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Perhaps
because I write romance novels, I read them so voraciously. My bookshelves
(and book stacks since I’ve ran out of shelf space) are filled with
romance novels. MOST of the reviews that will be posted will either
be recent releases of romance novels or children’s books.
I have everything in my library from books on the craft of writing to
biographies to joke books, art books and reference books. I LOVE
books. In New Orleans, I had my shelves arranged in alphabetical
order by subject. I found that easiest whenever we began researching
a novel. If it was set in Medieval times, then I knew where to look.
Of course, the library that I had cultivated beginning from the age of
12 was lost to me in the floodwaters of Katrina. Unfortunately,
as organized as I had my shelves, I wasn’t organized enough to have
electronically catalogued all of my titles, so many of the titles that
were destroyed a lost to me forever. However, it is a credit to
my fellow writers—some that I didn’t know, some whose works
I’d read and been in awe of for years and others who were friends—that
I have managed to rebuild my library. For months after the storm,
I received boxes of books on every conceivable subject. Books are
incredibly important. They open worlds that we didn’t know
existed. They allow us to use our imagination and travel to places
we have dreamed of. And, yes, I AM a ROMANCE writer. Even
as I sometimes still hear an offhanded comment about romance novels, it
is one of my proudest accomplishments. If
anyone would like to submit a review on books they’ve read with
a 2011 copyright, and enjoyed, please send it to editor@roserichmagazine.com.
When Beauty Tamed The Beast
by
Eloisa
James
Piers
Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, is a man scarred by his past. Lady
Linnet Berry Thrynne is a beauty banished by a current scandal.
Linnet’s father ushers her off to Wales to marry Marchant with the
blessing of Piers’s father, the Duke of Windebank. Piers has
a foul, beastly temper but he has met his match in Linnet. He became
a doctor, and is one of the best in Wales, due to traumatic childhood
experiences. His father, the duke, is at the root of most of those
traumas but now wants to reconcile with his son. Because Linnet
is the duke’s chosen choice for Piers’s bride, Piers vows
never to marry her.
Linnet
grew up lonely, with a father determined not to allow her to follow in
the footsteps of her scandalous mother. Inadvertently, that is exactly
what takes place. The moment she meets the overwhelming Earl of
Marchant, she determines to stand toe-to-toe with him and convince him
how right they are for each other…even if he can be beastly and
she is the beauty who knows how to tame him. The secondary story
that involves Piers’s mother and father reveals just what the power
of forgiving really means and that love and romance aren’t just
for the young.
When
Beauty Tamed The Beast is both funny and poignant. I have always
been a fan of Ms. James’s books from the moment I read Potent Pleasures
years ago, and her latest book is outstanding. Piers and Linnet
are great lead characters with good chemistry. Dialogue between
them is a repertoire of witty conversations and witty ripostes.
They both face hard lessons to discover that beauty isn’t only skin
deep and true love endures despite everything. This is a book worth
reading and a keeper on your shelves.
Notorious
Pleasures: Maiden Lane, Book 2
Lady
Hero Batten is a red-haired beauty and proud of her Society façade
and her practicality in knowing that, as the daughter of the previous
Duke of Wakefield and sister to the present duke, she was born and bred
to make an advantageous match. With the Marquis of Mandeville, Thomas
Reading, as her fiancé, she knows she is well on her way to performing
those duties. After all, most noble marriages take place because
of duty and obligation, to unite lands, advance parliamentary power and
political connections, and merge great fortunes and old titles.
Griffin,
Lord Reading, and Thomas’s younger brother, is a bane to Hero’s
existence from the moment she sets her gaze upon him. In the eyes
of Society, Griffin is everything Thomas isn’t and so much worse.
A lady’s reputation may suffer just by being seen in his presence.
Away from the prying eyes of Society and his disapproving older brother,
Griffin is the engine that allows the Reading family to keep its allotted
place in Society.
For
all Regency romance aficionados, we are offered the glittering balls,
the Hyde Park socializing, Bond Street shopping, and perfectly correct
manners which was English Regency Society in Notorious Pleasures.
On the other hand, we also glimpse the Regency underworld and human misery
caused by abject poverty. Hero is a patroness of the Home for Unfortunate
Infants and Foundling Children on Maiden Lane (hence the series title
and the binding thread in the series). In Hero, she makes us understand
the spirit of giving back and paying it forward. We feel her frustration,
her hope, and her determination. Separate, Hero and Griffin are remarkable
individuals who have the wherewithal to do what’s right and stand
up for their beliefs. Together, they are like flame to tinder: combustible,
passionate, and fascinating. We root for them as individuals and
as a couple from the beginning, and we realize, too, that Hero isn’t
the only one suffering from the Duty and Obligation Albatross. Thomas,
too, was giving up his one, true love to marry Hero.
Notorious
Pleasures is Book 2
in Elizabeth Hoyt’s Maiden Lane Series, the first being Wicked Intentions,
released last year. Although I recommend Book 1, as Book 2, Notorious
Pleasures is an excellent standalone. Griffin and Hero find their
happily-ever-after, but for all history buffs, we are well aware that
too often in the course of real-life figures that wasn’t the case
and so we cheer for Ms. Hoyt’s hero and heroine that much more.
…a
well-written piece of work that embraces and solidifies the power of love.
-Sandra Ware, Math Specialist/Interventionist
…full
of twists and surprises that kept me interested. -Yolanda Stredick,
RN
Fate
intervened. A chance meeting at the church social brought Paul Reading
and Rachael Morganson together again. College and travel took her away.
Sweetwater, Mississippi, was her home. Rachael stood at the window, swept
back in time, as she watched the children play a familiar game of tag
in the front yard of the church. On that very same grassy knoll as a little
girl she once played an identical game of tag. Unexpected memories flooded
her thoughts like tides rushing in and then out again, taking with it
any evidence of her past. Keenly aware that someone stood behind her,
she turned quickly to face a handsome and memorable young man. “Well,
hello, Paul,” she said.
What
would you sacrifice for someone you loved? How far would you go to provide
for and protect your family?
In
the Pew takes you into an intriguing world—a secret pact entered
into long ago by the uncles of Lydia Reading and her sisters after the
death of their parents. The secret now threatens to annihilate their family.
Lydia and her husband, Jake, face a decision that could shatter dreams
and destroy the family’s reputation.
Lies,
prejudice, and deceit buried for decades could find its way into the lives
of a new generation. Lydia and Jake must choose wisely or casualties will
fall at their feet. What will they do with the knowledge they uncover?
Will they let God’s truth dispel the darkness, or will they cover
it up and allow this generational curse to continue?
Bertha
Connally Abraham is an author, wife, and mother. She grew up in Louisiana
and married her high school sweetheart, John. She currently has two children—a
son, Michael and a daughter, Jaynacia. Her son Brad is deceased. She has
one grandson, Zachary Ryan. She enjoys traveling, writing, reading, and
working in her flower gardens.
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