“My Unfair Lady” by Kathryne Kennedy
It’s such a disappointment when a book you’re looking forward to reading turns out to be a bigger clunker than a Toyata Prius. I had high expectations for “My Unfair Lady.” The impoverished Duke of Monchester despises the rich Americans who flock to London, seeking to buy their way into the ranks of the British peerage. So when railroad heiress Summer Wine Lee offers him a king’s ransom if he’ll teach her to become a proper lady, he’s prepared to rebuff her. But when he meets the petite beauty with the knife in her boot, it’s not her fortune he finds impossible to resist….
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“Tempt Me At Twilight” by Lisa Kleypas 

 I want.

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“What the Duke Desires” by Jenna Petersen

A poem of apology to Jenna Petersen:

“Jenna Petersen, we love you, you rock

For an ARC you sent to us, instead of a smelly sock

Hugs and kisses have been sent your way

And we hope Sven finds you with a box of (his) unmentionables this Friday

We’re sorry we took so long to put up this post

A lot has been going on here, please don’t say we’re toast!

Our heads are hung with shame at this gaffe

Please don’t send a hitman to our offices on your behalf!”

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“Always a Scoundrel” by Suzanne Enoch

Lord Bramwell Lowry Johns is the second scoundrelly scoundrelous son of a Duke, whose cry for attention and love from his father has led him down a merry yet scoundrellicious path of self destruction and generally all round scoundrel-like behaviour. In short, he is a scoundrel. Cut off from any allowance, Bram facilitates his lifestyle of wine, women, gambling and song (ok not so much the latter) through gambling. And though good society at large may frown upon Lord Bram, it is apparent throughout the book that he is much adored by the young males of society, married women, and also, his ex-army now very happily married mates Sullivan and Phineas.  The latter in short, means that Bram is bored and lonely but because he is a man and therefore unable to access his emotions, decides therefore to bed his way through England, as well as take a turn as some sort of Robin Hood-esque character in a twisted bid to gain his father’s love and attention. God. He totally sounds like the kind of guys I used to date.

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“The Charm School” by Susan Wiggs

If you think this book features an actual school you’d be wrong

Cos it’s about an ugly duckling who yearned to belong

“Isador” is the heroine’s name

And this is a story about how she played the love game

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“Between the Devil and Desire” by Lorraine Heath

I am beyond pleased that I finally remembered (i.e. I caved and asked Lola) the author of a historical series featuring a band of street kids living on the streets of London, each eventually turning into ridiculously good looking adults. Lorraine Heath’s book “Between the Devil and Desire” provided me with an afternoon of clean, good old-fashioned no fuss Romance reading; until I got towards the end and then my head spun out of control.

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“Comanche Moon” by Catherine Anderson
10 Wisdoms From The Great Spirits Of The Place Where The Sun Rises

1. She of Yellow Hair and Blue Eyes will fulfill the prophecy – Loretta is white golden woman. Hunter is half-white, all man. Like the great cougar, Hunter sweeps across the Land to find The Golden Woman, to fulfill the prophecy of The People. Like the strong buffalo, Hunter captures The Golden Woman onto his horse. Like the blind mole, Hunter wants to burrow into Golden Woman’s warm nest. Listen good Hunter: maybe Loretta not be the one in the Prophecy. Likely in the next town there also be Golden Woman. Maybe you try look harder Kemosabe.
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“My Wicked Marquess” by Gaelen Foley
So the good reviewers on Amazon have been pretty harsh on Gaelen Foley’s latest book “My Wicked Marquess” and the first in her latest series “The Inferno Club.” Wouldn’t it be funny if for once, romance novel heroes weren’t members of some ultra cool, flash-sounding club but instead belonged to “We *heart* fu manchus” or “Syphilis Survivors and Proud Of It”? Unfortunately for me, I only read the reviews after I’d bought the book. So with trepidation in my heart and a lag in my step, I read GF’s book and maybe it’s because I had low expectations but I didn’t think it was that bad. Yeah it wasn’t as good as “The Duke” but it was definitely better than the Spice Trilogy.
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“The Warrior’s Damsel” by Denise Hampton

< PING! >

< MimiSKULLSRUS> : Hola! How was your Saturday?

< SheridanSC > : Hola! It was fabulous. Nothing like having Juan and Sven over for a thoroughly therapeutic marathon uhm..yoga session. Though dude, I swear I had the strongest sense of deja vu ever after spending most of it reading “The Warrior’s Damsel” by Denise Hampton.

< MimiSKULLSRUS>: So that’s where they went! Sheridan you greedy rule breaking whore!! You know taking both Juan and Sven off the RMB floor requires the written consent of both Lola and I! Btw re: deja vu  - you know what this means

< SheridanSC >: ??

< MimiSKULLSRUS> : The matrix is real!

< SheridanSC >: …….

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“Not Quite A Husband” by Sherry Thomas
Methinks Sherry Thomas likes
Heroes and heroines who always fight
Her latest book (like Books One and Two)
Features a couple who
Lived together as man and wife
But broke up because of marital strife
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