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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT by Lori Wilde

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   May 28, 2013 ISBN:  978-0062218933 Genre:   Contemporary Romance Book format: Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com   Welcome to Cupid, Texas, home of…Cupid and true love. Long ago the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, that would be Millie Greenwood, found true love after asking Cupid for his help. Cupid lives in a cave outside of town and over the years soul mates seeking their other half have ventured to the statue in the cave and left letters asking for Cupid’s help. Rather than carved from human hands, the statue is wrought from nature itself, lending to the mystique of the town and what happens when a seeker finds his or her way to the town. As the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, Natalie McCleary carries on the family tradition of answering the letters to...

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THE FIREMAN WHO LOVED ME by Jennifer Bernard

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   April 24, 2012 ISBN:  978-0062088963 Genre:   Contemporary Romance Book format: Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com   When her grandmother, Nelly, invites her to a special event that turns out to be a bachelor Firefighter’s auction, Melissa McGuire is less than pleased. When her grandmother starts in bidding on one of the oh so hot and hunky firefighters Melissa heads for the door. Before she can exit the building she runs head long into the poster boy for what makes a fireman fodder for a vivid imagination. Tall, broad shouldered with steely grey eyes, Harry Brody is any woman’s fantasy. Well, anyone but Melissa’s. Melissa prefers intelligent, well-read, creative types like sculptors and painters and writers. A few days later Nelly is awaiting her auction date but cries off because suddenly she’s not feeling so well. She quickly (and sneakily)...

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THE EARL IN MY BED by Sophie Jordan

Publisher: Avon Date published:   October 30, 2012 ISBN:  978-0446583091 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Ebook Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com   Vicar’s daughter Paget Ellsworth had known since childhood she was destined to marry Owen Winningham. Their families may be on different ends of the social scale, but none doubted they would wed. When Owen and his brother Jamie went to India to fight for the crown she dutifully wrote to her intended. When their brother, Brand, took ill, Paget stayed by his side. Now, with Brand dead Jamie has become the Earl of Winningham. All consider him cold and rather heartless. None are too thrilled to have him home and returned to the family seat. While the villagers, and particularly Paget’s father, stop in to welcome the Earl home, Paget holds off as long as she can. When it appears he will attend...

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THE EARL IN MY BED by Sophie Jordan

Publisher: Avon Date published:   October 30, 2012 ISBN:  978-0446583091 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Ebook Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com   Vicar’s daughter Paget Ellsworth had known since childhood she was destined to marry Owen Winningham. Their families may be on different ends of the social scale, but none doubted they would wed. When Owen and his brother Jamie went to India to fight for the crown she dutifully wrote to her intended. When their brother, Brand, took ill, Paget stayed by his side. Now, with Brand dead Jamie has become the Earl of Winningham. All consider him cold and rather heartless. None are too thrilled to have him home and returned to the family seat. While the villagers, and particularly Paget’s father, stop in to welcome the Earl home, Paget holds off as long as she can. When it appears he will attend...

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HOW THE MARQUESS WAS WON by Julie Anne Long

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   December 27, 2011 ISBN:  978-0061885693 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Paperback Obtained via: Library Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com     Julian Spenser, Marquess Dryden is known for not only wanting but accepting only the best. The ton on the whole follows and then mimics his every move. When he purchases four black horses with white stockings everyone who is anyone immediately rushes to purchase the same. When he sports a particular hair style, the style is quickly adopted by all and sundry. Women covet him but he wants only one—the one who will restore his family estates. Upon the death of her parents Phoebe Vale was sent to Sussex and attended Miss Endicott’s school. Miss Endicott’s is known for producing ladies of quality or at least young women who know their place and how to act in society, whichever strata they belong...

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MY SCANDALOUS VISCOUNT by Gaelen Foley

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   September 25, 2012 ISBN:  978-0062075932 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com Carissa Portland is not a gossip.  No, not at all.  She is a woman of information.  That means she listens in to other people’s conversations, gathers all kinds of tidbits of news and stores it away for future use. The one person she seems to be seeking the most news on is Sebastian, Viscount Beauchamp (Beau). Well no, not really because he is plain and simple a rake and not at all suitable company for Miss Portland. Well, at least for the image she puts forth of herself. But there is something about Beau she just can’t seem to stay away from. Viscount Beauchamp has done much to cultivate his image as a licentious rake. As a member of the Inferno Club debauchery, drunkenness...

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Dec 19 - Post

MY RUTHLESS PRINCE by Gaelen Foley

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   December 2011 ISBN:  978-0062075918 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com Beat almost beyond recognition, his memory taken from him, Drake, Earl of Westwood has turned away from the Order of St. Michael and joined ranks with their arch enemies, the Prometheans.  What his brother warriors do not know is how much Drake has revealed of their names, families, homes and interests. Despite the Order having him back in their hands for a short time the wily agent managed to escape. Now, in the wilds of Bavaria he stands by his new mentor’s side and plots Promethean world domination. Emily Harper’s father was the Westwood family woodsman and Emily learned survival skills from her father.  She can track, hunt and shoot an arrow with unerring accuracy. Emily has also loved Drake since childhood. As children the...

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Dec 09 - Book Review

SINCE THE SURRENDER by Julie Anne Long

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   July 28, 2009 ISBN:  978-0061341618 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com War hero Chase Eversea has been banished to London. His family in Sussex has had enough of his brooding and aimless life. Not that they simply sent him away. They have set a mission for him—to ascertain if their cousin would make a decent vicar for the local parish church. Chase arrives in London and before he can visit his cousin, Adam, he receives a mysterious summons. A little street urchin name Liam has been sent to deliver a message to Chase, one he finds he cannot ignore. At the museum he has been summoned to he encounters the one woman he never thought to see again, Rosalind March. Rosalind March the woman he never forgot and the one he could never have. Rosalind...

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LIKE NO OTHER LOVER by Julie Anne Long

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   October 28, 2008 ISBN:  978-0061341595 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com ( Returned from a scientific trip to the South Seas and mysterious disappearance of his elder brother, Lyon, Miles Redmond eagerly awaits his next adventure. His father, patriarch Isaiah Redmond isn’t inclined to finance another exploration for his son despite having the finances to do so quite easily. Shrew and wily, Isaiah has something else in mind for Miles. When a family emergency calls Miles’ parents away on the eve of a two week house party, Isaiah leaves Miles in charge with the admonition to (1) consider courting rather perfect Georgina and (2) to steer clear of his sister, Violet’s friend, Cynthia Brightly. What Isaiah doesn’t know is that Miles has already seen Cynthia and made up his mind to pretend she doesn’t exist....

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THE PERILS OF PLEASURE by Julie Anne Long

Publisher:   Avon Date published:   January 29, 2008 ISBN:  978-0061341588 Genre:   Historical Romance Book format:  Paperback Obtained via:  Publisher Reviewed by name and email address:  Gina Ginalrmreviews@gmail.com Colin Eversea has been sentenced to die for the crime of murdering another man. That the other man’s family and Colin’s have a long history of a feud that has caused strife to both families is but a factor in his pending death. As he begins the march to the hangman’s scaffold Colin is told to trip and fall at the 5th step. Counting the steps he does so and soon finds himself in the midst of a daring rescue. When a mad dash through London’s streets concludes he finds himself before a woman with a gun. Before he can gain answers as to just what she is about, someone breaks into their hiding place and attempts to kill Colin’s rescuer. Madeleine Greenway has...

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