Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Civil War romance with spying and plenty of danger

An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole

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From Goodreads: Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South – to spy for the Union Army.  Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton’s Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he’s facing his deadliest mission yet – risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia. Two undercover agents who share a common cause – and an undeniable attraction – Malcolm and Elle join forces when they discover a plot that could turn […]

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8/10/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:73 |

Long lost love returns

The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries

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This is the last book in the Sinful Suitors series, and returns a long lost character back to England.  There had been mentions of him in previous books in the series, so I was interested to see how it would play out.  Niall Lindsay, Earl of Margrave, has been in exile for seven years after killing a man in a duel.  He was a young man at the time, and the duel was over the man raping his sister Clarissa, a fact that his family wanted to keep secret to protect her honor.  At the time of his departure, he […]

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8/9/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:66 |

“Spunky English girl overcomes impossible odds and outsmarts heathen villains”

Don't Tempt Me by Loretta Chase

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After being disappointed with the latest historical romances I’ve read, I decided to reread some old Loretta Chase books.  I’ve never been disappointed with her books, and this is one of my favorites.  It’s book two in the Fallen Women series, where Ms Chase gives unconventional heroines their HEA. Zoe Octavia Lexham was known as a bolter when she was child.  She continually ran away and only Lucien de Grey, a ward of her father’s, was able to find her.  Unfortunately, Lucien wasn’t with them in Egypt when she disappeared seemingly into thin air.  Even though her family continued to […]

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8/8/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:65 |

Redeeming a (not so) notorious lady

An Affair with a Notorious Heiress by Lorraine Heath

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I’ve read and enjoyed many a Lorraine Heath book, but this latest one wasn’t all that great.  It tells the tale of Alistair Mabry, Marquess of Rexton, son of a duke and a bookkeeper.  He is the typical marriage shy rake, who is determined to wait for the perfect (proper) woman to come along to avoid scandal.  His childhood had been rather difficult due to his parent’s unconventional marriage and he doesn’t intend to make that mistake.  But then he is asked to pretend to court a young lady to increase her visibility to other suitors and this throws him […]

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8/3/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:64 |

Cannonballing with Julia Quinn.

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6) by Julia Quinn

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I tried real hard for my Cannonball to be with, like, a super cool book that I lost my mind over, but I guess I’ll just have to settle for an ordinary one that I just plain old enjoyed. It did make me swoon a little, so that’s something at least. Maybe it’s just because I’m a sucker for a good love story with pining, but I really liked this Bridgerton book, maybe more than most people seem to have done. This is Francesca’s book, and she is already married at the beginning of the book, a situation which soon […]

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8/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:52 |

I didn’t like this as much as everyone else has :\

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

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I liked this book! I did. But I wanted to love it, and I didn’t. Ugh, and all the pieces for me loving it were in place! Tensions over class, racial and gender divides. A romance involving characters who logistically will find it difficult to be together (white man/black woman). A badass heroine who does really cool things all while still experiencing the full range of human emotion. The idea that the heroine was black was also appealing, because my favorite genre of romance (historicals) is usually exceedingly white (both in authorship and in the characters). But this didn’t quite come together […]

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8/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

A courtesan with amnesia

Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas

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Grant Morgan is one of the most famous and sought after of London’s Bow Street Runners. He’s made a substantial fortune solving crimes for the wealthy, but is starting to find his life a bit boring. When he’s called to the banks of the Thames to identify what appears to be a strangled woman, he is first of all surprised to discover that she is still breathing, and secondly, by her identity. The half-dead woman is Vivien Duvall, London’s most desirable courtesan. Once she wakes up and is examined by a doctor, it becomes clear that she has entirely lost […]

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7/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:66 |

The Duke and the con woman

From Duke Till Dawn by Eva Leigh

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Alexander Lewis, the Duke of Greyland has just been jilted by his intended. She eloped with a cavalry officer, but Alex is mainly annoyed that he’s going to have to start looking for a new bride. His best friends, the Earl of Langdon and the wealthy Mr. Ellingsworth refuse to let him stay at home and brood and insist on taking him to a new and fashionable gambling club that is rumoured to only stay open for a month. They claim he’ll find ample things to distract him there. He reluctantly comes along and to his surprise, sees the woman […]

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7/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:65 |

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