Luscious Lucius, the Duke of Ashmont, was getting married,
to the astonishment of the haut ton. "His Grace with the
Angel Face", and one-third of Their Dis-Graces, was to wed
Lady Olympia Hightower, deemed "The Most Boring Girl of
the Season" seven years in a row. Olympia is Read more...
Lady Rowena Pepperwirth, attending a house party in the
English countryside, sees a young girl who is about to fall
into a fountain, she hurries and catches the girl just in
time. The child, Blair, is the daughter of the Earl of
Forres, Quinn MacCauley, who has come all the Read more...
THE COMPLETE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE STORIES features previously
published novellas, albeit compiled for the first time in
one book. Before each story, the author says in a few words
what the story is about, and gives indications as to where
it falls in the series and adds other tidbits of interest Read more...
Sisters Jade and Amber King co-own the Jingle Bell Reindeer
Ranch, and Amber in proactive PR mode has hired a STUDMUFFIN
SANTA for the season, which does not enthrall Jade in the
least. Amber has a valid reason for her sexy Santa; Marine
Brandon Brown is in town for Read more...
The Dallas SWAT
team had gathered at a dinner to honor some of its members
when the scent of a female shifter distracts Max Lowry, but
there's something unusual about her smell. Max goes looking
for her Read more...
Maxine "Max" O'Hara is getting her brewpub ready to host
her first Oktoberfest weekend. She has hired an oompah band,
and she and her friends, amongst them Candy, will make it a
girls' night out of checking out the band. One of the
musicians seems to know Candy, who Read more...
St. Kilda is holding its first Flower Festival, and it's
unthinkable that the QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS could be anyone
but the Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher. Phryne's four Flower
Maidens have been chosen, but when one goes missing,
socialite detective that she is Phryne must find her, and Read more...
What should have been Daffy and G's thirteenth wedding
anniversary celebration ended in Daffy requesting a divorce.
Daphne "Daffy" Wallace Deschants learned only recently of
Gabriel's -- G -- numerous infidelities throughout their
marriage, and when she confronts him, he doesn't deny them
nor apologize, but merely says that Read more...
MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN is an anthology that focuses on
primarily on androids and their perception over the past
twenty years. Given the technological advances during that
period, I think it was a wise choice from Mr. Clarke. The
introduction consists of a brief history and definitions of
robots, androids Read more...
Sean O'Riley is stressed out because he's his brother
Finn's best man, and a wedding is a scary thing, indeed.
Finn and his bride to be Pru booked the Hartford Bed &
Breakfast for the bachelor and bachelorette parties, while
the wedding itself will take place nearby in Read more...
THE ASTONISHING THING is a book everyone should read, apart
from readers expecting sparkles and unicorns and all things
cute and fluffy. THE ASTONISHING THING is a very important
and serious book about a family facing crises, as seen from
a cat's point of view. Having been the human Read more...
Darby Raye is on her first vacation in years; she is so
ambitious that relaxing is a distraction she doesn't want
or need. As assistant to the US Attorney's office, she's
aiming for the National Security Division, but here she is,
in Hawaii for a week, and Read more...
Lady Lorraine Caldwell is desperately in love with Francis,
she even wanted to elope, but Francis was adamant: he needed
Lorraine's father, the Duke of Ridlington, to agree to the
match. Ridlington suspects Francis is after Lorraine's large
dowry, and to keep her from acting rashly, Ridlington has Read more...
Cora Campbell who, along with her friend Haven, was rescued
several months before from a terrible ordeal, has found a
home with the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. To earn her
keep, while she ponders on her uncertain future, she starts
babysitting widower Slider Evans' two sons: Ben, six and
Sam Read more...
Nineteen eighty-four was a momentous year for me, it was the
year I discovered Iron Maiden and its lead singer Bruce
Dickinson, respectively my all-time favorite band and
singer. I had seen Bruce Dickinson in interviews, and
thought him a charming, open, very witty and well- educated
man Read more...
Lola Woodby, widow and disgraced socialite, and her former
cook Berta Lundgren are still struggling to make their
detective agency prosperous. Lola's sister Lillian is
getting married in a few months, and due to circumstances,
Lola will be matron of honor. Providing that she makes the
right choices of Read more...
Defending a teammate's right to privacy cost star football
player Gavin Brawley his season. Gavin's uncontrollable
rage flared up, and he is now under house arrest for six
months. Football is Gavin's life and this does nothing to
improve his volatile temper, which is barely helped by Read more...
Dr. Olivia Birch has avoided spending Christmas with her
family for years, however this year returning from Liberia
on a humanitarian mission, she has to be quarantined for
seven days, so she will do it with her family and kill two
birds with one stone, so to speak. And it Read more...
Evelyn Talbot became a psychiatrist because she survived the
ordeal her teenage boyfriend, Jasper Moore, inflicted on
her: raped, left for dead with her throat slit, she
dedicated her life to the study of psychopaths. Jasper had
also murdered three friends of hers, then he had vanished
into thin air Read more...
Colin Hargreaves is in Russia, courtesy of Her Majesty's
Secret Service; his wife Lady Emily usually stays behind in
England, but this time her friend Cécile du Lac has invited
her to visit with Princess Mariya for the season. Emily had
even learned Russian in case such an Read more...
Monique Daoust
As soon as I learned to read, I read,
and never stopped. As a lifelong
reader of mystery, suspense, and
thrillers, I bifurcated at some point
into romance because of my infatuation
with vampires. I’m a very eclectic
reader – I will read a M/M romance, a
technothriller, a historical romance,
a biography, an erotic romance or an
inspirational one with the same
enthusiasm – but what makes me chose a
book varies little, regardless of the
genre: originality, creativity, solid
plotting, complex and charismatic
characters, wit, and most of all great
writing skills and spellbinding
storytelling. I have a Master's Degree
in Linguistics, and I'm fluent in
French and English, as well as basic
knowledge of a few other languages. I
became a proofreader and sometime
copy-editor because I know I have the
skills to contribute, even ever so
slightly, to this wonderful world of
books, be it only to ensure that those
tiny annoying details – such as a
heroine’s eye color changing midway,
and so on – do not happen. Yes,
accuracy is crucial to me, but so is
being thoroughly entertained.
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