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STAY THE NIGHT by Chilufiya Safaa

This book was SAPPY, it was way to sappy for me; and by sappy I mean it was so lovely dovey it was bordering in to good to be true. Adana Terrell is a successful woman who had her pride bruised by a past relationship and now has a mindset that she is not cut out for relationships or marriage. A planned vacation to visit her happily married sisters showed her that she could still feel completely for one man, but is passion enough to keep them together? Kamau Mazrui is ruggedly handsome and come from a successful family that loves him.  Kamau is still in mourning over his wife and promised himself no more headstrong or independent woman, thinking that that was his wife's downfall. Now these two people, both thinking that they are not right for each other,  shared one great night of passion and with the morning light came the reality of what they have done. Would these two stubborn people overcome their own demons that keeps them apart of would they realize that they...

MY LADY CAPTOR by Hannah Howell

Men are so foolish, always running off to war or starting a war for things that can easily be resolves by negotiations and not being greedy for what is not there’s.  They have no consideration for the family, friends and responsibilities they leave behind just so they can go off and get themselves killed in the war. This is my view as well as what Lady Sorcha Hay taught when she followed her foolish brother as well as her laird to the borderline to bring him back home.  Instead she found out that her brother was taken for ransom and her people have no means of affording that since they barely have a penny to their name.  In other to save her brother she kidnaps a wounded solider on the battle ground to demand a ransom to save her brother. Sir Ruari Kerr was most grateful that he was rescued from impending doom even if it was from a women and gratitude soon turned in to outrage when he found out the their treachery.  He vowed to get back at them as soon as...