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Book Review: Unbridled Murder by Leigh Hearon

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 27, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Unbridled Murder by Leigh Hearon

Unbridled Murder is the third in Leigh Hearon’s Carson Stables cozy murder mystery series. Now, I love horses and I love thrillers, so this kind of cozy mystery should be right up my alley - more than the endless cat and dog-themed ones which seem to be the majority of cozies. The problem is, I think, that I’ve come at this one without reading the earlier books in the series, which would probably have established the personality of Annie, the protagonist, rather better. As it

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Book Review: Midwife In Behruz by Judy Meadows

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 14, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Midwife In Behruz by Judy Meadows

Midwife in Behruz is the fictional story of Layla, a midwife whose distant relationship to the Sheikh of Behruz, a fictional country on the eastern side of the Gulf of Arabia, sees her visiting Behruz for a month to attend her relative's wedding. Once in the country of her birth, though, she meets a charismatic doctor and discovers that perhaps her true calling lies in helping the women of this conservative country. Judy Meadows has lived and travelled extensively in the Mid

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Book Review: The Heiress's Deception by Christi Caldwell

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 13, 2017
2 min

Book Review: The Heiress's Deception by Christi Caldwell

The Heiress’s Deception by Christi Caldwell is the fourth book in the Sinful Brides series, centred on the loves of a ‘family’ of former street urchins, who grew up to become proprietors of the Hell and Sin Club, a notorious gambling den located in the mean streets of St. Giles. If you haven’t read the previous books in this series, you may find yourself a little confused, as I was, about how five street orphans managed to bridge the impossible gap between near-starvation and

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Book Review: To The Duke, With Love by Amelia Grey

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 7, 2017
2 min

Book Review: To The Duke, With Love by Amelia Grey

To The Duke, With Love is the second in The Rakes of St. James series, about the loves of three dukes infamous for a prank they played a few years prior to the events of these books, inspired by a volume named A Proper Gentleman's Guide To Wooing The Perfect Lady. Quotes from this volume are scattered through the book and are frankly hilarious. Any gentleman who took the book's advice entirely to heart would be dull as mud and definitely overlooked by any lady with any spirit

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Book Review: The Duke Knows Best by Jane Ashford

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 6, 2017
2 min

Book Review: The Duke Knows Best by Jane Ashford

The Duke Knows Best is the second book I've read in The Duke's Sons series (Nothing Like A Duke was the first). It's actually the sixth book in the series, which doesn't matter all that much as long as you don't mind not knowing the full background of the whole cast of characters. Verity Sinclair dreams of adventure. A season in London is her one opportunity to find a husband who will not only share but indulge those dreams. A clergyman with a country parish definitely does n

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Book Review: Sunshine At The Academy by MF Blake

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 4, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Sunshine At The Academy by MF Blake

I reviewed this scifi/fantasy YA novel for OnlineBookClub. You can read my full review at their site here. #4starreview #YA #sciencefiction #fantasy

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Book Review: Serial K by Brian Gallagher

Caitlyn Lynch

Nov 29, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Serial K by Brian Gallagher

My mother is a big fan of the true crime genre, and I've always read everything I could get my hands on, so I've read plenty of books about serial killers both real and fictional. Serial K by Brian Gallagher is an intriguing addition to the genre; a fictional tale of a serial killer whose 'signature' is copycat killings based on the work of other infamous serial killers. The story is told from the alternating viewpoints of the killer himself and the two principal FBI agents t

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Book Review: A Marchioness Below Stairs by Alissa Baxter

Caitlyn Lynch

Nov 24, 2017
2 min

Book Review: A Marchioness Below Stairs by Alissa Baxter

Isabel is the marchioness of the title, a young, beautiful, wealthy widow who survived an elderly husband and is now free to make her own decisions in life. Marriage is the last thing she wants, as by law her freedom would then be given over to her husband. However, everyone else in the book seems to think she can’t do without a husband, including her own mother, and they all seem quite determined to see her settled with Marcus Bateman, her uncle’s business partner and a very

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Book Review: The Earl Who Loved Her by Sophie Barnes

Caitlyn Lynch

Nov 15, 2017
1 min

Book Review: The Earl Who Loved Her by Sophie Barnes

This is a charming Regency novella. Eve, the youngest of three well-born but impoverished sisters, is the only one of them with a chance to still have a Season and make a good match. On her way to visit with a well-connected friend, she mis-identifies her destination and arrives on the wings of a gathering snowstorm at the home of the Earl of Ravenworth and is trapped there by ice on the roads. Ravenworth is a delightful hero; cruelly isolated from the world because of somebo

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Book Review: The Seventh Seed by Allison Maruska

Caitlyn Lynch

Nov 3, 2017
2 min

Book Review: The Seventh Seed by Allison Maruska

Set a few years into the future, The Seventh Seed by Allison Maruska follows the struggles of Javier, a young scientific prodigy trying to find the cause of a virus causing the die-off of bee colonies. When he discovers that the virus has spread to mosquitos and is now fatally infecting humans, his attempts to blow the whistle on LifeFarm, a mega-corporation controlling virtually all food grown in the United States, he becomes a target for the corporation’s wrath. After barel

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Book Review: Snowbound With An Heiress by Jennifer Faye

Caitlyn Lynch

Oct 27, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Snowbound With An Heiress by Jennifer Faye

The title of this book is a little bit misleading, but possibly Snowbound With A Star was already taken. Serena Winston is a major movie star taking time out at a secret hideaway in the Austrian Alps to deal with the aftermath of a bad break-up. It's just her bad luck that the stranger she rescues after a car crash happens to be Jackson Bennett, host of a major morning television show. Jackson doesn't recognize Serena out of her movie makeup and costumes, but he knows the sh

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Book Review: The Regency Brides Collection

Caitlyn Lynch

Oct 21, 2017
4 min

Book Review: The Regency Brides Collection

I didn’t realize, when I picked this up for review, that it was published by an evangelical Christian publisher (Barbour Books). Their mission statement is ‘to publish and distribute inspirational products offering exceptional value and biblical encouragement to the masses’. Now, there is a huge market out there for Christian romance. That audience… generally does not include me. While I was raised a Protestant, and I do still believe in God, organized religion isn’t somethin

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Book Review: Embrace The Romance: Pets In Space 2

Caitlyn Lynch

Oct 10, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Embrace The Romance: Pets In Space 2

Pets In Space 2 is a box set of stories from best-selling authors. Science fiction romances with the little added twist of pets being involved, there is a ton of variety in the bunch. None of the first three stories particularly grabbed my attention, but then the set picked up with three great ones in a row. There's bound to be something in here to please everybody, from a rock star's reluctant bodyguard and his telepathically bonded eagle to an Earth kitten's fortuitously im

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Book Review: Sarah And The Secret Sheikh by Michelle Douglas

Caitlyn Lynch

Oct 9, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Sarah And The Secret Sheikh by Michelle Douglas

Sarah and the Secret Sheikh is a romance that hits a fair few of the tropes - sheikh romance, secret baby romance, etc. It also does a fabulous job of turning some of those tropes upside down. Sarah is your everyday Australian girl, but a one-night-stand with Majed, the enigmatic and sexy man looking after her friend's bar for a while, leaves her pregnant and unsure of what to do next. Admitting the truth to Majed brings a whole new set of issues into play when he confesses

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Book Review: On The Chase by Katie Ruggle

Caitlyn Lynch

Sep 5, 2017
1 min

Book Review: On The Chase by Katie Ruggle

On The Chase is a book in the Rocky Mountain K9 Unit series, and the very existence of a unit containing three police dogs and their handlers in a town small enough to have only one diner honestly had me questioning the whole premise from the get-go. As did the idea of a girl who'd moved to California because she loves the warmth and sunshine happily settling down in a back-of-beyond Colorado snow town. If you can get past those unlikely issues, though, there's a lot to enjoy

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Book Review: Adeline by Christina McKnight

Caitlyn Lynch

Aug 30, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Adeline by Christina McKnight

Third in the Lady Archer's Creed series, Adeline can absolutely be read as a stand-alone, though I do recommend reading the others in the series (Theodora and Georgina) first. Returning to London after an errand to deliver her younger sisters to the school she herself attended, Adeline is caught in a storm and when her carriage is damaged, forced to accept the offer of hospitality extended by a passing stranger. Jasper Benedict, the Earl of Ailesbury, seems a strange sort - h

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Book Review: Traitor In Her Arms by Shana Galen

Caitlyn Lynch

Aug 30, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Traitor In Her Arms by Shana Galen

Fair warning; if a Regency novel also includes stories about the legendary Scarlet Pimpernel, I'm probably going to squee over it. If it's also written by Shana Galen, one of the finest writers in the Regency genre today, it's pretty much a sure-fire winner. So when I saw Traitor In Her Arms available for review on NetGalley, I pounced to click and then crossed my fingers to be selected. I was not disappointed. This is a fabulous Regency romp with plenty of drama and deeper t

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Book Review: The Cocaspore Project by William Claypool

Caitlyn Lynch

Aug 27, 2017
1 min

Book Review: The Cocaspore Project by William Claypool

I reviewed this fascinating bioscience thriller for Online Book Club. Due to their review policy, you'll have to go to their site to see my full review, but please do; this was a book with a really intriguing premise, and one which my Inner Science Nerd actually bought as totally plausible. See my full review here! And please do take a moment to leave a comment if you enjoyed my review! #thriller #biosciencethriller #4starreview

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Book Review: The Expansion by Christoph Martin

Caitlyn Lynch

Jul 31, 2017
1 min

Book Review: The Expansion by Christoph Martin

I reviewed The Expansion for Online Book Club. You can see the full review here. #4starreview #thriller

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Book Review: Broken Branches by M. Jonathan Lee

Caitlyn Lynch

Jul 31, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Broken Branches by M. Jonathan Lee

There has been a lot of buzz about Broken Branches, the first offering from new publisher Hideaway Fall, and it’s a book worth talking about. A suspenseful psychological thriller, the book follows Ian Perkins, a young father who inherits Cobweb Cottage, his family’s historic home, after his brother’s untimely death. Tragedy has haunted the Perkins family for generations, and Ian is convinced that there is a family curse. He sets out to prove its existence, but will the proof

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