Romancing The Countess by Ashley March

Romancing the Countess by Ashley March
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What can I say of this book? A slow, almost painfully so, ride to satisfaction. It's kind of strange in the beginning because you're kind of wondering how they're going to get together, since they don't think they can stand to be in the same room together for very long. Their spouses cheated on them with each other, and they're taking it differently. Leah is being brazenly bold & daring and not caring about what the ton thinks. Sebastian is being angry and resentful, because he was most hurt by the realizations that came with the joint-deaths of their spouses. All through the first half, I yearned for more of a passion between the two, but was at the same time grateful that I wasn't reading the same story, just done with different names yet again. It's really hard to find something refreshing in published books these days.

I also must say that the sensuality in this book is no where to be found until the very end. It's kind of disappointing, in that regard, for me. I think it actually gives the book more of a sense of reality. You're not thinking to yourself "He must be some looker, if she could do all those things with him so quickly!" You're thinking "I wonder what's holding her back, since she's so irreverent elsewhere in her life."

Also, the things the little 18 month old said? Were slightly advanced, to say the least. It wasn't a deal-breaker for me, though. By the time he was talking and such, I was more intrigued by the push-and-pull between the main characters.

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Move Heaven And Earth by Christina Dodd

Move Heaven and Earth by Christina Dodd

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This started off ok, but then the hero's brother dies & the heroine keeps freaking about being a nurse… and I just kept thinking 'Well then don't be a nurse! DUH!' and the resolution between the main characters & the villain was just waaaay too drawn out! but I'd say the the first half of the book was pretty good. I'm kind of disappointed it wasn't a new favorite of mine :(



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At The Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker

At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I'd say that I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Never read anything by this author until now, and I feel like reading more from her, so that's a good sign. One thing that bothered me was the flatness of Tristan & Charlotte. More so Tristan. The author could have done a lot better at explaining what Tristan was about & some of his thoughts & feelings instead of he was a cardboard cutout standing in the background.



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The Secrets Of A Lady, Jenna Petersen (ARC)

The Secrets of A Lady (Jordans #1) by Jenna Petersen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


With the exciting backdrop of post-Napoleonic Wars England, Audrey and Griffin come together and sparks fly as Audrey tries desperately to prove herself in her brother Noah's world of espionage.

Sometimes, I've found, the whole spy aspect of these romances can become too much for me. They can draw attention away from the love story unfolding. This didn't happen at all in the story Petersen shares. The romance is full of heated kisses and a push and pull that leaves you on edge, hoping they just drop their doubts and self-imposed hindrances and make out! And that they do!

I fell in love with Griffin's driving need to see Audrey safe and secure, and preferably with him, instead of the antagonist. The antagonist- Douglas Ellison - is a slimy, filthy character bent on assassination and sending England back into turmoil and treachery, all the while courting Audrey.

Noah Jordan and his sister Audrey are bound and determined to set things right and see Ellison in jail. They need to set up camp near the assassin, so they might find out who else is in on the deadly plot... and Griffin's London house just so happens to be neighbors to Ellison's.

Reeling from a failed marriage & the untimely death of a despicable wife, Griffin agrees to house the brother-and-sister spies. He has to endure watching the woman whose kiss five years before sent his world upside down, play at being enamored of a wretch like Douglas Ellison, and he's finding it quite hard, indeed.

Thoughts of Audrey's drunken kiss five years before have been haunting him ever since, and he's bound and determined not to let another liar like his wife into his heart, but Audrey isn't like Luci. No, she's more wholesome. She's everything he's ever dreamed or hoped to have, in fact, and she's letting herself be the object of the cad Ellison's affections.

It's a wonderful love story, and I can't wait to read the rest in the series!

This book is set for publication in September, and its companions will be published in October and November.



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Just Like Heaven, Devil In Winter

Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I'm sure there were about fifty or so pages of the hero being injured, and about fifteen with the hero & heroine kissing & such… so yeah.

It didn't help that I just read Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas, because in her story, too, the hero was injured for a long, dragged-out amount of time. Ugh.

It wasn't terrible… it just want's spectacular, either.


Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The beginning of this story was kind of rushed, but in a good way. This is a very… shall we say "heated" beginning to a historical romance. I guess you can't expect anything more from such a manwhore, eh? But I guess he's a manwhore with a heart of gold? lol. He wasn't detestable… like some manwhore/rakes can be in these types of books. I didn't really like the intrigue part, the end was kind of a fizzle, too.



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The Raven Prince

The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book was picked out by my sister as a dare, because we were in the awkward Romance Section of the bookstore, but I'm so glad she picked this! It was such a wonderful read. I've read it many, many times since I first picked it up in 2007. Hoyt has become a favorite author of mine because of this book, too.

The story is such a wonderful one, too. It's about a widow who takes a job as a secretary for a beastly lord, and it reminded me a lot of Jane Eyre, but much sexier lol. I love both the heroine & hero and I love all the chemistry & fiery passion they had for one another.



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To Catch A Highlander

To Catch a Highlander by Karen Hawkins

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I didn't find myself enthralled with the love story.
I felt kind of like what they said to each other was lame, to put it bluntly.
It wasn't horrible, but not my cup of tea, I guess.



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