It was a bright August morning, yet Caleb Stoltz knew it was
going to
be a trying day. He has personal business that he cannot
postpone any
further; he is at a loss on what to do about his teenage
niece Hannah,
and an argument with her brother Jonah disrupted Read more...
Collette Fortier arrived in London a few months ago to live with Lady
Ravensgate, a supposed relative, but Collette may have ulterior
motives. As the daughter of a notorious assassin, Collette has to keep
her guard up and never reveal too much. While attending yet another
ball, Collette sees Rafe Read more...
Shiloh Harrison, Federal Marshal in the Paranormal
Investigators Unit, just got back from an assignment. She is
looking at a night of hot sex with her boyfriend Vincent,
and a welcome three-day break, when her phone rings; it's
business, of course. The agency's third in command, Novak Read more...
Blake Sullivan seriously messed up during a training
exercise, and
because of his lack of team spirit, his chief fires him.
Blake hadn't been
with the Destiny Tennessee PD a long time, he had been
training with
Donna Waters for four months, and had it the exercise been a Read more...
Laird Aulay Buchanan's idea of relaxation was not going
drinking and wenching, but retreating to his cabin near the
ocean. His younger brother Alick had come along, probably
mostly to aggravate him, when they notice an object bobbing
on the water. Alick, ever the subtle one, detects bosoms on Read more...
Lady Drusilla Shaw had always had a vivid imagination, and
she has been secretly writing a novel in which she mocks
some aristocrats, most recently the Duke of Mountsorrel. Her
story is loosely based on the Duke's family, but her
manuscript was for her eyes only and now it Read more...
Being a long-time fan of everything vampire, A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE VAMPIRE UPRISING
immediately caught my eye. I expected some sort of urban fantasy, and
instead what I got was a paranormal thriller, unlike anything I had ever
read. Our vampires Read more...
Angela Wong, Georgina Shaw, and Kaiser Brody were best
friends in high school, but their friendship suffered when
sixteen-year-old Georgina -- Geo -- started to date Calvin
James, twenty-one. Angela went missing, and when her remains
are found fourteen years later, Geo's world comes crashing
down hard.
If Read more...
Emily Charlton's once successful image consulting
business has been floundering for the past several
months, all thanks to an unscrupulous competitor. When
Emily sees that that former model Karolina Hartwell's
life has suddenly come crashing down, Emily sees just the
opportunity to get her business back on its Read more...
THE ONE YOU CAN'T FORGET was not a book I had anticipated,
I had thought that last year's outstanding THE ONES
WHO GOT AWAY had been a one-off. Naturally, I was
curious to see how Roni Loren Read more...
Vienna Howe had escaped her disastrous marriage and had made a
decent life for herself and her little daughter Hattie at the
Running W Ranch. She was working in the kitchen when the
Sheriff came bearing startling news: Vienna's husband Chance
was dead, and she has inherited The HC Read more...
When Charli Rae Warren decided to bring her dad breakfast, she
didn't expect to see Ava James coming out of his house; were
they having an affair? Maybe things had changed more that
Charli had thought in the twelve years she had been away from
Hazel Rock, Texas. However Read more...
Piper Caraway, a horse rancher, is at the local fair intent on
getting back what was taken from her: her precious Friesian,
Gladiator. Piper, trying to remain inconspicuous, noticed a
handsome stranger who looked suspiciously like a police
officer, so she needs to be even more cautious. The handsome
stranger Read more...
Women's fiction is a genre I generally avoid. I feel
that sometimes it mirrors reality in a way that is a bit too
close for comfort which, strangely enough, is precisely why I
chose to read IT STARTED IN JUNE. Being childless mostly by
choice, I saw two friends Read more...
Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde, better known as North, had
irremediably fallen in love with Miss Diana Belgrave's laugh.
The granddaughter of a grocer, Diana's family was extremely
wealthy, but her ambitious mother had groomed her to entice a
nobleman only. Diana embodied the height of fashion, she
sported Read more...
Although the blurb doesn't mention it, I hope the author will
not hold it against me, but I feel a moral obligation to issue
a trigger warning. THE GIRL I USED TO BE deals with sexual
violence against women, which could prove disturbing to some
readers; on the other Read more...
Three years ago, while on spring break in Ft. Lauderdale, Rob
Lee and Heidi Wong met and fell madly in lust. Heidi wanted
nothing more than keep in touch with Rob, but his baseball
career was just about to take off, and he would do nothing to
jeopardize his future Read more...
Charity Church had attended university as Robert Selby, with
the latter's blessing, and when he died two years ago, Charity
assumed his identity until a suitable husband could be found
for his sister Louisa, then Charity would disappear forever.
Since she will not find a good match in their Read more...
Lady Isabel Morrow, daughter of a marquess, has recently
discovered a side of her late husband of which she had no
notion: Andrew Morrow sold forged paintings. If it became
known, her good name would be ruined, and she could never find
a suitable husband for her ward Lucy. One Read more...
While I had very much enjoyed ROYAL
PAIN, I knew I would like ROYAL TREATMENT even more
because of what had previously occurred, that is, Crown
Prince Garrett's abduction and torture. While he was a
prisoner, his twin brother 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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