Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Let Us Now Praise Jessica Trent

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

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On the recommendation of Malin and Mrs. Julien, I picked up Lord of Scoundrels over a year ago. I had a hard time getting past the prologue. Finally, with permission from Our Ladies of the Kissing Books, I skipped the prologue and a chunk of the first chapter. I was going through a reviewing slump when I read the book, so, um, it’s been a while. Here is faintingviolet‘s review. Somehow I shall endeavor to say different things, but this is what I would have said if she hadn’t said it first. First we meet a bunch of dumb guys. […]

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6/19/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

this is a terrible idea, but I’m going to let it happen anyway

Unnatural (Enlightenment) by Joanna Chambers

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This is a short novel following a bit player from the Enlightenment series Iain Sinclair. Iain and James are childhood friends, though Iain is a few years older, that have a falling out. This book goes back and forth, showing bits from their relationship out of order as well as showing the present when they are no longer on good terms. As the story unfolds it is revealed just how much Iain has failed James over the years and how much they meant to each other. The problems they face and their misunderstandings feel legitimate and raw. As with the […]

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6/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

Despite the great reviews, I hesitated

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

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Despite all the the good reviews and word of mouth from fellow Cannonballers, I was reluctant to start Alyssa Cole’s An Extraordinary Union. How can a romance between a black woman and a white man set during the Civil War be anything other than hugely problematic? If this book had been written by a white woman, I wouldn’t have touched it at all. Alyssa Cole is not white, and she is gaining a reputation for writing historical romances that challenge convention. This is the only book of hers I’ve read, and I would not hesitate to read another. Ellen “Elle” […]

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6/14/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:46 |

Revisiting a classic I had seriously forgotten every aspect of – also, Cannonball

Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

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Sara Fielding and Derek Craven have a hell of a “meet-cute”. While researching her future novel in one of the seedier corners of the East End, Sara comes across Craven being held down and attacked by two thugs. They’ve slashed his face open, and she intends only to fire a warning shot from her pistol (which sh obviously keeps in her reticule for defencive purposes), when she instead ends up killing one of the assailants. She discovers that the man whose life she saved is the legendary gambling club owner Derek Craven, and takes him back to his club to […]

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5/26/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:52 |

How to Train Your Duchess

My Fair Duchess by Megan Frampton

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While waiting for the next C.S. Harris book, I returned to historical romance for a change of pace – and boy, was it ever at the opposite end of the spectrum.  This book is so light and frothy and fairytaleish, I was rolling my eyes more often than not while reading.  The premise is a take on ‘My Fair Lady’, but sometimes it stretches the limits of belief.  I know I’ve read one of Ms Frampton’s before, and thought it was okay, but this one was not my cup of tea. Genevieve (no last name mentioned, ever) was the only […]

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5/25/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

The plot of this book pretty much has everything…and then some

Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas

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Miss Wilhelmina “Lily” Lawson, also known in much of London as “Lawless Lily” is estranged from her family, but has been able to live independently due to a large inheritance from an eccentric aunt. When she’s not shocking society with her wild antics, she’s known to keep company with notorious gambling hell owner Derek Craven, and the most popular rumour is that she is his mistress. When Lily is visited by an old family friend, Zachary, Lord Stamford, she discovers that her gentle younger sister Penelope is engaged to marry the haughty Alex, Lord Wolverton, the Earl of Raiford. As […]

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5/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:50 |

A historical romance with lies, angst, an opportunistic heroine and a hero with amnesia

A Lady's Code of Misconduct by Meredith Duran

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Jane Mason is an heiress, but her money is being slowly embezzled by her unscrupulous relatives to further her uncle’s unscrupulous political career and she’s being kept far away in the country, to make sure she can’t meet anyone who might marry her. Her aunt and uncle plan to marry her off to her cousin, and eventually, Jane reluctantly agrees on the condition that she get a season in London first. She hopes to meet another suitable man she can convince to elope with her, offering him a share of her father’s vast fortune as long as she is free […]

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5/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

Romance among resistance

An Extraordinary Union (Loyal League #1) by Alyssa Cole

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Courtney Milan has been a vocal fan of Alyssa Cole for awhile now, and I’m a vocal fan of Courtney Milan, so I have been harboring guilt for waiting until now to read Cole. Something about the blurbs for her previous series weren’t setting me on fire, but An Extraordinary Union sounded unique and daring — a black woman (Elle) undercover as a slave during the Civil War who falls for a white man (Malcolm) undercover as a Confederate soldier? Wow. I’m not trying to ascribe any vanity to Milan when I say this, but I totally get why she […]

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5/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:40 |

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