Rogues and Rakehells
December 29th, 2008 — , 4 Stars, Caroline Linden, England, Friends, Gambling, Guest Reviews, Linden, Rogues and Rakehells, Widow or Widower, antagonist, anthony hamilton, ardent admirer, celia, four stars, married women, old school, parentage, pastimes, rake, record time, reece, school friend, seduction, straightforward plot, time and place, timeless romance, writing style, young ladies from Marcia @ Love Romance Passion
Anthony Hamilton had always been scandalous. Even his parentage was questionable though his mother’s husband accepted him as his son. Anthony had been thrown out of school several times for gambling although he did finish Oxford in record time. His debts are sometimes rumored to be very high and at other times he seems flush [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels This is a call for submissions for the first edition of the Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels! I am very excited by this and hope to hear from the rest of you in the blogosphere. Categories of Submission: Include the following topics: Book Reviews - submit any recent book review......
- Romance Writers of America The Romance Writers of America's 28th Annual Conference is going on right now as you read. Do you not know what the RWA is? It's the largest organization in North America for romance writers, readers, publishers, agents, etc. There are two requirements for a romance novel based on RWA's charter.......
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December 27th, 2008 — , 5 Stars, Dukes and Earls, England, Gambling, Georgian, Highlander, Rogues and Rakehells, Sailing, Scotland, Teresa Medeiros, bastard son, bet, book review, cliff hanger, cousin, cousins, devilish smile, disappointment, earldom, heir, hero, heroic actions, highland princess, legitimate son, novel, sibling, sixteen years, storms, tantrum, virgin, wescott from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Some Like it Wicked by Teresa Medeiros is truly an exceptional read. She’s done it again creating characters that I love and a story line that makes me laugh and close the book with a happy sigh. The sex was tantalizing, decadent, and sizzling hot. The end has a bit of a cliff hanger as [...]
Related Websites - Review: Some Like it Wicked by Teresa Medeiros Some Like it Wicked by Teresa Medeiros is truly an exceptional read. She’s done it again creating characters that I love and a story line that makes me laugh and close the book with a happy sigh. The sex was tantalizing, decadent, and sizzling hot. The end has a bit......
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December 8th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, Children, Dukes and Earls, Egypt, England, Historical Romance, Pirate, Politican, Rogues and Rakehells, Secondary Romance, Victoria Alexander, Widow or Widower, air time, book review, couples, fortune, fortunes, french letter, guise, intention, intrigue, last ten years, loyalty, offspring, perfect wife, politician, propriety, sabrina, son nicholas, winfield, wyldewood from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander follows not one but three couples on their journey to love. Luckily two are more peripheral and have overall less air time in the novel. The main couple is Sabrina Winfield and Nicholas, Earl of Wyldewood. The other couples are Sabrina and Nicholas’ offspring from their first marriage, and [...]
Related Websites - Review: The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander follows not one but three couples on their journey to love. Luckily two are more peripheral and have overall less air time in the novel. The main couple is Sabrina Winfield and Nicholas, Earl of Wyldewood. The other couples are Sabrina and Nicholas’ offspring......
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December 2nd, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Dukes and Earls, England, Kathryn Caskie, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, apsley, book review, brandy, center of attention, constance, crowds, duke, five minutes, flax, gold eyes, hair gold, laird, lard, last time, master bedroom, rake, red lips, royle, scandal, scottish name, virgin from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Kathryn Caskie spins a delightful tale in How to Engage an Earl. My only complaint is the hero’s name. I mean really, Laird? I can’t decide if I am supposed to pronounce it like Lard, Lord, or L’AIR-ed. Apparently, Laird is a Scottish name, if that helps anyone else figure out how to say it.
So [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Review: How to Engage an Earl by Kathryn Caskie Kathryn Caskie spins a delightful tale in How to Engage an Earl. My only complaint is the hero's name. I mean really, Laird? I can't decide if I am supposed to pronounce it like Lard, Lord, or L'AIR-ed. Apparently, Laird is a Scottish name, if that helps anyone else figure......
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November 26th, 2008 — , 17th century, Contests, Covers, France, Historical Romance, Piracy, Pirate, Rogues and Rakehells, Seas, beard, french designer, french pirate, french to english dictionary, romance novel, sasha, scoundrel, wenches from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Yar! This be arr first entry to the Present Your Very Own Pirate Contest. What say ye? Is his shirt perfectly billowy? Is his beard scraggly enough for ye? Does he make ye want to cry out full rammin’ speed ahead?
Model: Kevin, who is really French.
Designer: Sasha
Romance Novel Title: Luring the Rouge
Pirate’s Tale:
Rouge is my [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Pirate Contest Entry: Luring the Rouge Yar! This be arr first entry to the Present Your Very Own Pirate Contest. What say ye? Is his shirt perfectly billowy? Is his beard scraggly enough for ye? Does he make ye want to cry out full rammin' speed ahead? When Sasha first told me she was entering, I......
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November 22nd, 2008 — , 4 Stars, Bees, Brenda Joyce, Guest Reviews, Historical Romance, Rogues and Rakehells, United States of America, Western, book review, buckskins, cousin, dirt, entertaining a crowd, fancy clothes, firestorm, gossip, homesickness, honey, san francisco, society ladies, strong hand, successful businessman, two brothers from Keira @ Love Romance Passion
Today we are lucky to have another review for us from Marcia. This time she writes on Firestorm by Brenda Joyce, a story that involves a rakehell business man and a Texas cowgirl.
Firestorm is the second installment in the Bragg series and is now in reprint. It takes place primarily in 1858, San Francisco. [...]
Related Websites - Review: Firestorm By Brenda Joyce Firestorm is the second installment in the Bragg series and is now in reprint. It takes place primarily in 1858, San Francisco. Storm Bragg is a rambunctious 17 year old who can ride, shoot and fight as well as any man, having been brought up in West Texas with two......
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October 15th, 2008 — , 2.5 Stars, Archeology, Dukes and Earls, England, Laura Lee Guhrke, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, Spectacles, book review, daphne, desperate straights, doubt, duchess, estrangement, female servants, five months, gp, guilty pleasures, havoc, hero, heroine, marriage, marriage bed, novel, novels, prequel, tenets, viola, virgin from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke is the tale of Lady Viola’s brother and his duchess-to-be. Technically Guilty Pleasures is a prequel to The Marriage Bed where Viola and her husband John patch up their estranged marriage. On a whole this novel was much better than the Marriage Bed, but because I read the Marriage [...]
Related Websites - Book Review: Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke is the tale of Lady Viola's brother and his duchess-to-be. Technically Guilty Pleasures is a prequel to The Marriage Bed where Viola and her husband John patch up their estranged marriage. On a whole this novel was much better than the Marriage Bed, but......
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October 14th, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, Guest Reviews, Liz Carlyle, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, abuse and neglect, beautiful scenery, effects of malnutrition, family abuse, humid weather, hurricane warning, keeping up appearances, luxurious place, man intent, money and power, paved roads, polite society, regency romances, slave population, slave uprisings, warm tropical breezes, water window, wealthy children, welfare system, window screens from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
Marcia is back again with this scrumptious tale by Liz Carlyle. I am so pleased to have you with us again at LRP! I hope your time spent with friends and family was a joyous occasion. Her review is below in blue. Enjoy!
Most Regency Romances portray life in this period as opulent and sensual. And [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: Never Romance a Rake by Liz Carlyle Most Regency Romances portray life in this period as opulent and sensual. And it was, but it was also very hard. Wealthy children were valued not so much as individuals but for what they could contribute to the family in the way of money or power. Each member of the......
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September 29th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Bride Stealing, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Heiress, Kidnapping, Lisa Kleypas, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, attentions, better chance, book review, bowman, contempt, ear wax, flask, hands and lips, heiresses, house party, hoyden, long house, olfactory sense, proprietor, romance novels, scents, sister daisy, unusual behavior, virgin, viscount, westcliff from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Happened One Autumn, I enjoyed the story. This Lisa Kleypas [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Happened One Autumn, I enjoyed......
Continue reading → Book Review: It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas
September 29th, 2008 — , 3.5 Stars, Bride Stealing, Counts, Marquis, Viscounts, Dukes and Earls, England, Heiress, Kidnapping, Lisa Kleypas, Regency, Rogues and Rakehells, attentions, better chance, book review, bowman, contempt, ear wax, flask, hands and lips, heiresses, house party, hoyden, long house, olfactory sense, proprietor, romance novels, scents, sister daisy, unusual behavior, virgin, viscount, westcliff from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Happened One Autumn, I enjoyed the story. This Lisa Kleypas [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas I had some unfamiliar and ear-wax color substances to avoid while reading this book; those are potential problems with any secondhand novel, though I must say I’ve never encountered anything quite like this. lol. Anyway despite the somewhat repulsive quality of my copy of It Happened One Autumn, I enjoyed......
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September 25th, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, England, Estranged, Historical Romance, Julia Quinn, Rogues and Rakehells, book review, butterworth, countess, disgust, elderly lady, four girls, granddaughter, hot steamy, lady d, mad baron, number seven, sausages, sharp tongue, shenanigans, shins, smythe, virgin, walking stick, wholesome girls from RRN @ Review Romance Novel
I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His Kiss, a delightful tale that [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His......
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September 25th, 2008 — , 4.5 Stars, Barons and Baronets, England, Estranged, Historical Romance, Julia Quinn, Rogues and Rakehells, book review, butterworth, countess, disgust, elderly lady, four girls, granddaughter, hot steamy, lady d, mad baron, number seven, sausages, sharp tongue, shenanigans, shins, smythe, virgin, walking stick, wholesome girls from RRN @ Love Romance Passion
I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His Kiss, a delightful tale that [...]
Online Stores Related Websites - Book Review: It’s in His Kiss by Julia Quinn I’ve recently started and stopped a few novels. I just couldn’t get into them past a few chapters and it wasn’t because the story itself wasn’t good it just wasn’t the storyline I was in the mood for at the time. Luckily I came across Julia Quinn’s It’s in His......
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