Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I'm an animal-loving, cold-hating, sky-gazing delicate flower with far more unread books than time to read. My beautiful kitty lost her fight to an aggressive cancer last summer so I'm happy to read to help kick cancer’s butt.

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Every romance has a Happily Ever After but this series has sisterhood too

Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt

Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt

Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt

Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt

Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt

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My first review for Elizabeth Hoyt’s Maiden Lane series was not particularly effusive but as I have continued on in the series I have come to appreciate it more. Hoyt tells stories that interweave with various threads being teased in every book. There is a large cast of main characters who generally connect in some way. And while these are romances, with the requisite strapping heroes and irresistable heroines, there is also the Ladies’ Syndicate for the Benefit of the Home for Unfortunate Infants and Foundling Children. These ladies are the heroines of the stories but more than that they […]

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3/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Notorious Pleasures is the title, not the reading experience

Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt

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I read the first book in this, the Maiden Lane series, but didn’t do a write up for it before starting book two and now it has sort of evaporated out of my head so I am just going to skip that one and go straight into Notorious Pleasures. Notorious Pleasures deals with Lady Hero Batten, the lovely, proper, and dutiful sister of the Duke of Wakefield, who is about to be engaged to Thomas Reading, the Marquess of Mandeville. The book opens with her having entered a small room to adjust her wayward stocking at a ball, only to […]

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2/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

“Squirrels again?” “They started it!”

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

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I picked up Hot and Badgered solely because of the review by noodlestein’s danger tits, who admitted that she enjoyed it despite not being a fan of paranormal romance. I also tend to avoid that subgenre, but I figured this one might be would be worth a try. It was an interesting read – surprisingly light on the romance and what romance it did have leaned toward sweet rather than raunchy. Most of the story focused on the relationship between the three honey badger sisters, and they were a hoot and a half. Hot and Badgered is about the three […]

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2/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

Another Haverston Family novel, another decapitated cover model…

Practically Wicked by Alissa Johnson

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Practically Wicked is the final book in the Haverston Family trilogy and is nice in that we do spend a little more time with the Haverston family in this one – it was odd that they were relegated to secondary characters in the previous book. This is another romance that doesn’t have much in the way of wild plot shenanigans – just a nice, comforting read which was perfect for a sick day when all I wanted to do was curl up with a cup of tea, a blanket, and a cat in my lap – and a book, of […]

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2/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

If the Gentleman had been Expected, perhaps she would have had time to apply her remaining eye and the top of her skull.

An Unexpected Gentleman by Alissa Johnson

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An Unexpected Gentleman is the second book in the Haverston Family trilogy by Alissa Johnson. While I really enjoyed the first book, this one fell flat for me. I think, however, that part of the reason has to do with my state of mind as much as the story itself – I have been sick and not feeling good makes me cranky. I tend to read romances for light escapism and this book didn’t really let me do that so I got irritated with it. Also, I could not for the life of me remember the heroine’s name. The author […]

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2/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

Do you suppose Nearly a Lady refers to the fact that they’ve cut off the top of her head on the cover art?

Nearly a Lady by Alissa Johnson

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When Winnefred Blythe was 13, her father died rescuing horses from a burning stable. As he lay dying, he asked the nearest gentleman to accept his Freddie as a ward and the Marquess of Engsly, thinking he was taking on a boy and feeling generous at having his valuable horses saved, agreed. Upon learning he had acquired a young girl, he passed along her care to his wife, who arranged for Freddie to be sent to the country in the care of another slightly older young lady and with a certain sum of money to be settled upon them every […]

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2/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

Love: a perpetual state of semideranged partiality

For Real by Alexis Hall

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For Real by Alexis Hall is not my normal sort of romance novel (I tend to favor quasi-historical romps). But I kept seeing people recommend it in various different places and I finally picked it up out of curiosity (the list that tipped me over was Slytherin/Hufflepuff pairings). I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It is contemporary BDSM m/m erotica but it has a compelling romance to ground it all. Laurie is a trauma doctor who is pushing 40. He sees 19 year old Toby at a BDSM club and has pants feels for him. The book […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:13 |

This time I also say Yes

Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

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Dear Tessa Dare. I am sorry. I don’t know why I ever said I don’t like your book except that I was expecting my first Romance novel to read a certain way and yours did not and that vexed me. You are delightfully batty and I adore you. Several years ago I made Say Yes to the Marquess my first foray into Romance after decades of giving them side-eye because of cool girl brainwashing. Sadly, I was expecting something more akin to Austen and the utter fruitloop crazyness of it baffled me. I thought I would be served delicate lavender […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:12 |


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