TO WOO A WICKED WIDOW is the first book in Jenna Jaxon's
Widow's Club series. This book
starts out with a tragic
tale of two lovers cruelly torn apart by a tyrannical and
vindictive Read more...
BEYOND SCANDAL AND DESIRE is the first book in Lorraine
Heath's Sins for All Seasons series. This
is a
scrumptious romance, but BEYOND SCANDAL AND DESIRE is
also very much a tangled tale of revenge Read more...
THE DESIGNS OF LORD RANDOLH CAVANAUGH is the first book in
the Cavanaugh series by Stephanie Laurens. Although
this is the first book in a series, readers might want to
check out THE TAMING OF RYDER CAVANAUGH, since Ryder and
Rand are brothers and both show up in Read more...
DEATH IN THE STACKS is the eighth book in Jenn McKinlay's
Library Lover's Mystery series.
This story is right up
my alley because I love cozy mysteries and I work in a
library. Working Read more...
MY ONCE AND FUTURE DUKE is the first book in Caroline
Linden's Wagers of Sin series. As a woman
who lost her
parents at a young age, Sophie Graham had to learn to be
resourceful Read more...
HOT AND BADGERED is the first book in Shelly Laurenston's
Honey
Badgers Chronicles. As somebody who cried buckets
of tears when Shelly Laurenston ended her PrideRead more...
SO OVER YOU is the second book in Kate Meader's Chicago
Rebels series centered around a hockey team full of
hotties. This is the ideal book for readers who enjoy
"second time around" love stories Read more...
THE HAUNTING OF ALCOTT MANOR is the first book in the
Alcott Manor contemporary gothic
romance series by
Alyssa Richards. At the opening of this story, Gemma
Stewart is going through a time of transition in Read more...
WHAT THE EARL NEEDS NOW is the second book in Michelle
Willingham's The Earl Next Door series. This is a
terrific book for readers who are fascinated by stories
with wounded heroes, second-chance romances Read more...
FORBIDDEN SONG is the fifth book in Brooklyn Ann's Hearts of
Metal series about heavy metal musicians.
This book, and series, in general, doesn't focus on rock
star excess. FORBIDDEN SONG is a character-driven romance Read more...
THE BIG, BAD BILLIONAIRE is the fourth book in Jackie
Ashenden's Billionaire Fairy Tales series.
Out of all
the books in this series, I think that THE BIG, BAD
BILLIONAIRE is closest to the classic Read more...
WALLFLOWER MOST WANTED is the third book in the Studies
in Scandal series by Manda Collins. I recommend reading
this series in order. The first book in this series details
how four young women -- Ivy, Daphne, Sophia, and Gemma --
arrive at the Beauchamp House in hopes of collecting Read more...
A DEVIL IN SCOTLAND is the third in Suzanne Enoch's No
Ordinary Hero series. Suzanne Enoch provides a brief
epilogue that explains how Callum MacCreath became estranged
from his family, the circumstances that surrounded him
leaving Scotland Read more...
EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY is the third book in Jenn McKinlay's
Bluff
Point contemporary romance series. Although it's
part of a series, EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY works as a
standalone book. This may be Read more...
HEART OF THE WOLF is the first book in Terry Spear's
Heart
of the Wolf series. In HEART OF THE WOLF, the
central story revolves around werewolf pack dynamics --
the good, the bad, and the ugly. Although Read more...
DUCHESS BY DAY, MISTRESS BY NIGHT is the first book in Stacy
Reid's Rebellious Desires series. Stacy Reid is a
new author for me, but this book has made me a fan.
Georgiana Rutherford, the Duchess of Hardcastle and Rhys
Tremayne aka "The Broker" are from two Read more...
COLLISION COURSE is the fourth book in Marie Harte's
Body Shop Bad Boys series. After becoming a
mother
early in life, Joey Reeves has known nothing but a life
of hard work and responsibility ever since. Her Read more...
TANGLED UP IN TINSEL is the third book in Candis Terry's
Sunshine Creek series. Even though there is a
bit of
family drama in TANGLED UP IN TINSEL that has obviously
carried over from previous books, this Read more...
My fav Almodovar film is Flower of My Secret. I liked the adaptation from a billion years ago of the Anne of Green Gables series. I loved the book version of The Shining more than the film. I love just about any of the Jane Eyre adaptations but the Fassbender version with it's switched around format gets the mood exactly right.
Yes! This is what I live for - witty and intelligent characters. Love Stephanie Laurens' heroines because they are intelligent and look at the big picture. Love witty dialogue like in a Celeste Bradley novel or Claudia Dain's Courtesan Chronicles series.
I never really understood the whole "step-brother" romance phenomenon. I mean I guess there's no biological connection so one level of ick is removed but....I don't know. I read a story once by Red Garnier about a man and woman who were not biologically related & didn't have a "step-" connection, but the guy's family always looked at the woman and her sister as family and tried to treat them that way and force the future H/h to fit that mold. They became friends in their youth and suppressed their natural attraction that developed over time organically. But to me, that's different.
I love beta heroes as well as alpha types. One of my favorite beta heroes is Reggie from "The Pursuit of Marriage" by Victoria Alexander. He's a sweetie, good to his family, a loyal friend, and very easy going. After wearing his heart on his sleeve too many times, he invents an alpha alter-ego to try and win him love. His friends help spread stories of his supposed exploits to help him out because they want to help him since he's such a good friend and a good guy. Very funny story. My favorite beta hero.
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