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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On the Cover: They call her the Unattainable. Lady Margaret Chattan spurned every suitor for her hand, vowing never to marry. The only way to break the curse plaguing her family for two centuries is this ultimate sacrifice. But now her brothers' lives are in danger. Determined to save them, she risks her very soul by traveling into the heart of the highlands to battle a force that has transcended time. Heath Macnachtan is not superstitious. Laird of the most independent, nonconforming, madly infuriating clan ever to grace Scotland, he believes he has his hands full. And then, a woman lauded as one of the most beautiful in England, arrives on his doorstep with wild accusations and a mystical quest . . . one that just might help him discover who murdered his own brother. But the real danger for Heath and Margaret is not a supernatural foe, but...
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This second book in Cathy Maxwell’s The Chattan Curse series – or is it a trilogy? – is more than just a romance novel, it's a wonderful love story that, once I started, I couldn't put down. From the Cover: Every woman has her dreams Portia Maclean believes she is beyond love and marriage. Then one moonlit night, while attempting a daring masquerade in a desperate bid to protect her family, she finds herself swept off her feet by a powerful stranger. His very touch makes her long for much more. But what will he do once he discovers she has betrayed him? Every man has his demons Harry Chattan is fighting for his family-their honor and their lives. For two hundred years the Chattan men have been destroyed by love and now he's come to Scotland on the hunt for a witch who can break the legend's curse. Instead...
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Title: The Devil's Heart: The Chattan Curse Classification: Adult Fiction Genre: Historical Romance Format: Paperback; 384 pages Publisher: Avon (April 30, 2013) ISBN-10: 006207024X ISBN-13: 978-0062070241 Author's Website: http://www.cathymaxwell.com/ Over 200 years ago, a curse was cast upon the male members of the Chattan family. For Charles Chattan had made promises that he didn't keep. He had betrayed and disgraced the daughter of a powerful witch which incited the young woman to take her own life. He thought that by leaving Scotland he'd escape the reach of Fanella's fury and wrath. But he was wrong. DEAD wrong. "Watchers of the threshold, Watchers of the gate, open hell and seal Chattan's fate. When a Chattan male falls in love, strike his heart with fire from Above. Crush his heart. Destroy his line; Only then will justice me mine." Now, some 200 years later, Margaret Chattan is on her way to find the place where the curse began...
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Take a look at these two fabulous women. The lady on the left is Lindsey Ross, voracious romance reader, and my cyber BFF. she has been a cheerleader and my beta reader, pointing out my strengths and weaknesses in my manuscript. She let me know what she liked best (my characters Dex and Viscount Grentham-right Lindsey?), and what needs work. She has recently begun her own blog, Romance Reader Girl, and I know she will be wonderful, as she understands and loves Historical Romance and is interested in promoting new and upcoming romance authors. :) The marvelous lady on the right is none other than Renee Bernard. I discovered her books several years ago, with “A Lady of Pleasure.” It was about a Duke. Who was a rogue. And he was presumed to be a killer. You know I was all up into that book. It is great! Naturally, I...
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Lyon’s Bride is the first book in Cathy Maxwell’s historical romance series, The Chattan Curse. These books center around a curse cast upon Charles Chattan in 1632 when he broke the handfast to Scottish lass, Rose Macnachtan, to return to England and marry a Sassenach. Rose was so in love with Charles that she believed he’d return to her, and even kept watch for him on his wedding day. When Charlie didn’t return, so great was her grief that Rose ended her life. And thus, so great was her mother’s grief, that she placed a curse on all Chattan males: Watchers of the threshold, Watchers of the gate, open hell and seal Chattan’s Fate. When a Chattan male falls in love, strike his heart with fire from Above. Crush his heart, destroy his line; Only then will justice be mine.” The curse has held true through the generations, and death...
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Are you a fan of Tessa Dare’s historical romance series – Spindle Cove? Well, if not, you surely will be after reading ANY DUCHESS WILL DO, her upcoming release from Avon Romance. Already a fan but I’ve fallen even more in love with Tessa’s skill at creating a delightful escape into romance that you wish would never end. ***eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest and unscripted review. Blurb for ANY DUCHESS WILL DO: 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...
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Today, it's my pleasure to welcome fellow reader and blogger, Kim to The Romance Dish! Kim is a military spouse, romance blogger, and lover of all things Scottish. She embraces life in the Pacific, especially since the Scots have influenced the Hawaii’s culture. Be sure to check out Kim's blogs, http://www.sosaloha.blogspot.com/ and http://alohaonmymind.blogspot.com/. Kim joins us today to
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I’ve never been one for cookie cutter romance novels, although god knows I’ve read enough of them. Although I am aware that the Hero and the Heroine will eventually meet, have problems, overcome said problems and end up together, it’s always about the journey along the way. But writing and reading Regency romance presents a different challenge, due to laws and custom. And it isn’t just Regency, it all all Historical romance, but I will focus on Regency/Georgian/Victoria, as that is mostly what I read. A gay romantic hero. How do you write it? Can it be done? Can the couple have a happily ever after that satisfies us as romance readers ? First let me say I am concentrating on male/male relationships. Frankly it is easier for a woman to have hidden her life during that time. If a woman didn’t marry, and chose to be a spinster, she could live...
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