Daily Archives: April 30, 2015

Hot and Steamy

Of course, everyone needs a little heat tossed in here and there with the history lessons.

  1. Step: Unstoppable – Ruby Nicks – Stepdad has a thing for his wife’s daughter.
  2. Stroked: A Wife Sharing Story – Victoria Eastlake – When the Judge has a debilitating stroke, he enlists the help of a brawny Alaskan neighbor to help please his younger wife.
  3. My Stepbrother, the Billionaire, and the Bargain, Part 1 – Stephanie Brother – Blake and Jenna meet by chance only to discover they are to become step-siblings.  For years, they tolerate each other, until he needs her to save his fortune.
  4. Saved by my Stepbrother – Candi Lace – Milly naively attends a graduation party only to get ambushed by the mean popular kids. Her stepbrother Jamie comes to her rescue and shows her how much she is loved.
  5. Wet for my STEP – Charlotte Union – Sara is spending the summer as the personal assistant for her billionaire step-brothers, only they want it to be about more than just business.
  6. Stepbrother Frat – Stephanie Brother – Karla is starting to regret going Greek, especially when stepbrother Derek wants to be more than just siblings.
  7. Peeking – Jamie Klaire – After leaving the blinds open in the bathroom, an invitation is left to watch a peepshow of her own.
  8. Best Friend’s Little Brat – Kirt Kinkly – Middle-aged King gets seduced by his best friend’s young daughter.  This needs some serious time with an editor.
  9. Desolation: Motorcycle Club – C.C. Davenport – Natalie meets Eli when he comes to her rescue at the all-night diner where she waitresses.
  10. Taken for the Ride – Cerise Lush – While on a bus trip to care for her ailing mother, Jordan is reacquainted with her father’s former best friend in a way she never would have imagined.
  11. Ridden Hard and Put Up Wet – Jamie Klaire – part of the Swingin’ D Ranch series. Rose’s friend Callie is coming off a breakup and as a birthday present, Rose gives her a free week at the ranch. With the help of Chance and Ace, she’s able to forget all about the past and revel in a week of bliss.
  12. Carnal Lust – Kelly Love – Stacy sleeps around after the abusive relationship she previously had. Then her boss Marcy comes into the picture and Stacy realizes it might be time to try again.
  13. Belonging to the Bear – Lisa James – Running from an obsessive ex, Amanda takes a ranching job in Oregon where she meets Nick who does his best to hide his true self from her.
  14. Werehipsters – Stikki Minaj – A surreal shifter short.  Dalia is taken as Zane and Leo’s mate, but their species is baffling.
  15. Shared on my Husband’s Birthday – Jamie Klaire – Newlyweds explore their kink in public and in the setting of a swingers club.
  16. Seduced – Jamie Klaire – Rose has an unexpected encounter with a Marine while at the masquerade ball.
  17. Claimed by the Cowboys 2 – Jamie Klaire – Swingin’ D Ranch series. This is Rose’s first Saturday with the twins, experiencing the third part of their money making enterprise.

April Reads

This month I’m focusing on some of the historical romances I’d bought over the years and still haven’t read. In many cases I have more than one book from a series to finish up.

The Montbryce Legacy – Anna Markland – The series starts during the rise of William the Conqueror and follows the Montbryce family through the next 30 years or so.  The author maintains the historical accuracy with events, even though her characters are fictional.

  1. Passion Conquered – Rambaud is William’s right hand man and is reluctantly betrothed to Mabelle.  Only after he meets her, his reluctance fades as they face nearly insurmountable obstacles living near the English-Welsh border.
  2. A Man of Value – Caedmon was a Saxon born in Scotland to his widowed mother.  He meets Agneta while recovering from serious wounds and later takes her as his bride. When he realizes everything he believed about his past was a lie, Caedmon joins the First Crusade and finally comes to grip with who he really is.
  3. If Loves Dares Enough – Rambaud’s brother Hugh brings a heap of trouble on the family when he rescues Saxon Devona Melton from her abusive Norman husband.  Antoine faces similar issues when he harbors Sybilla after her husband is killed during battle with King William.
  4. Passion in the Blood – Robert, Rambaud’s heir to the Montbryce title, suffers the wrath of his family’s biggest enemy when he marries Dorianne de Giroux.

Lassoed in Texas – Mary Connealy – Post-Civil War era, Texas.  Book 1 previously already read.

  • Calico Canyon – Grace, running from her wicked adoptive father Parrish, takes a teaching job in Mosqueros.  She loses her job over the behavior of the unruly Reeves boys and gets snowed into their canyon when Parrish tracks her down.
  • Gingham Mountain – Hannah, trying to find Grace, ends up teaching in Sour Springs and butts heads with fellow orphan Grant over his practice of adopting multiple orphans himself.

The Brocade Collection – Jackie Ivie – A collection of stand alone historical novels which take place during a variety of time periods.

  • Morganna – early 14th century Scotland (Robert the Bruce era). Morganna watched as her clan was decimated by the FitzHugh clan and vowed vengeance, assuming the identity of a lad (Morgan) who pillaged the dead on the battlefield. She is unwillingly pressed into servitude by Zander FitzHugh as a squire giving her the opportunity of a lifetime to avenge her family’s peril.
  • Linna – early 19th century Louisiana territory.  Linna’s family falls to ruin when her father kills her mother for adultery.  In her quest for freedom from her father, she falls into further ruination when she beds Cord and becomes pregnant. Cord only did it in exchange for gold as he seeks to claim the family title that was stolen from him. Little did they know how twisted up their lives really were.
  • Elise – Victorian Era, England/Scotland. Elise attempts to confront Colin, Laird MacGowan, about their illegitimate nephew, but when two headstrong people clash, the only thing that comes to mind is “we all know what happens when we assume…”