Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A trio of historical book club reads

A Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas

A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley

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I’ve read three excellent historical romances this year thanks to The Ripped Bodice’s book clubs. First up was my first Lisa Kleypas novel, A Devil in Winter, part of her popular Wallflower series. In this entry, said wallflower Evie propositions a right scoundrel to marry her. A veritable playboy, Sebastian isn’t most women’s first choice. However, the devilishly handsome viscount will keep her terrible relatives away from her. As he needs money, he reluctantly agrees and whisks her away to Scotland to be wed. Through […]

Where we don’t even need to have a Ravenel, just stay w/these characters please

Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

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Here’s part two of my Ravenel series wrap-up. Reminder that here be spoilers aplenty, and that if you just need somebody to tell you the books are worth your time, you have it. Feel free to come back to discuss after you’ve read them. Now I know I said in my previous post that the internet favorite was Marrying Winterborne, and that all the praise that’s been heaped upon it was well-deserved. I stand by that. But my personal favorite of the Ravenel series is […]

Where Hype is Well-Deserved

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

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I zipped my way through the Ravenels, a choice made completely dependent on the fact that Fated Mates was going to be doing a show on Marrying Winterborne, and I wanted in on the hype. It’s such well-deserved hype though, guys. If you’re a historical romance reader, and you haven’t read a Lisa Kleypas book, I’m confused about what you ARE reading, quite honestly. Because Kleypas is a Queen Bee of the genre, and that’s not just my opinion. But it is definitely my opinion. […]

“I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going to put this back on your finger, and take you to bed, and do things to you that are outlawed in the civilized world.”

Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3) by Lisa Kleypas

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I can see why this is a lovable book. I think Kleypas basically caught lightning in a bottle with her two main characters, Evie and Sebastian, but I don’t have faith that she can recreate the magic in other books, so I probably won’t be reading any of her other stuff. I’m glad I finally read this one, though, even if I didn’t think it was A M A Z I N G or anything. The plot here is that Evangeline Jenner needs to marry […]

In Defense of Dane, the Boyfriend Who Wouldn’t “Man Up”

Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

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A conversation elsewhere got me thinking about one of my original autobuy romance authors, Lisa Kleypas. The Fated Mates podcast celebrates Derek Craven Day every February, and it’s been so long since I read Dreaming of You that I don’t remember why he was so great. And I’m not going to refresh my memory anytime soon, because it takes a lot to get me to read a historical romance these days. This year, the Kleypas conversation got into her contemporaries and I was reminded that […]

“What do ladies wear beneath their riding trousers?” “I would think an infamous rake would already know.” “I was never infamous. In fact, I’m fairly standard as far as rakes go.”

A Cold-Hearted Rake (The Ravenels #1) by Lisa Kleypas

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In one word: Roguish Cannonball Read Bingo: Gateway My one word may seem a little on the nose because “rake” is right there in the title, but this is a fun romp about three roguish rakes (or two and a half really, since one fellow is introduced mainly as the set-up to book #2 in the series) who have forsaken love for either leisure or work but might be (okay, definitely will be) answering the siren song of a woman soon. Though I started with […]



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