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Book Review: The Prince Of Solana by Susan Sheehey

Caitlyn Lynch

Mar 14, 2017
2 min

Book Review: The Prince Of Solana by Susan Sheehey

This is the first in a three-book series called The Royals of Solana; the second book, Jewel Of Solana, is released on March 17. Solana is a fictional island kingdom in the South Pacific, which makes it an interesting departure from most fictional romance book royal kingdoms; they are usually European in scope. Solana's history is explained during the story, though not in an info-dump sort of way, just a few light remarks which nevertheless give the kingdom a reasonably logic

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Book Review: A Wallflower's Christmas Kiss by Dawn Brower

Caitlyn Lynch

Mar 9, 2017
2 min

Book Review: A Wallflower's Christmas Kiss by Dawn Brower

A charming Regency romance novella with an extremely likable heroine, Dawn Brower draws us deep into her characters’ world from the very first scene of A Wallflower's Christmas Kiss. Gideon and Juliette are an adorable couple even as children; their separation is clearly devastating, though more so for Juliette, when she is left behind as Gideon is sent off to Eton. Fast forward fifteen years and a grown-up Juliette turns up on Gideon’s doorstep asking him to honour the promi

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Book Review: The Millionaire's Royal Rescue by Jennifer Faye

Caitlyn Lynch

Mar 7, 2017
2 min

Book Review: The Millionaire's Royal Rescue by Jennifer Faye

This is what I would call a typical 'sweet and fluffy' Harlequin romance. I struggled to get into it a little bit. At times, the descriptions were amazing; beautifully detailed, lavish descriptions of scenery; and at others things were just skimmed over. The example I'm going to give is when Grayson and Annabelle had to 'mix chemicals' to try and regenerate some faded ink for an old document. Some more detail here would have been really interesting; maybe a little scene where

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Book Review: One More Shot by TL Alexander

Caitlyn Lynch

Feb 25, 2017
1 min

Book Review: One More Shot by TL Alexander

This was a fun, light, sexy read. The only problem I had with it was that it was written in first person and the present tense, both of which are not my preferred styles of writing or reading. Mainly because I'm nosy and I like to know what other characters than the point-of-view protagonist are actually thinking, I guess! Personal style preferences aside, this was a really enjoyable read. I liked Dannie, the heroine, and felt terribly sorry for her at the beginning of the bo

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Book Review: Lizzie's Earl by Fiona Miers

Caitlyn Lynch

Feb 23, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Lizzie's Earl by Fiona Miers

Lizzie is rather desperately lonely. The only thing she's ever really wanted from life is to have a family and children of her own, and when she lost her husband after a scant year of marriage, she promptly turns her sights to getting a new one. Unfortunately, the man who sets his eyes on her is most definitely not marriage material. Rupert is a wealthy, handsome rake with the firm opinion that widows make excellent mistresses and no desire to marry - ever. Lizzie's charm and

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Book Review: Proving Ground by Stanalei Fletcher

Caitlyn Lynch

Feb 15, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Proving Ground by Stanalei Fletcher

Proving Ground is a fast-paced thrill ride from start to finish! In Caitlin Malone, Stanalei Fletcher has created a heroine we can all root for; a young woman determined to step out of the shadow of her illustrious father and forge her own path as an expert operative for elite private security firm Northstar Security. The only problem is... well, there are any number of problems, really, but most of them stem from Caitlin's own near-crippling self-doubts. Is she strong enough

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Book Review: Grays Hill by Barbara Cerny

Caitlyn Lynch

Feb 9, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Grays Hill by Barbara Cerny

Barbara Cerny has created an absolutely amazing character in Lady Oksana “OJ” Wallingford. She’s unusually tall, she’s fat and she’s not beautiful. She’s also been left in dire circumstances by a wastrel father who left her penniless and forced to seek employment after his death. Luckily, Lady OJ is fortunate in her friends, or most specifically in her best friend since childhood, Geoff Tarkington, younger brother of Rafe, Duke of Essex. Knowing how desperately his brother ne

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Book Review: Enchanted By The Earl by Amanda Mariel

Caitlyn Lynch

Feb 7, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Enchanted By The Earl by Amanda Mariel

Amanda Mariel has created an extremely likeable pair of protagonists in Hunter and Rose, an honourable Earl and a young seamstress being blackmailed into marriage by a man she despises. Hunter's wrestling with himself, trying to deny his growing attraction to and fondness for Rose, was particularly well-written and believable. He's definitely the kind of hero I'd love to see more of in Regency romances; I'm not fond of the Reformed Rake trope and Hunter was about as far from

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Book Review: Emily's Wish by Cheryl Phipps

Caitlyn Lynch

Feb 2, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Emily's Wish by Cheryl Phipps

It's always nice to find a book written by an Australian or New Zealand author, and even more so when the story is actually set here. Cheryl Phipps' Prosser's Bay series is set in a small seaside New Zealand town where everyone knows everybody else's business. Prosser's Bay is a nightmare for someone like Emily, a very private person who doesn't interact with or like other people very much. I have to admit I struggled to empathize with Emily and I didn't quite 'buy into' the

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Caitlyn Lynch

Jan 29, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Pot Love by Sylvia Ashby

This is a charming romantic comedy in the vein of Bridget Jones Diary or Asking For Trouble, two of my all-time favourite chick-lits. The book is written in the first person from the perspective of Ashley, an aspiring TV presenter with a fatal flaw of terminal clumsiness. The story hinges on her complete inability to cook, but her determination to get a job as a TV chef anyway is endearing, and her willingness to work her butt off to get what she wants is admirable. Without g

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Book Review: Unstable by Charity Parkerson

Caitlyn Lynch

Jan 26, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Unstable by Charity Parkerson

Unstable is the first M/M romance I've had the opportunity to review for this blog, and I wanted to enjoy it more than I did. The problem is that this is the kind of book that isn't easy to read for me; my personal tastes run towards 'sweet' romance with a side of hot and steamy action. While the hot and steamy action is certainly present, there is nothing sweet about these two men. They both have terrible pasts - if you have triggers concerning child abuse or sexual abuse th

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Book Review: Silver Bells by Jacquie Biggar

Caitlyn Lynch

Jan 23, 2017
1 min

Book Review: Silver Bells by Jacquie Biggar

A charming novella, this story focuses on Christy and her daughter Jill, a little girl living with the life-threatening Type 1 diabetes. Despite the title I didn't feel that this was a 'Christmas' book specifically... it would have been so easy to have Joel discover that Christy and Jill had no money to celebrate Christmas and have him play Santa for them. A charmingly written 'sweet' romance, I have to say that the story felt a little thin on character development. The chara

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Book Review: Claimed By The Mate, Vol. 3, by Kate Douglas and A.C. Arthur

Caitlyn Lynch

Jan 21, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Claimed By The Mate, Vol. 3, by Kate Douglas and A.C. Arthur

There are two books in this bundle, and there's also a major problem; neither of them is a menage romance. Why is that a problem? Take another look at that cover. I'll wait. Oh. There's another problem: the blurb for Dangerous Passions is for a threesome story. It's not a threesome at all. It's two completely separate romances, both one man and one woman, happening concurrently. So if you're coming into this expecting a menage story, sorry. You're out of luck because someone

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Book Review: Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Complete Marvel Cosmos (with notes by the Guardians

Caitlyn Lynch

Jan 20, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Complete Marvel Cosmos (with notes by the Guardians

First of all, a disclaimer for anyone reading this who doesn't know; I am a HUGE Marvel fangirl. I honed my writing skills writing Marvel fanfiction, I own every Marvel movie on Blu-Ray and I'm even a big Marvel's Agents of SHIELD fan. So I'm already pretty knowledgeable about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The problem with this guide is that it can't seem to make up its mind which Marvel 'verse it's part of. Is it the Cinematic Universe? The commentary by the Guardians chara

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Caitlyn Lynch

Jan 12, 2017
2 min

Book Review: Innocent by Mary Martinez

I very much enjoyed this book. Mary Martinez is obviously an author who does her research; the way the legal case against Jessica was covered in particular was very well done and detailed, completely believable that it could go down that way. There was more focus on the 'suspense' than the romance in this book, and perhaps that was a little to the detriment of the story. There is one (very brief) sex scene, and while there didn't need to be more for the plot, I felt that the

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Book Review: Hotel Hookup: Austin by Annabelle Snow

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 30, 2016
2 min

Book Review: Hotel Hookup: Austin by Annabelle Snow

Hotel Hookup: Austin is the first in a series of novellas featuring hotel hookups in different cities, by different couples. The common thread is Whitney, a bride-to-be, and her upcoming wedding. Amaree is a friend of Whitney's, soon to be her bridesmaid. Arriving for the engagement party, she discovers that she's been partnered with groomsman Evan, her old flame from high school. I liked Evan a lot, actually. We got to see him having uncertainty after inviting Amaree to his

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Book Review; The Sheriff's Mail-Order Bride by Ann B. Harrison

Caitlyn Lynch

Dec 29, 2016
2 min

Book Review; The Sheriff's Mail-Order Bride by Ann B. Harrison

I'm going to start off by saying that this is a charming story and that I really liked Gina, the female protagonist. I actually thought it was a period romance from the title - mail-order brides being rather less common in contemporary stories - but the author really made it work, giving us a completely believable reason for both Rory to advertise for a wife and for Gina to answer the advertisement. Fisher, Gina's little boy, was completely adorable. The language in the book

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