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Marriage, Manhattan Style ... by Barbara Dunlop ... QC #331

christa_r — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:07:00 -0400

Marriage, Manhattan Style by Barbara Dunlop, Desire, #1897, October 2008 (book 4- Park Avenue Scandals)

Excellence Rating- Very Good

Steaminess Rating- Yummy (*)

On the outside it seemed that Elizabeth Wellington had it all. A sexy billionaire husband, a Park Avenue penthouse, loads and load of money, but her husband Reed Wellington III put the corporation first, the business community second, the extended Wellington family third. Their marriage was somewhere down the list. And to add some more stress to their marriage, they have been trying to have a child for 5 years. And now to add even more stress to his life he's being accused of insider trading, a murder in the building may have occurred and he's being blackmail. But he doesn't want to cause Elizabeth any undo stress, so he doesn't tell her. But she becomes suspicious when she catches him in lies or secret meetings with a PI who happens to be female. Could their marriage be falling apart?

Dante's Contract Marriage by Day LeClaire... #330

christa_r — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:16:19 -0400

Dante's Marriage Contract by Day LeClaire, Desire, #1899, October 2008 (book 4- The Dante Legacy)

Excellence Rating- Very Good

Steaminess Rating- Yummy (*)

Lazzaro Dante is the logical one of the family. Lazz's father struck a bargain with Ariana Vittorio's father when she was 5 because he believed that the shocks that Ariana experienced when touching Lazz were the beginning of The Inferno. Ariana and Lazz are now grown up and have agreed to marry for business. They will not let the diamond be destroyed. Lazz doesn't believe in the Inferno. But is there another explanation for the shock they feel when they touch? One of the rules they make beforehand is not to have secrets between them. But there are things she holds back in order to protect her family. Will these secrets destroy the marriage? Is not telling her about the Inferno before they were married keeping a secret?

Mistaken Mistress by Tessa Radley... QC #328

christa_r — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:31:08 -0400

Mistaken Mistress by Tessa Radley, Desire, #1901, October 2008 (book 1- The Saxon Brides)

Excellence Rating- Good+

Steaminess Rating- Yummy

Alyssa Blake crashed the Saxon masked ball in order to talk to Roland Saxon. And ended end in the arms of a handsome masked man., almost making love to him. It was later revealed that this was Joshua Saxon, Roland's brother and a man who she wrote a very damaging article about in a wine magazine. Joshua believes that she is his brother's mistress, plus he tries to keep her from talking to other employees of the vineyard because she is a journalist. How can Joshua lust after a woman who he believes is his brother's lover and damaged his and Saxon's Folly winery in print? And how can Alyssa act on her passion she feels for Joshua without revealing the true nature of her connection to Roland?

Sleeping Partner by Kelly Hunter ... QC #327

christa_r — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:49:22 -0400

Sleeping Partner by Kelly Hunter, Mills and Boon Sexy Sensation, June 2007

Excellence Rating- Excellent

Steaminess Rating- Yummy (*)

Mia Fletcher just inherited a hotel from her mother. A mother who she had been told died 24 years ago and a hotel that will need a lot of money to restore. But her mother had not died 24 years ago instead she fell in love with another man who had a son. That son grew up to become Ethan Hamilton. And Ethan is offering financial help. Mia refuses his financial help also his help in gaining answers. Answers like why her father had told her that her mother had died, why her mother never tried to contact her in those 24 years. Ethan wanted her to think of him as a big brother. But how can she think of him as a big brother when fierce heat through her every time they touched? And Ethan had promised her mother he would look after Mia. So lusting after her was not a good idea.

~~~Contains Quoted favourite Scene~~~

Taken by the Bad Boy by Kelly Hunter... QC #325

christa_r — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:05:22 -0400

Taken by the Bad Boy by Kelly Hunter, Mills and Boon, Sexy Sensation, May 2008

Excellence Rating- Great

Steaminess Rating- Yummy (*)

It's Serena Comino and her cousin's turn to stay on a Greek island and help her grandparents out. It's a family custom that the grandchildren stay to help their grandparent's for six months with fishing and the Vespa rental business. Serena is in her 5th month when she meets helicopter pilot Pete Bennett. He is filling in for a friend while the friend recuperates from a broken leg. Serena doesn't want a long term commitment and neither does Pete so they agree to no falling in love. Since they are both only going to be on the island a short time they agree on brief. And because she is partly Greek, she has a very over protective family, another stipulation has to include being discreet. But Pete ends up falling in love. Serena has her life plan all mapped out. Will her plans include Pete?

Diana Palmer short read and 3 Minis... QC #324

christa_r — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:15:07 -0400

The Humbug Man by Diana Palmer, Silhouette Books, 1987

Excellence Rating- Very Good

Steaminess Rating- Romantic

Keegan's Bluff by Dani Sinclair, Harlequin Mini, August 2006

Excellence Rating- Good

Steaminess Rating- Yummy

The Rancher and the Rose by Carolyn Zane, Harlequin Mini, November 2006

Excellence Rating- Good

Steaminess Rating- Romantic

Stolen by the Sheikh by Kate Walker, Harlequin Mini, August 2006

Excellence Rating- Good

Steaminess Rating- Romantic

~~~Contains Quoted Favouite Scenes~~~

Dirty by Megan Hart ... QC #322

christa_r — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:17:49 -0400

Dirty by Megan Hart, Spice, January 2007

Excellence Rating- Great

Steaminess Rating- Heat Wave

Elle Kavanagh met Dan Stewart at a candy store. This wasn't a children's candy store. After they went to a bar and had a few drinks. Dan walked Elle home with not so much as a kiss or an exchange of names. A few weeks go by and a friend talks her into visiting a bar. There she meets Dan again and he draws a mind blowing orgasm from her on the dance floor. This time when he leaves, he leaves her his business card. She waits a week to call him and they arrange to meet for lunch. After lunch is finished they have sex in the ladies bathroom. Elle isn't one to get involved. Kissing on the lips is to intimate. Dating is too intimate. But soon Dan wants more. He offers her a no strings affair, no attachments. Could Elle overcome her fear that if they kept having sex that one or the other might fall in love? Could Dan tear down her defences?

Quiet Canadians ~ Christa's August Summary

christa_r — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:53:35 -0400

Christa's Reading Totals = 18 ~ Harlequin Imprint = 15 ~ Other Publisher = 3

giveaway

christa_r — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:02 -0400

A while ago I put a Bonus Buck order in and today I got my books. One of the set of books I had ordered were the Diana Palmer books. Even though I already had them, I figured they may be easy to get rid of. I asked some collectors of DP book but they had them too. So I am going to give away Night Fever here. With the help of Jana(thank you Jana) I got the gist of what I'm doing. I also kept my contest question to Jana neutral so she can play too(she doesn't even know which book I was talking about)

So if you want a hardcover edition of Night Fever, be the first to comment here with the name of the herione's(rebecca Cullen) brother that gets in trouble which causes the district attorney(H, Rourke Kilpatrick) to be part of their lives?

Another Man's Wife by Denyse Bridger and Dirty Little Lies by Tawny Taylor... QC #319

christa_r — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:44:25 -0400

Another Man's Wife by Denyse Bridger, Samhain Publishing, June 2007

Dirty Little Lies by Tawny Taylor, Samhain Publishing, 2007