Moonlight Raider by Amanda Scott - Review @ForeverRomance

*Sheri Here: I'm completely in love with this cover. Beautiful dress, that I would love to own.* 

A MAN OF HIS WORD

Border lord Walter Scott of Rankilburn, grief-stricken after burying his father, goes to the forest seeking solace. Instead he finds a half-naked young lady fleeing pursuit. Wat offers his protection, but honor demands that he return the golden-eyed beauty to her rightful husband-even though the last thing he wants is to see her in another man's arms.

A RUNAWAY BRIDE

Molly Cockburn has fled her home, family, and the brutal scoundrel she was forced to wed. Her pursuers are closing in when the powerful new Lord of Rankilburn bravely intervenes, then promises to help prove her marriage unlawful. Though fiercely loyal to her family, Molly fears they might harm the man she is coming to love, and now she must decide whether to remain faithful to her blood . . . or to her heart.

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Molly Cockburn has lived a life of fear amongst her family, so when her family is determined to marry her off to a brute just like her father, she runs. She runs right into Walter Scott who despite what they rules say he needs to do, chooses to shelter her.

Molly and Walter falling in love is sweet, and Molly wins over Walter’s whole clan, but he’s a King’s men so he has to obey the rules of the land and send her back to her father.

I died a bit inside during certain scenes because Molly and Walter were definitely tested in their relationship and love. Ms. Scott brings them together in a way that shows that love can bloom anywhere.

I will be reading more by Ms. Scott in the future, she’s won me over and rekindled my love of historical romance. 

I received a copy for the purpose of review. I was not compensated for my review. 

Absolute Surrender by Jenn LeBlanc - Review

Happiness was always too much for Lady Amelia to hope for.

Now all she expects is to secure her future and marry Charles, Duke of Castleberry, as arranged. But Amelia has a dangerous secret that could not only destroy her in Charles's eyes and the eyes of society, but could also very well condemn her to Bedlam.

Baron Endsleigh, Amelia’s oldest friend, has other ideas. Ender has loved Amelia all his life. He knows her secrets, and they don’t frighten him. He plans to come between Amelia and Charles in any way he can to prevent the marriage and finally claim Amelia for his own. Though her father forbade the match years ago, Ender is determined to have her as his wife and nothing can stop him. Not even a duke as powerful as Castleberry.

That duke has hated Baron Endsleigh and wanted Amelia for, what seems to him, forever. Charles will stop at nothing to make her his, and his alone, even if that means destroying the one thing he knows she loves most in this world—Endsleigh.

Will Amelia be able to choose when one man speaks to her head and the other her heart?

None of them will find happiness until they all three learn to embrace absolute surrender

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I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book since I read the first book, The Rake and the Recluse, and I fell in love with both Ms. LeBlanc’s writing skills and her beautiful illustrations. I absolutely adore the illustrated romance, because it’s clear that a lot of care, talent and artistry goes into both the pictures and the story.

This is a great book, it made me smile, sigh, and even turned me on at times. So I can definitely say that I was fully engaged with the book, even to the state of being a bit ornery when I was interrupted as I read.

Amelia, Hugh and Charles are all beautifully three dimensional, and are easily characters I can love. I really enjoyed the dynamic between them, it’s like together they form a perfect trio. I really felt like these two men together completed and grounded Amelia like no others could.

I highly recommend this story for the beautiful and tastefully done pictures that enhance a well written and wonderfully executed love story, which has its own flair and uniqueness.

I received a copy from the author in exchange for my honest review. I was not compensated for my review. 

Montana Bride by Joan Johnston - Mini Review

When Karl Norwood’s mail-order bride meets an untimely demise on the way to the Montana Territory, Hetty Wentworth steps in to take her place. Hetty has no idea how she’s going to pretend to be all the things she isn’t—including the mother of two kids. She only knows her deception is necessary if she’s going to save two orphans from the awful fate she suffered as a child.

Karl smells a rat when a much younger woman than he was expecting arrives with two children who look nothing like her. But his mail-order bride is so beautiful, he doesn’t object—until he realizes that his charming new wife has been lying . . . about everything. Can a woman forced to keep secrets and a man hindered by distrust ever hope to find happily ever after in each other’s arms?

I really enjoyed Hetty and Karl’s story. Hetty starts out a little self centered but she grows up. Karl is plain looking which makes him a unique hero. I loved that he was always so good with his mail order bride and was very considerate about her and the children. The kids help make the story more awesome.

Entertaining and highly recommended.

I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. I was not compensated for my review. 

The Sinners Club by Kate Pearce - Review

Total Pleasure

Unsure of his reception, Jack Lennox adopts the guise of his own secretary upon returning to his ancestral home to claim his father's earldom. When he arrives, he's stunned to discover the previous earl's lovely young widow, a woman of beguiling curves and sensual smiles, warming the bed...

Absolute Surrender

Mary Lennox is determined to remain in Pinchbeck Hall and a mere secretary isn't going to tell her otherwise. But Jack Smith is a man of many talents and soon she's succumbing to his erotic games of pleasure. Only Mary may have underestimated the intensity of her wanton longings and the depths of Jack's dark desires...

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There aren’t many options for fantastic erotic historical romance, but The Sinners Club is an excellent example that this is a delicious genre that I would love to read more of.

Ms. Pearce does a great job of being historical accurate while blending in some beautifully kinky scenes. I really loved Jack Lennox, because he is the perfect example of what a hero should be. He’s willing to love and put those he loves first even when it takes away things he wanted. He isn’t mean, or too arrogant to change his ways and opinions.

Mary is a strong heroine and is willing to do anything she needs to protect herself and the ones she loves. It was refreshing to meet a heroine who owns up to her sexual appetites.

This isn’t a cut and dry hero/heroine romance, they’re a perfect example that relationships and sexual appetites can be very fluid things. It really works for this story.

I really look forward to more in this series. I have read her other series and had met Jack Lennox before but I don’t think it’s a requirement to read and enjoy this book. I’ve told at least three friends to read this book immediately, so I definitely highly recommend it.

I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I was not compensated for my review.