Recommendation of the Week: 4/15/12 - 4/21/12
'Passion Wears Pearls'
by Renee Bernard
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| Read First Chapter: here Review from The HR Critic: here Amazon: Print: here | Kindle: here |
After the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah Hastings found that years of imprisonment left his eyesight weak and failing. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor Beckett appears in his vision amidst the bleak grays of a London winter, he knows he's found his muse and one last chance at a masterpiece...
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My Thoughts: Oh Renee! A going-blind hero? I've been craving one (is that bad? odd? not normal?) since reading Teresa Medeiros' Yours Until Dawn! I know this book will be smashing! And not just because the housekeeper's named after moi ;) I am currently re-beginning Ecstasy Wears Emeralds after my grandmother 'borrowed' it while I was in the middle of it. But this author has the goods. I knew 3 chapters in she was good and I can't wait to revisit Emeralds, catch up with Rubies and Sapphires, and then ATTACK Pearls ...all while eagerly awaiting Opals ;) And if any of you are wondering what the hell I am talking about, just check out Renee Bernard and get back to me ;)
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Recommendation of the Week: 4/8/12 - 4/14/12
'A Night To Surrender'
by Tessa Dare
Welcome to Spindle Cove, where ladies with delicate constitutions come for the sea air, and men in their prime are…nowhere to be found.
Or are they?
Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men. It is a haven for those who live there.
Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn’t belong here. So far as he can tell, there’s nothing in this place but spinsters…and sheep. But he has no choice, he has orders to gather a militia. It’s a simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna Finch—a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the invasion of Bram’s makeshift army.
Susanna has no use for aggravating men; Bram has sworn off interfering women. The scene is set for an epic battle…but who can be named the winner when both have so much to lose?
My Thoughts: Tessa Dare is an author who's works I became aquainted with last year. I JUST took this book out from my local library, and with all the hype surrounding it, I can't WAIT to crack it open!
Read a review of 'A Night To Surrender' at Smexy Books: here
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Recommendation of the Week: 7/10/11 - 7/16/11
'Proof By Seduction'
by Courtney Milan
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| Read an excerpt: here |
SHE IS HIS LAST CHANCE FOR A FUTURE OF HAPPINESS . . .Jenny Keeble has never let her humble upbringing stop her. She’s made her way in the world as a fortune teller, one who convinces her clients her predictions are correct by telling them what they most want to hear. Business is good… until she meets her match in the form of Gareth Carhart, the Marquess of Blakely, a scientist and sworn bachelor. HE JUST DOESN’T KNOW IT YET. Broodingly handsome, Gareth is appalled to discover his cousin has fallen under the spell of "Madame Esmerelda," and he vows to prove her a fraud. But his unexpected attraction to the fiery enchantress defies logic. Jenny disrupts every facet of Gareth's calculated plan— until he can’t decide whether to ruin her or claim her for his own. Now, as they engage in a passionate battle of wills, two lonely souls must choose between everything they know . . . and the boundless possibilities of love.
My Thoughts: Milan is revered all across the book blogosphere as an author to covet, and after I sampled her writing for myself, I had to agree. This week's Recommendation of the Week is the first full-length book in Milan's Carhart series (A preceding story is in the Christmas Anthology- The Heart of Christmas) and it doesn't disappoint. The reluctant, guarded hero goes from being one you want to rail against to one you believe in and swoon for. The heroine isn't your typical English-miss you'd find in a historical, she's been through her fair share of troubles and hustles as a fortune teller to make ends meet. When the fiery medium and staid/serious peer clash, sparks definitely fly and passion ensues. It was a joy to read their journey and I am sure everyone will enjoy this romp of a read!
Find out more about Courtney Milan on her website
Read a review at Babbling about Books and More: here
And there's your Rec for this week! Have you read it yet? What about other Milan books? What are YOUR Thoughts! Let me know in the comments and I wish you a very productive, fun, and fab-read-tastic week!
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