Friday, November 18, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Yours To Keep - Shannon Stacey
Yours 
Hmmmm great book... Classic plot line the pretending Fake fiance.. but i love this book was a delight to read.
This the summary :
Sean Kowalski no sooner leaves the army than he’s recruited by Emma Shaw to be her fake fiancé. Emma needs to produce a husband-to-be for her grandmother’s upcoming visit, and, though Sean doesn’t like the deception, he could use the landscaping job Emma’s offering while he decides what to do with his civilian life. And, despite his attraction to Emma, there’s no chance he’ll fall for a woman with deep roots in a town he’s not planning to call home.
Emma’s not interested in a real relationship either; not with a man whose idea of home is wherever he drops his duffel bag. No matter how amazing his “pretend” kisses are…
This the summary :
Sean Kowalski no sooner leaves the army than he’s recruited by Emma Shaw to be her fake fiancé. Emma needs to produce a husband-to-be for her grandmother’s upcoming visit, and, though Sean doesn’t like the deception, he could use the landscaping job Emma’s offering while he decides what to do with his civilian life. And, despite his attraction to Emma, there’s no chance he’ll fall for a woman with deep roots in a town he’s not planning to call home.
Emma’s not interested in a real relationship either; not with a man whose idea of home is wherever he drops his duffel bag. No matter how amazing his “pretend” kisses are…
Friday, November 11, 2011
The Naked King (Naked Nobility #7)
One night of slight overindulgence—oh, all right, he was drunk—and Stephen Parker-Roth finds he must betroth himself to prevent yet another scandal. But his "intended" is lovely, a redheaded beauty under her horrendous, unfashionable bonnet, and before long, he's congratulating himself on compromising such an excellent candidate—and anticipating what other naughtiness they'll get caught at before the wedding. . .
Lady Anne Marston has long since given up any thought of marriage. That is the price she pays for the mistakes of her past. But one little conversation with a handsome rogue should never have led to a sham engagement. Even if it did end in a rather shocking kiss...in broad daylight. . .on the front step of London's premier gossip. Now, trapped between a secret and a lie, Anne must somehow disentangle herself from this charming, maddening man before the truth comes out—or her heart gives in. . .
The Heir (Duke's Obsession #1)
AN EARL WHO CAN'T BE BRIBED
Gayle Windham, Earl of Westhaven, is the first legitimate son and heir to the Duke of Moreland. To escape his father's inexorable pressure to marry, he decides to spend the summer at his townhouse in London, where he finds himself intrigued by the secretive ways of his beautiful housekeeper...
A LADY WHO CAN'T BE PROTECTED...
Anna Seaton is a beautiful, talented, educated woman, which is why it is so puzzling to Gayle Windham that she works as his housekeeper.
As the two draw closer and begin to lose their hearts to each other, Anna's secrets threaten to bring the earl's orderly life crashing down - and he doesn't know how he's going to protect her from the fallout
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The Raven Prince (Princes Trilogy, #1)
Such a beautiful story...A very satisfying read...
I decided to read this book for two reasons
1. Longtime for me not read Historical Romance (HR) and
2. My friends @Goodreads (GR) recommended this book and series , especially my beloved friend http://www.goodreads.com/lelyanataufik.
This story about Anna Wren a young widow is hired to be secretary of Edward the Earl by his steward. But in 1700 's woman not hired as secretaries. When the funds her late husband left behind could not support her and her mother-in-law anymore, she decides to do the worst possible thing that a woman could do back then - to seek employment. Being secretary to the man is not the easiest job in the world, and to make things worst, Anna realize that she is falling in love with the Earl.
Edward got an engagement lined up, but needs to quell those urges so he's off to a brothel. Anna finds out and meets him there in disguise...because she's pretty sure that it's okay for woman to have needs too and she hasn't felt the touch of a man for seven years. Anna been widowed for six. Anna decides to meet Edward in secret with a mask on in London at brothel house.
Their 'encounters'so HOT, and, then it's a journey to fun, madness, some anger, frustrations. I really liked the romance between these two. It starts out slow and then builds until the heat between these two is almost unbearable.
At the beginning of each chapter, exerpts from the fairy tale "The Raven Prince" are really sweet and make this story all the more endearing.
And the most I loved how he kept telling her she was marrying him even when she kept saying no.
This my first Elizabeth Hoyt books, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this trilogy and beyond.
I decided to read this book for two reasons
1. Longtime for me not read Historical Romance (HR) and
2. My friends @Goodreads (GR) recommended this book and series , especially my beloved friend http://www.goodreads.com/lelyanataufik.
This story about Anna Wren a young widow is hired to be secretary of Edward the Earl by his steward. But in 1700 's woman not hired as secretaries. When the funds her late husband left behind could not support her and her mother-in-law anymore, she decides to do the worst possible thing that a woman could do back then - to seek employment. Being secretary to the man is not the easiest job in the world, and to make things worst, Anna realize that she is falling in love with the Earl.
Edward got an engagement lined up, but needs to quell those urges so he's off to a brothel. Anna finds out and meets him there in disguise...because she's pretty sure that it's okay for woman to have needs too and she hasn't felt the touch of a man for seven years. Anna been widowed for six. Anna decides to meet Edward in secret with a mask on in London at brothel house.
Their 'encounters'so HOT, and, then it's a journey to fun, madness, some anger, frustrations. I really liked the romance between these two. It starts out slow and then builds until the heat between these two is almost unbearable.
At the beginning of each chapter, exerpts from the fairy tale "The Raven Prince" are really sweet and make this story all the more endearing.
And the most I loved how he kept telling her she was marrying him even when she kept saying no.
This my first Elizabeth Hoyt books, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this trilogy and beyond.
The Serpent Prince (Princes Trilogy #3)
Definitely love the story...What can I say? I'm a sucker about hero loving heroine so much, like this book.
Viscount Simon Iddesleigh clearly adores Lucy. So wonderful story, specially when Simon propose To Lucy..so sweet... Here's the excerpt:
He sat across from her, ran his hand over his head, and abruptly stood up again. “I should leave, just walk out that door and continue walking until I’ve put a hundred miles between us, maybe an entire watery ocean. Although I don’t know if even that would be enough. I promised myself that I would leave you in peace.”
He laughed without humor. “And yet, here I am back at your feet, making an ass of myself.”
“I’m glad to see you,” she whispered. This was like a dream. She’d never thought to see him again, and now he was pacing agitatedly in front of her in her own little sitting room. She didn’t dare let herself wonder why he had come.
He swung around and suddenly stilled. “Are you? Truly?” What was he asking? She didn’t know, but she nodded anyway. “I’m not right for you. You’re too pure; you see too much. I’ll hurt you eventually, if I don’t . . .” He shook his head. “You need to be with someone simple and good, and I am neither. Why haven’t you married that vicar?” He was frowning at her, and his statement sounded like an accusation. Lucy shook her head helplessly. “You won’t speak, won’t tell me,” he said huskily. “Are you taunting me? You taunt me in my dreams sometimes, sweet angel, when I’m not dreaming of . . .”
He sank to his knees before her. “You don’t know me, don’t know what I am. Save yourself. Throw me from your house. Now. While you still can, because I’ve lost my determination, my will, my very honor—what little of it I had left. I cannot remove myself from your presence.”
He was warning her, she knew it, but she couldn’t tell him to go. “I won’t turn you away. You can’t ask that of me.” His hands were at either side of her on the settee. They bracketed her but did not touch her. He bowed his head until all she could see was his crown of shorn pale hair. “I’m a viscount; you know that. The Iddesleighs go back a fair ways, but we only managed to pocket a title five generations ago. I’m afraid we have a tendency to pick the wrong side in royal wars. I have three homes. A town house in London, one in Bath, and the estate in Northumberland, the one I told you about when I woke that first day. I said it was a wilderness, and it is, but it’s also quite beautiful in a savage way, and of course the land’s profitable, but we needn’t ever go there, if you don’t wish. I have a steward and plenty of servants.” Lucy’s eyes were blurred with tears. She muffled a sob. He sounded as if he were . . . “And there are some mines, copper or tin,” he continued, staring at her lap. Was he afraid to look her in the eye? “I can never remember which, and it doesn’t really matter because I have a man of business, but they pay quite well. There are three carriages, but one was my grandfather’s and is getting rather moldy. I can have a new one made, if you want one of—”
She caught his chin with her shaking hands and tilted his face up so she could see his pale gray eyes, looking so worried, so alone. She placed a thumb over his lips to still the river of words and tried to smile through the tears coursing down her cheeks. “Hush. Yes. Yes, I’ll marry you.”
Viscount Simon Iddesleigh clearly adores Lucy. So wonderful story, specially when Simon propose To Lucy..so sweet... Here's the excerpt:
He sat across from her, ran his hand over his head, and abruptly stood up again. “I should leave, just walk out that door and continue walking until I’ve put a hundred miles between us, maybe an entire watery ocean. Although I don’t know if even that would be enough. I promised myself that I would leave you in peace.”
He laughed without humor. “And yet, here I am back at your feet, making an ass of myself.”
“I’m glad to see you,” she whispered. This was like a dream. She’d never thought to see him again, and now he was pacing agitatedly in front of her in her own little sitting room. She didn’t dare let herself wonder why he had come.
He swung around and suddenly stilled. “Are you? Truly?” What was he asking? She didn’t know, but she nodded anyway. “I’m not right for you. You’re too pure; you see too much. I’ll hurt you eventually, if I don’t . . .” He shook his head. “You need to be with someone simple and good, and I am neither. Why haven’t you married that vicar?” He was frowning at her, and his statement sounded like an accusation. Lucy shook her head helplessly. “You won’t speak, won’t tell me,” he said huskily. “Are you taunting me? You taunt me in my dreams sometimes, sweet angel, when I’m not dreaming of . . .”
He sank to his knees before her. “You don’t know me, don’t know what I am. Save yourself. Throw me from your house. Now. While you still can, because I’ve lost my determination, my will, my very honor—what little of it I had left. I cannot remove myself from your presence.”
He was warning her, she knew it, but she couldn’t tell him to go. “I won’t turn you away. You can’t ask that of me.” His hands were at either side of her on the settee. They bracketed her but did not touch her. He bowed his head until all she could see was his crown of shorn pale hair. “I’m a viscount; you know that. The Iddesleighs go back a fair ways, but we only managed to pocket a title five generations ago. I’m afraid we have a tendency to pick the wrong side in royal wars. I have three homes. A town house in London, one in Bath, and the estate in Northumberland, the one I told you about when I woke that first day. I said it was a wilderness, and it is, but it’s also quite beautiful in a savage way, and of course the land’s profitable, but we needn’t ever go there, if you don’t wish. I have a steward and plenty of servants.” Lucy’s eyes were blurred with tears. She muffled a sob. He sounded as if he were . . . “And there are some mines, copper or tin,” he continued, staring at her lap. Was he afraid to look her in the eye? “I can never remember which, and it doesn’t really matter because I have a man of business, but they pay quite well. There are three carriages, but one was my grandfather’s and is getting rather moldy. I can have a new one made, if you want one of—”
She caught his chin with her shaking hands and tilted his face up so she could see his pale gray eyes, looking so worried, so alone. She placed a thumb over his lips to still the river of words and tried to smile through the tears coursing down her cheeks. “Hush. Yes. Yes, I’ll marry you.”
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Hot Number by Carly Phillips
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