Swans Book Review

This was very sweet and emotional story about two lost souls, no wait.....make that four lost souls who came together and found happiness. Chole is afraid of big men with strong personalities, Ben is a big man with a huge personality. Then how did Chole fall in love with Ben? Especially with a nickname like "The Beast". This question would be answered as you read the book and I adore that the love story progressed at a steady pace. This gave room for playful banter, heartache and wonderful discoveries. Chole was dealt a bad hand at life, and it's very admirable of her to pick not only herself up, but also women who have suffered like her, and found a way for them to find  a new place in the world themselves again. Too bad in doing this, Chole was going bankrupt with her business and would have to shut down her business.  The last thing she needs is the sexy new owner of her building butting into her life. Ben is not without his own demons.  Branded a...

I was so happy to go back to Covent Garden Cubs Series to read about Brook and his lady love, which awesomely, is a Second Chance Love Novel. YEAH! Sir Brook Derring is England's best investigator.  Everyone seeks him out to solve their problems.  Brook is proud of his job and enjoys doing it too.  But when the Duke of Lennox asks Brook to find his daughter, Lady Lillian-Anne, Brook was shocked by the drive he feels to finish this job. It was a shock since one, he despises the Dike of Lennox and two, his daughter was the woman who rejected his offer of marriage in the harshest of ways.  Now Brook wants nothing more than to find Lady Lillian-Anne, return her to her father and wash his hands of the family once and for all. Lady Lillian-Anne Lennox has lived the life of the privileged. She never wanted for anything plus she is extremely beautiful, which made her very sought after on the marriage mart. But years of playing the same games with the same peo...

My American Duchess was so raw to read.  There were barely any sugar coatings and it got right down to the meat of the story.  I love this about Eloisa James, she gives you the barely talked about version of romance. The Duke of Trent wants to marry a respectable English woman that will live up to his standards of how a Duchess is supposed to act. He meets the perfect candidate for a wife at a party he very much did not want to attend.  She was a vision of beauty, standing my herself on the balcony.   He had the most interesting conversation he ever had with a woman and he knew then that he would have her, even if she had the misfortune of being an American. But faith seems to have forsaken him since the lady is already betrothed to none other than his twin brother.  Merry Pelford has already broken two engagements and it would be scandalous for her to break the third one. She chose her fiance for he seemed like a lovable man who would respect...

This story was barely believable but enjoyable to read.  I was confused most of the time but I also laughed a lot.  So by that estimate, the book was good to read. Ashton Blakely has got to be the most honest man in fiction history.  His approach to marriage was expressed down to the bottom line. The bottom line being, buying a wife. His aunt took it upon herself to choose a suitable bride for Ashton, but Ashton was not having it.  If he had to take a wife, he was taking her on his terms and his terms only. He even made a list for his aunt to follow in selecting the appropriate girls for him to choose from. Not only that, he also drew up a contract for his wife to sign, stating that after she conceived, she was to live in London and he would stay at his hunting lodge. Well, that was the plan until he met Caroline Hawkins. Caroline Hawkins wants the best for her sister, especially since her family is about to be bankrupt in the near future...

This book is all about taking that leap of faith. Gabby Winters and Ethan Hunter met under the most unusual condition.  Just moments after they first saw each other, Gabby was attacked by what seems like zillions of yellowjackets and fell into a stream.  Ethan saves her and then they start dating. Weird, but that's what happened, more or less.  Okay, the real story is that Ethan's grandmother, the woman who raised him and the only family he has is dying. She wants Ethan to be settled before she goes, and Ethan translates that as him starting his business up and dating Gabby. It pleased his grandmother to no end seeing Ethan in a relationship with Gabby.  But what she does not know was that Ethan asked Gabby to "pretend" to be his girlfriend until his grandmother passes on.  This book had me in a good mood.  Ethan was a fun person and had me smiling throughout the book.  He made everything into a joke but knew when to be serious whe...