 25th, 2008 — 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Book Review, England, Estranged, Historical Romance, Julia Quinn, Rogues and Rakehells, Virgin, butterworth, countess, disgust, elderly lady, four girls, granddaughter, hot steamy, lady d, mad baron, number seven, sausages, sharp tongue, shenanigans, shins, smythe, walking stick, wholesome girls from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His Kiss, a delightful tale that [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His......
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