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Review: Silver Street by Elizabeth Gill

In the late 1930s, Iris Black is feeling restless. She wants more out of life than to be a wife and mother, pandering to the whims and desires of an undeserving husband. Iris wants to experience life, excitement and unbridled passion. She yearns to break out of the constraints society imposes on her gender and on her social class and be her own woman. But Iris’s plans for self-discovery take an unexpected turn when she encounters Johnny Fenwick.

Johnny is one of Durham’s most eligible bachelors. Every girl in the district wants to get her hands on him – and his veritable fortune. But Johnny does not want to be seen as a cash prize for some social-climbing matchmaking mama and her guileless debutante daugher. He wants to share his life with a woman who is his equal in every way and when he meets Iris at a boring party, it fi... Continue Reading

Posted in February 2008, Reviews, Severn House.

Review: Edge of Dawn by Patti O’Shea

When Logan is called before the cearnnards, the leaders of the Gineal, he is afraid that they have discovered the problems he has been having recently with his magic. To his relief, he is being assigned to guard a Dormant, one of Gineal decent but without access to her magic. The cearnnards have recently found out that she is being stalked by a Tàireil. Logan is also tasked with keeping all knowledge of magic and the Gineal from this Dormant, Shona, as well. But it doesn’t  take long for him to realize that this job is more than a simple protection job and he’d better watch his heart or he could be in even deeper trouble.

Shona is a glass artist who has lost her creative spark and energy. That becomes a secondary concern however when she is suddenly attacked by a man. Her rescuer, Logan both intrigues and frightens her. T... Continue Reading

Posted in July 2009, Reviews, Tor Paranormal Romance. Tagged with , .

Review, To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt

The Legend of the Four Soldiers series continues with, perhaps, the best story to date. A Beauty and the Beast type premise will captivate fans with its witty dialogue, intense storyline, and tense emotional and physical conflicts. To Beguile a Beast is another jewel in Elizabeth Hoyt’s crown.

Sir Alistair Munroe fought in the Colonial war, only to return scarred fro life, both emotionally and physically. Alistair was a victim of torture at Spinner’s Fall during the war in the colonies and his scars run deep. He is aged beyond his years and suffers horrid nightmares of his torture and the men who died at the hands of a traitor. Hiding himself away in his Scottish Castle Greaves, Alistair spends his days as a recluse, writing and illustrating his books on flora and fauna, until the day a beautiful woman arrives at h... Continue Reading

Posted in Grand Central Publishing, May 2009, Reviews.

Review, The Naked Baron by Sally Mackenzie

At 25 Lady Grace Belmont is having her first and only season before she is married off to a neighbor. Grace just wants to experience fun and gaiety for once in her life before she is tied down to a kind but rather boring man her father chose. Chaperoned by her widowed Aunt Kate, they are attending her first ball when her size makes her feel more awkward than usual. You see, Lady Grace is tall and very well endowed and this has caused her to be self-conscious her entire adult life but there is someone across the room that doesn’t see this as a flaw. David Wilton, Baron Dawson sees the curving and luscious woman and wants nothing more than to meet her, well and steal a kiss if he is lucky. Little known to Grace is that her father hates David’s entire family. Her Aunt Kate knows of the scandal and so does David’s uncle Alex, who prop... Continue Reading

Posted in May 2009, Reviews, Zebra Books.