I’m like a ghost. I drift aimlessly through the Leigh’s empty Beverly Hills mansion, my bare feet slapping against the painted gray concrete floor, shoes not allowed in the sprawling modern bungalow. I’m not dead. I move the oversized, never-been-opened book staged on the chrome coffee table an inch to the right. I’m breathing. I flick one light on and turn another light off, maintaining the minimum required amount of illumination. I have a physical form. I rearrange some of the catalogues, creating the illusion that they have been recently placed on the modern glass table, all of the stores featured priced out of a new graduate’s budget. But I’m not living, not truly, and no one sees me … which is how I like it. *** As Anna shares in this scene from He Watches Me, she views herself as being invisible and she likes it that way. Other...
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Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare (Spindle Cove #4) May 28, 2013 Historical Romance Avon Reviewed by May Another girl’s prince had arrived. That was Pauline’s first thought, when she stumbled in and spied the finely dressed man silhouetted in the door. She watched it happen every few months in this village. These young ladies sought refuge in Spindle Cove for the oddest of reasons. Their harp-playing lacked grace, perhaps, or the color of their eyes was unfashionable at Court this season. And then – to the utter astonishment of everyone except Pauline – some handsome earl or viscount or officer came along and married them. I’m a fan of Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series, and I am sorry to say this is the final book in the series. That said, it’s one heck of a story and to best explain, I’m going to turn it over to Griff and...
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The Cupcake Diaries Sweet On You, Recipe for Love, Taste of Romance By: Darlene Panzera The Cupcake Diaries Book Two: RECIPE FOR LOVE (Avon Impulse; on-sale May 14th, 2013; e-book ISBN: 9780062242686) For fans of Debbie Macomber comes Recipe for Love, the second installment in the Cupcake Diaries series Relationships can be tricky, but will Mike the magician convince Rachel to break her two-date rule? Rachel Donovan believes first dates are fabulous, second dates are fun, but third dates? She never sees a guy three times in a row for fear he'll break her heart, but she's tempted to make an exception when her coworkers, Andi and Kim, hire Mike Palmer to drive their Cupcake Mobile. Mike meets Rachel when he's wearing his black-masked magician costume at a Creative Cupcakes birthday party and then tries to saw her in half. He draws closer while helping Rachel devise promotion plans to...
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Judith's review of Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle Cove #4) by Tessa Dare. What’s a duke to do, when the girl who’s perfectly wrong becomes the woman he can’t live without? Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, has no desire to wed this season—or any season—but his diabolical mother abducts him to “Spinster Cove” and insists he select a bride from the ladies in residence. Griff decides to teach her a lesson that will end the marriage debate forever. He chooses the serving girl. Overworked and struggling, Pauline Simms doesn’t dream about dukes. All she wants is to hang up her barmaid apron and open a bookshop. That dream becomes a possibility when an arrogant, sinfully attractive duke offers her a small fortune for a week’s employment. Her duties are simple: submit to his mother’s “duchess training”… and fail miserably. But in London, Pauline isn’t a miserable failure. She’s a...
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One True Love A Cupid Texas Novella #0.5 By: Lori Wilde Avon Impulse Release Date May 21st, 2013 100 pages Blurb In Cupid, Texas, they say everyone has one true love. And if you write a letter to Cupid, you will get an answer in return . . . Now, from New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde, read how the legend of Cupid began . . . All it took was one great love story! Too bad for pretty young housemaid Millie Greenwood that her one true love is John Fant, the handsomest, wealthiest man in town. But in 1924, a maid—no matter how lovely—isn't about to marry into the town's foremost family, and John is on the verge of becoming betrothed to another. Everything seems hopeless until Millie writes a desperate letter to Cupid, and the most romantic legend of all is born … Buy Links Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/One-True-Love-Novella-ebook/dp/B0089LOM9M/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1368735919&sr=8-5...
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Have you ever been in a job you weren’t suited for or couldn’t do… at all? I have been, many times, and it is a terrible feeling. The work day is full of stress. The nights are spent thinking about the work day. Anna, the heroine of He Watches Me, is in that position. As she shares *** Work. I sigh, looking out at the covered pool, wishing to swim, that indulgence denied to me by the Leighs. Who gets fired from a charity? I suspect this will be my fate tomorrow, my inability to raise donation money straining even my boss’s easygoing personality. *** Yes, to make this stressful situation even worse, Anna is working for a charity. She took this job as a way to give back to the world and she’s failing at it. ***************************************************************************** He Watches Me From Cynthia Sax She desires to be seen. He...
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THE HUNTED SERIES Saved by the Rancher, Lucky Like Us, The Right Bride By: Jennifer Ryan I was lucky enough to read all three of these stories by Jennifer Ryan. I enjoyed them all and wrote reviews for two out of the three of them. I will be doing a review for The Right Bride at a later time. Saved by the Rancher, Book One of THE HUNTED SERIES by Jennifer Ryan Avon Impulse| On Sale: 2/26/2013| E-Book ISBN 9780062268020| $.99 http://www.avonromance.com/book/saved-by-the-rancher A million dollar mistake… Marrying millionaire David Merrick was the biggest mistake of Jenna Caldwell’s life. Two years after their divorce, Jenna is still on the run, relocating to a new place every few months after each terrifying run-in with her ex. No matter where she hides, he always finds her, and each time his temper worsens. Bruised, battered, and bloodied, Jenna takes her lawyer’s advice and relocated...
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THE MAD EARL'S BRIDE Loretta Chase Avon/Harper Collins June 4, 2013 E-Book Only - no estimate of pages - short story Originally appeared in the print anthology Three Weddings and a Kiss. Gwendolyn Adams is about to propose to an earl. On his deathbed. Gwendolyn Adams isn't shocked at being asked to save a handsome earl's dying line, even when she learns the prospective bridegroom is seriously ill and possibly insane. She's quite a good nurse, after all, and her family is famous for producing healthy male children. Those stories about his riding the moors half-naked on a pale white horse? Extremely intriguing—especially after she gets her first look at the gorgeous lunatic. The Earl of Rawnsley wants only to lose what's left of his mind in peace and privacy. But his busybody relatives have saddled him with a surprise bride and orders to sire an heir forthwith. (And they...
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It is the middle of summer in L.A., the weather has been scorching hot, and Anna, the heroine of He Watches Me, doesn’t dare run the air conditioning. Blaine’s pool is gorgeously cool and it isn’t being used. This temptation is difficult for Anna to resist. *** I impulsively grab the towel I had left drying on the deck railing and meander across the modern-art-littered lawn toward the wrought-iron gate, unconsciously moving closer to the property I’ve sworn never to trespass onto again. The soothing sound of falling water calls to me. I gaze between the ornately crafted bars separating me from nirvana, the gate locked. Water cascades down rock into a naturally shaped pool, the feature blending into the purposefully wild backyard. Only the pool is lit. The two-story house, its design as classic as the Leighs’ is contemporary, and is shrouded, as always, in darkness. I’m not surprised....
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Publisher: Avon Date published: August 28, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-06-202534-0 Historical Romance Paperback Reviewed by Lynne http://www.amazon.com/Way-Dukes-Heart-Truth-About/dp/0062025341 Obtained via publisher. Tessa Neville, having been hurt and deceived as a young girl by the man she loved, was quick to turn the tables, jilting the loser at the altar and moving on with her life. Upsetting her family in the process, she is sent to stay with an understanding aunt. In the meantime, Tessa, in order to avoid judgmental society, returns home later under the guise of being a widow, which no one questions. Since her aunt backs her story, there is no contestation. Tessa, highly intelligent, with a head for figures, is a great asset for her brother, Viscount Marchmont, who values her opinion before making any business decisions. While considering a canal investment, he sends Tessa to investigate the matter more thoroughly. While doing so, it is then she...
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