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Rainshadow Road
Lucy Marinn is a glass artist living in mystical, beautiful, Friday Harbor, Washington. She is stunned and blindsided by the most bitter kind of betrayal: her fiancé Kevin has left her. His new lover is Lucy’s own sister. Lucy's bitterness over being dumped is multiplied by the fact that she has constantly made the wrong choices in her romantic life. Facing the severe disapproval of Lucy's parents, Kevin asks his friend Sam Nolan, a local vineyard owner on San Juan Island, to "romance" Lucy and hopefully loosen her up and get her over her anger. Complications ensue when Sam and Lucy begin to fall in love, Kevin has second thoughts, and Lucy discovers that the new relationship in her life began under false pretenses. Questions about love, loyalty, old patterns, mistakes, and new beginnings are explored as Lucy learns that some things in life—even after being broken—can be made into something new and beautiful.
Reviewer: Aemelia
Review: Mar 16, 2012
Genre(s): Romance, Mainstream / General, Women's Fiction
Being blindsided by a breakup is bad enough, but to find out that your boyfriend left you for your sister is beyond brutal.
When Lucy Marrin finds herself suddenly homeless so that her sister can move in with her boyfriend, she is at first flummoxed, but then she gets angry. How typical of her sister to take what is Lucy's. This is not the first time Alice has taken something of hers.
Lucy's ex-boyfriend,
Because You're Mine
"I don't care about your conscience. All I want is for you to kiss me again." Lady Madeline Matthews would rather shame herself than sacrifice her freedom. To avoid marrying an aging, lecherous lord, she seeks out the company of Logan Scott, for a torrid affair with the notorious womanizer would surely condemn her in the eyes of good society. In truth, Logan is an intensely private man tormented by past betrayals. Now a forward little minx, completely at sea in London's sophisticated whirl, is disrupting his life with her vibrant charm and unspoiled beauty. But when what begins with a kiss threatens to blossom into something more rapturous and real, will Logan and Madeline have the courage to drop the masks they hide behind in the name of love?
Reviewer: Aemelia
Review: Dec 30, 2011
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Regency
Lady Madeline Matthews believes she has the perfect plan to escape the arraigned marriage her parents are planning. If she can get herself ruined everything would be fine; anything would be better than being married to Lord Clifton, even being shunned by society. When she sees a print of the devilishly handsome actor, Logan Scott, Madeline knows who she is going to engage her ruinous affair with, now if she
Stranger in My Arms
With those words, Lara's life turned upside down. Hunter, Earl of Hawksworth, had been lost at sea. Or so she'd been told. Their unhappy marriage--with its cold caresses and passionless kisses--was over. But now a powerful, virile man stood before her, telling secrets only a husband could know, and vowing she would once again be his wife in every way. While Lara couldn't deny that this man with smoldering dark eyes resembled Hunter, he was attentive and loving in ways he never was before. Soon she desperately wanted to believe, with every beat of her heart, that this stranger was truly her husband. But had this rake reformed--or was Lara being seduced by a cunning stranger?
Reviewer: TheBookQueen
Review: Jun 3, 2011
Genre(s): Historical Romance
Lisa Kleypas in one of the best romance authors out there-hands down. And while this may be a reprint of one of her earlier books, Kleypas proves this again with the release of Stranger in my Arms!
Imagine if you believed you husband to be dead...and suddenly he returned, healthy and ready to take back his duties-all of them. This is what happens to the heroine of this story, Lara. When Hunter "returns" fro
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas’s new series begins during the most magical time of year
ONE LITTLE GIRL NEEDS A FAMILY
One rain-slicked night, six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother Victoria. And since that night, she has never again spoken a word.
ONE SINGLE MAN NEEDS A WIFE
The last thing Mark Nolan needs is a six-year-old girl in his life. But he soon realizes that he will do everything he can to make her life whole again. His sister’s will gives him the instructions: There’s no other choice but you. Just start by loving her. The rest will follow.
SOMETIMES, IT TAKES A LITTLE MAGIC…
Maggie Collins doesn’t dare believe in love again, after losing her husband of one year. But she does believe in the magic of imagination. As the owner of a toy shop, she lives what she loves. And when she meets Holly Nolan, she sees a little girl in desperate need of a little magic.
…TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE
Three lonely people. Three lives at the crossroads. Three people who are about to discover that Christmas is the time of year when anything is possible, and when wishes have a way of finding the path home…
Reviewer: Danya
Review: Dec 14, 2010
Genre(s): Contemporary, Mainstream / General, Seasonal / Holiday
When six-year-old Holly lost her mother one night because of a car accident, she also lost her voice. Mark Nolan knows nothing about taking care of children, but his sister left his niece Holly to him. Now, this little silent girl has taught him the scariest lesson of all, loving her has opened his heart up to all kinds of possibilities. Maggie Collins is concentrating on running her toy shop, and just making
Love in the Afternoon
Captain Christopher Phelan has been corresponding with the beautiful golden-haired Prudence Mercer while he was away fighting in the Crimean War. What he doesn't know, however, is that the woman who wrote to him is actually Prudence's best friend, Beatrix Hathaway.
Upon his return home to Hampshire, it becomes clear that Christopher's experiences in war have changed him.
Reviewer: Aemelia
Review: Jun 23, 2010
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Romance
Beatrix Hathaway is the wildest of the Hathaway clan, she much prefers the company of her menage of animals than the people of society. It's been said that “She's more suited to the stables than the drawing room.” Though not really far from the truth, it was hurtful nonetheless. Captain Christopher Phelan, may have once uttered those words, but war has a way of changing people, but then again, may
Married by Morning
For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters--a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges' older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response--and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison.
Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine's respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to love again. The danger Cat tried to outrun is about to separate them forever--unless two wary lovers can find a way to banish the shadows and give in to their desires...
Reviewer: TheBookQueen
Review: Apr 25, 2010
Genre(s): Historical Romance, Romance, Victorian
Mention historical romance, and no doubt one of the first authors that will come to your mind is the talented Lisa Kleypas. Not only has Kleypas been writing these beautiful romances for years, but every novel has been loved and cherished by her growing fan base. Once again, Kleypas has produced a piece of art, as far as the romance genre goes-- Married by Morning will have you laughing, smiling, and wishing
Tempt Me at Twilight
TEMPT ME AT TWILIGHT
He was everything she’d sworn to avoid.
Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life. When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposal—only to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust.
And she was everything he needed…
Harry was willing to do anything to win Poppy—except to open his heart. All his life, he has held the world at arm’s length…but the sharp, beguiling Poppy demands to be his wife in every way that matters. Still, as desire grows between them, an enemy lurks in the shadows. Now if Harry wants to keep Poppy by his side, he must forge a true union of body and soul, once and for all...
Reviewer: Chris
Review: Jul 9, 2009
Genre(s): Historical Romance
If you’ve read the previous two installments, (and if you haven’t, why not!) you are well aware the Hathaway’s are not your conventional family. After living a life of watching pennies and making do, the Hathaway’s have come up in the world. But who they are, and what they mean to one another, hasn’t changed.
Poppy has seen her two sisters wed and gloriously ha
Reviewer: Aemelia
Review: Jul 21, 2008
Genre(s): Historical Romance
Kev Merripen was a quite, gruff, brute of a man that rarely showed any gentleness. The only person he'd ever came close to opening up to was Winifred Hathaway. Plagued by illness, Win fears there will never be a future for them together. When the opportunity presents itself for her to go abroad to a health clinic, she leaves, willing to do anything to improve her life.
Three years later Win returns
Reviewer: Aemelia
Review: Apr 25, 2008
SUGAR DADDY is the story or Liberty Jones, following her life from the time she and her mama move to the Bluebonnet Ranch mobile home park in Welcome, Texas, through her teenage years and into adulthood.
Liberty loves Hardy Cates but he is unwilling to give up his dream of getting out of Welcome and making something of himself. Soon after he leaves, tragedy strikes. With the odds stacked against her, Li
Mine Till Midnight
When an unexpected inheritance elevates her family to the ranks of the aristocracy, Amelia Hathaway discovers that tending to her younger sisters and wayward brother was easy compared to navigating the intricacies of the ton. Even more challenging: the attraction she feels for the tall, dark, and dangerously handsome Cam Rohan. Wealthy beyond most men's dreams, Cam has tired of society's petty restrictions and longs to return to his "uncivilized" Gypsy roots. When the delectable Amelia appeals to him for help, he intends to offer only friendship-but intentions are no match for the desire that blindsides them both. But can a man who spurns tradition be tempted into that most time-honored arrangement: marriage? Life in London society is about to get a whole lot hotter..
Reviewer: Jennj
Review: Sep 21, 2007
Genre(s): Historical Romance
If you like Regency's you are going to love Mine Till Midnight, though it is a Regency setting you get a little more of the exotic flavor mixed in as the object of the lady's affections is a Gypsy! Yes dark handsome, exotic, and drop dead sexy all rolled up into one.
Amelia Hathaway never dreamed she would fall in love again after having her heart broken by her fianc‚ she had resigned herself to life alon
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