Historical Romance Novel: A Notorious Countess Confesses

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A Notorious Countess Confesses
(Pennyroyal Green Series)
Julie Anne Long
Avon, 2012
Best Historical Romance novel

The vicar has a smoulder the devil might envy...

From courtesan to countess, Evie Duggan has riveted London in every role she’s played. But the ton never could forgive her scandalous—if shockingly short—marriage, and when her star plummets amid gleefully vicious gossip, the countess escapes to the only legacy left to her: a manor house in Pennyroyal Green.

He never expected to fall so hard . . .

He has the face of a fallen angel and a smolder the devil would envy, but Vicar Adam Sylvaine walks a precarious line, resisting temptation . . . and the wild Eversea blood in his veins. More...

Five Stars

“...clever, funny, and poignant.” – Blythe Barnhill , All About Romance …full book review

Five Stars

“...a joy to read...” – Heather Nordahl Files, Affaire de Coeur …full book review

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Best Romance Novels: Tempting the Bride

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Tempting the Bride
Sherry Thomas
Berkley, 2012
Best Historical Romance

...she’s rescued by the notorious rake she’s always despised...

Helena Fitzhugh understands perfectly well that she would be ruined should her secret love affair be discovered. So when a rendezvous goes wrong and she is about to be caught in the act, it is with the greatest reluctance that she accepts help from David Hillsborough, Viscount Hastings, and elopes with him to save her reputation.

Helena has despised David since they were children—the notorious rake has tormented her all her life. David, on the other hand, has always loved Helena, but his pride will never let him admit the secrets of his heart. More...

Five Stars

“...incredibly engrossing and moving.” – Carrie S., Smart Bitches, Trashy Books …full book review

Five Stars

“...truly a joy to read.” – Elizabeth Cimaglia, All About Romance …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: Never Seduce a Scot

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Never Seduca a Scot
(The Montgomerys and Armstrongs)
Maya Banks
Ballantine Books, 2012
Best Historical Romance

... the Scottish warrior will move heaven and earth to save her...

Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her “touched.” Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn’t speak. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear. Content with her life of seclusion, Eveline has taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world to view her as daft. But when an arranged marriage into a rival clan makes Graeme Montgomery her husband, Eveline accepts her duty—unprepared for the delights to come. Graeme is a rugged warrior with a voice so deep and powerful that his new bride can hear it, and hands and kisses so tender and skilled that he stirs her deepest passions. More...

Five Stars

“...exceptional...” – Queen of Books, Romance at Random …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: A Lady by Midnight

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A Lady by Midnight
(Spindle Cove 3)
Tessa Dare
Avon, 2012
Best Historical romance
Rating: Hot

Why is there smoldering passion in his kiss?

After years of fending for herself, Kate Taylor found friendship and acceptance in Spindle Cove—but she never stopped yearning for love. The very last place she'd look for it is in the arms of Corporal Thorne. The militia commander is as stone cold as he is brutally handsome. But when mysterious strangers come searching for Kate, Thorne steps forward as her fiancé. He claims to have only Kate's safety in mind. So why is there smoldering passion in his kiss? More...

Top Pick

“...lovingly crafted...” – Kathe Robin, RT Book Reviews …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: A Lady Never Lies

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A Lady Never Lies
Juliana Gray
Berkley, 2012
Best Historical romance, Hot

Love is the only thing that matters...

Lady Alexandra Morley, an alluring widow, is desperate to devise a plan to reverse her fortunes. When fate lands her in the arms of Phineas "Finn" Burke, an attractive inventor, she despairs of ever getting what she needs...until they kiss.

Finn has always been impervious to the charms of the female species, intent only on perfecting his "horseless carriage" engine. He never dreamed he'd meet a woman like Alexandra, who is as stubborn as she is comely. Despite the brewing scandal, Finn longs to make Alexandra his wife, but he must first convince the maddening lady that their love is the only thing that matters. More...

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“...a smart, witty tale...” – Kathe Robin, RE Book Reviews …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: Taming an Impossible Rogue

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Taming an Impossible Rogue
Suzanne Enoch
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2012
Best Historical romance, Hot

All bets are off…

One year ago, Lady Camille Pryce left her haughty fiancé at the altar—for good reason. Not only was the marriage arranged before she could even walk, her betrothed was too smug to exert himself to meet her! Now, disowned, with no husband or family to support her, she’s left with one option: go to work in the notorious Tantalus Club…

A gentleman’s gaming house run by a woman, the Tantalus is no place for a proper lady; so, to save face, her jilted fiancé must retrieve her. But banned from the club, he’s forced to employ his ne’er-do-well cousin instead. A handsome, experienced rogue, Keating Blackwood is the perfect man to lure Camille away. But the moment they meet, Keating instead wants to save her…for himself. More...

5 Stars

“...touching and wonderful...” – Suzanna Gill, All About Romance …full book review

Top Pick

“...deliciously naughty hero...” – Kathe Robin …full book review

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Best Romance Novels: Defiant

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Defiant
(MacKinnon's Rangers, Book 3)
Pamela Clare
Berkley, 2012
Best Historical romance, Hot

... the flames of passion are difficult to deny...

Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. Ordered to rescue Wentworth's niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to be every bit as contemptible as her uncle. Instead, he finds a brave and beautiful lass in desperate peril. But the only way to free Sarah is for Connor to defeat the Shawnee warrior who kidnapped her--and claim her himself.

Torn by tragedy from her sheltered life in London, Lady Sarah is unprepared for the harshness of the frontier--or for the attraction she feels toward Connor. When they reach civilization, however, it is she who must protect him. For if her uncle knew all that Connor had done to save her, he would surely kill him. More...

5 Stars

“...engrossing, powerful...” – Jean Wan, All About Romance …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: The Taming of a Scottish Princess

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The Taming of a Scottish Princess
(The Mysterious Hurst Amulet)
Karen Hawkins
Pocket Books, 2012
Best Historical romance, hot

...vivid passion flares between them...

A DETERMINED EXPLORER

When famed Egyptologist Michael Hurst discovers that the infamous Hurst Amulet is hidden in Scotland, he insists his trusted assistant, Miss Jane Smythe-Haughton, accompany him north. Strangely, the usually unflappable Jane seems perturbed by their destination—the mysterious Isle of Barra. A fascinated Michael watches as his staid assistant transforms, revealing intriguing layers of mystery and vulnerability. Could he be about to uncover not one, but two, precious treasures?

A DAUNTLESS PRINCESS

Once her clan’s princess, Jane fled Barra years ago to avoid a forced marriage. Since then, she has made her living as efficient Miss Smythe-Haughton—the perfect (and highly paid) assistant. Now she must confront her secrets . . . including her feelings for her irascible employer, too-handsome-for-his-own-good Michael Hurst. More...

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“...delightfully humorous...” – Kathe Robin, RT Book Reviews …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: Sweet Enemy

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Sweet Enemy
(A Veiled Seduction Novel)
Heather Snow
Signet, 2012
Best Historical romance

Liliana must keep her enemy close...

Geoffrey Wentworth, a war hero and rising political star, never wanted to be the Earl, but when his brother dies, he knows his duty--take up the responsibility for his family's estates. His mother's definition of duty differs from his, however, and can be summed up in one word--heirs. When Geoffrey rushes home to answer her urgent summons, he finds himself host to a house full of women, all vying to become the next Countess of Stratford....

Liliana Claremont, a brilliant chemist, doesn't want to be any man's wife, much less a countess. If she had tuppence for every time she'd been told her place was filling the nursery, not experimenting in the laboratory, she could buy the Tower Bridge. However, when she receives a coveted invitation to the Earl's house party, she trades in her beakers for ball gowns and gladly takes on the guise of husband hunter--for the chance to uncover what the Earl had to do with the murder of her father. More...

Perfect 10

“...a must read...” – Amanda Toth, Romance Reviews Today …full book review

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Best Romance Novel: Firelight

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Firelight
(Darkest London)
Kristen Callihan
Forever, 2012
Best Paranormal romance
Best Historical romance

Only she can see the man hiding behind the mask...

London, 1881
Once the flames are ignited . . .
Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman.

They will burn for eternity . . .
Lord Benjamin Archer is no ordinary man. Doomed to hide his disfigured face behind masks, Archer knows it's selfish to take Miranda as his bride. Yet he can't help being drawn to the flame-haired beauty whose touch sparks a passion he hasn't felt in a lifetime. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide from the world. But the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue.... More...

A Perfect 10

“Wow!” – Jani Brooks, Romance Reviews Today …full book review

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Best Romance Novels: A Week to Be Wicked

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A Week to Be Wicked
Tessa Dare
Avon, 2012
Best Historical romance

..a devilish lord and a bluestocking on the road to ruin...

When a devilish lord and a bluestocking set off on the road to ruin . . . time is not on their side. Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland. Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be . . . anywhere but Spindle Cove. These unlikely partners have one week:

to fake an elopement
to convince family and friends they're "in love"
to outrun armed robbers
to survive their worst nightmares
to travel four hundred miles without killing each other

All while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night. More...

Top Pick

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5 Stars!

44 Reviews on Amazon

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Best Romance Novels: When a Duke Says I Do

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When A Duke Says I Do
Jane Goodger
Zebra, 2011
Best Historical romance

... a shockingly scandalous affair...

Miss Elsie Stanhope resided in Nottinghamshire, an area so rich in titled gentlemen, so felicitous for marriage-minded mamas, it was called "the Dukeries." Indeed, Elsie had been betrothed since childhood to the heir of a dukedom. She had no expectation it would be a love match. Still less that she would enter into a shockingly scandalous affair with an altogether different sort of lover. More...

Top Pick

“...romance that will melt your heart...” – Melanie Friedman, Romance Reader at Heart …full book review

Five Coffee Cups

Coffee Time Romance and More

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Best Romance Novels: Unraveled

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Unraveled
Courtney Milan
CreateSpace, 2011
Best Historical romance

Smite Turner is renowned for his single-minded devotion to his duty as a magistrate. But behind his relentless focus lies not only a determination to do what is right, but the haunting secrets of his past—secrets that he is determined to hide, even if it means keeping everyone else at arm's length. Until the day an irresistible woman shows up as a witness in his courtroom...

Miranda Darling isn't in trouble...yet. But she's close enough that when Turner threatens her with imprisonment if she puts one foot wrong, she knows she should run in the other direction. And yet no matter how forbidding the man seems on the outside, she can't bring herself to leave. More...

Grade A

“...Smite is AWESOME...” – RedHeadedGirl, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books …full book review

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Best Romance Novels: The Duke is Mine

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The Duke Is Mine
Eloisa James
Avon, 2011
Best Historical romance

Destiny will be decided between the sheets in this all-new tale of “The Princess and the Pea.”

For Olivia Lytton, betrothal to the Duke of Canterwick—hardly a Prince Charming—feels more like a curse than a happily-ever-after. At least his noble status will help her sister, Georgiana, secure an engagement with the brooding, handsome Tarquin, Duke of Sconce, a perfect match for her in every way . . . every way but one. Tarquin has fallen in love with Olivia.

Quin never puts passion before reason. And reason says that Georgiana is his ideal bride. But the sensual, fiery, strong-willed Olivia ignites an unknown longing in him— a desire they are both powerless to resist. When a scandalous affair begins, they risk losing everything—Olivia’s engagement, her sister’s friendship, and their own fragile love. More...

Top Pick

“I loved every minute of it...” – Melissa Stratford, Romance Reader at Heart …full book review

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