Lady Ida Howlett longs for the freedom to do as she pleases, she
dreams of adventure. The scholarly, prickly Ida whom the gentlemen of
the ton ignore, but still her mother insists that she marry and the
sooner the better. Ida's salvation comes in the form of a letter Read more...
Miss Alexandra Mountbatten was knocking on doors, looking for more
wealthy customers who needed their clocks set. And that's how she
came face to face for a second time in six months with the man of her
dreams: Chase Reynaud, who is even more of a rake than she Read more...
Raffaele Notte had reluctantly accompanied his cousins
Zanipolo and Santo to the Dominican Republic because
Santo needed rest after a traumatic experience and needed
someone to watch over him. Raffaele is hot, sick of the
humidity, and bored until he notices some of the mortal
tourists bear bite marks. Are Read more...
WHISKEY IN A TEACUP is as far from a "movie star" book as
you could imagine. The ever youthful and effervescent Reese
Witherspoon endeavored to write a book on what makes
Southern living great, and this is exactly what she delivers
with grace, humor, and charm. With the aid of Read more...
What a pleasure to see two of my favorite historical romance
authors team up once again. I was eagerly anticipating MRS.
BRODIE'S ACADEMY FOR EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG LADIES and the
anthology exceeded my expectations tenfold. The authors'
vastly different styles mesh seamlessly as they both
illustrate the two facets of Read more...
Lady Juliette Matthews had encountered Florian Lowell the previous
year when she had been ill and he had successfully treated her. She
finds the physician very handsome, were he not so serious all the time,
if only he smiled, if he smiled for her. Florian, the heir to the Duke Read more...
Dr. Cecilia Lu had been trying to solve the mystery of the
Detroit Flu for the past week. Exhausted, she was looking
for food at the hospital cafeteria, when a good- looking
African American teddy bear of a man asks for Dr. Hayes.
Cecilia notices that the man, Hank Coleman Read more...
It was close to ten o'clock on the evening before
Thanksgiving, the fog was so bad that some airports had
closed until further notice, but the client insisted that
his cargo be flown ASAP. That's what Rye Mallett does,
and so he hopped on his plane with the Read more...
In spite of her harrowing experience several months back,
Dr. Evelyn Talbot's life was possibly the most normal
she'd experienced since her near-murder twenty two years
ago at the hand of Jasper Moore, her then-boyfriend. Her
relationship with Alaskan State Trooper Amarok is
thriving, although there Read more...
Lorelai Weatherstoke understood what it was to be in need
of care and tenderness, which she bestowed on all
creatures great and small. And that, one day, came to
include the nearly dead teenage boy she found, whom she
named Ash. He remembered nothing from his past, which
from the Read more...
Zaine Cavanaugh had come home early from work, and he
noticed that his French maid Monique had gotten very
comfortable after finishing her duties. Recently
separated, Zaine had been aware that the maid was
beautiful, but hadn't given it a second thought until
that day. Monique Drummond, a French Read more...
With six weeks left until her wedding to her own Darcy,
Lady Georgiana Rannoch doesn't regret having to withdraw
from the line of succession, except that her royal
relatives still want to be included. What Georgiana
thought would be a small, intimate wedding is turning
into a royal event Read more...
When their respective best friends decided to get married, Riss Thorpe
and Ike Palmer decided to call a truce until after the wedding. Riss and
Ike had been bickering, arguing, and testing each other's limits ever
since they had met, two years before. They had found the truce slightly Read more...
Nurse Ellie McDonald had just been blamed for a mistake that
was not her fault, she said nothing, and feels bad about it;
she didn't used to be so cautious. She decides to try
exposure therapy: she wants to learn how to accept
rejection, she needs to relearn how Read more...
Shawn Wilson likes extreme sports; he finds putting his life
in danger exhilarating, but on his latest cliff diving
stunt, he injured himself a bit. With football training camp
two weeks away, he must be in top shape. His teammate Hunter
tells his fiancée Emerson, who knows just the Read more...
Marcus Weatherton, the Duke of Autenberry, desperate to
leave London behind him, got himself into a spot of trouble,
and woke up in gaol, filthy and reeking of horse dung.
Still, he must reach his estate in Kilmarkie, near
Inverness. On his way, he is utterly shocked to witness a Read more...
When attending her fiftieth high school reunion, Mikki Lincoln saw that
her childhood home was for sale, and now widowed, nothing was
keeping her in Maine anymore. However, her new acquisition is rather
decrepit, and Mikki has to supplement her retirement income with
editing manuscripts. Business is slowly picking up Read more...
Valerie King hated celebrating her birthday, that's why
she was sitting all alone in a bar nursing another
martini. When yet another man accosts her, she's ready to
tell him off, however this one is different. He seems a
gentleman and actually has a sense of humor, and Read more...
Roan Penny was born under a waning moon, which is
supposed to be bad luck, and seeing how his life had
gone, it seemed true enough. Roan thought his worries
were over when Mose Mozeke offered him a place to live
until some miscreants threaten Mose for his land.
Then Read more...
Sam Fox was closing up his pub for the night when his good
friend Kate Bradley shows up with a favor to ask. She posed
for a scandalous painting, and she wants Sam to get it back
for her. Sam is a law-abiding citizen, but he knows how
important 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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