Pride Prejudice and Cheese Grits by Mary Jane Hathaway is a compellingly sweet,
ultra-fun, Southern-fried homage to Austen. I particularly enjoyed a romance
set in the world of academia as that is something that the CBA doesn’t explore
often. The author’s snarky (yes,
snarky) and sassy rhetoric just kept the pages flying
Lady of Eve:by Tamara Leigh and THIS is the “clean” version. But, friends
it is still sizzling. The tension is …. Well…. Sorry… needed to fan myself
;) I was really impressed with this
well-layered and thoughtful medieval romance.
I read it on a bus trip two and from Stratford to see a few plays and it
was just the perfect distraction. A
perfect summer read for you historical fans
Afton of Margate Castle: by Angela Hunt What a sumptuous ride! I had no idea that Hunt was capable of this
level of narrative bliss. I mean, I knew she was good… but Afton was an
entirely different and brilliant experience.
I read it on a reading-vacation and just absolutely swooned and swayed
by the romance, the heartbreak, the meaty melodrama, the historical verisimilitude
and the penchant for character and detail
The Troubadour’s Quest: I was so very sad one night when I
was too tired, my eyelids drooping, to keep reading it before bed. I wanted to
keep going and sleep just got in the way. There are mistaken identities,
unrequited love, chivalrous deeds and a glaring, glowing sacrifice.
Stealing Adda by Tamara Leigh is a cerebral and wily look at
a romance set against the travails and triumphs of a popular romance writer who
is being poached by a rival company. I really enjoyed Leigh’s first-hand look
into the industry as a whole especially when pitted against the changes we have
seen even since this book’s first arrival on shelves.
Match of Wits: by Jen Turano is another romantic comedy in
the same vein as its predecessors, light, fluffy, predictable and the perfect
choice for a summer’s afternoon.
Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer excels at presenting an
interesting part of history: steamship engineering and has just a waft of
Beauty and the Beast sensibility in the folds of its central romance.
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