I'm not sure I can legitimately rate this book- don't worry, I did- mostly because I wasn't even able to get halfway through it. Now while I have read better written fiction than this book, in all honesty, I have also read worse- much worse- and have liked those even more.Why, you ask?BECAUSE I W...
This is another book that I read while on my famous-guy-paired-with-an-ordinary-girl phase. Perhaps I expected a lot more from this, but all in all, I was rather disappointed by this book.The writing style itself falls a little flat for me. I sense that the author was trying to perhaps bring to...
I REALLY REALLY wish I could give this book more stars and a positive review. The concept of this book (American working gal falls in love with an English Duke without realizing he is a Duke and getting engaged and facing all the problems that come with an American girl becoming a Duchess) should...
“Yes, everything. Your stiff mother. Your angry daughter. And I especially love this bikini.” He let his hand ride up her thigh and under her cover-up, then dipped two fingers beneath the triangle of stretchy fabric at the apex of her thighs. She shuddered against him. “It’s just an old bathing s...
Abigail was sitting on one of the comfortable armchairs, reading an intense novel about a despotic village patriarch in preapartheid South Africa. The protagonist had just finished beating his daughter for her refusal to marry the man he had chosen. “Another light read?” &...
For the purpose of this story, I chose a particular martial art known as Hojojutsu. The literal translation of Hojojutsu is from the following three Japanese characters and their meanings: Ho: capture, Jo: rope, Jutsu: artform or technique. Within samurai teachings, there are many different jutsu...
Pia was so altered. She seemed so cold, even now in complete privacy after Sebastian had pulled the curtains and alerted the coachmen and postilions they were not to be disturbed. She reached a shaking hand to Pia’s pale cheek and watched in silent misery as her lover clos...