Kerrelyn Sparks - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire

16. How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks (2005)
The Love at Stake Series Book 1
Length: 371 pages
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Started: 8 September 2008
Finished: 13 September 2008
Where did it come from? From a Library Book Sale
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 22 July 2008
Why do I have it? I like paranormal romance and Kerrelyn Sparks is a new author for me

For my #11 challenge (Read a Series Book), I read How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks. This is Love at Stake Series Book 1. Roman Draganesti is a vampire with a problem: he lost a fang biting something he shouldn't. Now he has one night to reimplant his fang before his healing abilities take over, leaving him a lopsided eater for all eternity.

Shanna Whelan is a dentist with a problem: she is a dentist with a fear of blood. After she witnesses a gruesome murder, she's also on the run from the Russian mob. When Roman rescues her from an attempt on her life, she wonders if she's found the one man who can protect her.

Although the attraction between them is immediate and hot, can Shanna overcome her fear of blood to reimplant Roman's fang? And once she does, can she stay alive long enough to outwit an insane Russian vampire assassin bent on her destruction. I liked this paranormal romance and give it a B+!

B+! - (89-94%)

May you read well and often

Julie Garwood - The Gift

15. The Gift by Julie Garwood (1991)
The Crown's Spies Series Book 3
Length: 373 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Started: 1 September 2008
Finished: 7 September 2008
Where did it come from? From Walmart
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 5 May 2008
Why do I have it? I like historical romance and Julie Garwood as an author


For my #15 challenge (Title Has Two Words), I read The Gift by Julie Garwood. As a child bride, Sara Winchester had dreamed of the day when her husband, Nathan, Marquess St. James would arrive to claim her heart and take her away from her family. Charmingly innocent, she dismissed the ancient feud which divided her family from Nathan's. She had no idea of Nathan's past as the infamous pirate, Pagan. The man who arrived to claim her was perplexing, arrogant and sinfully handsome.

Nathan had never bared his soul to another woman but soon he was utterly beguiled by Sara's sweet, defiant ways. Aboard his ship the Seahawk, Sara was brave, imperious and determined to win his heart completely - yet upon their return to England, her love would be sorely tested by a vile conspiracy designed to tear Sara and Nathan apart. I give this regency romance an A+!

A+! - (96-100%)

May you read well and often

Nicole Cody - Love and Mayhem

14. Love and Mayhem by Nicole Cody (2006)
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Started: 14 August 2008
Finished: 21 August 2008
Where did it come from? From Walmart
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 5 May 2008
Why do I have it? I like historical romance and Nicole Cody is a new author for me.

For my #2 challenge (Title With 'Love'), I read Love and Mayhem by Nicole Cody. What do you do when your betrothed can toss an iron pot at a man's head at twenty paces, her uncle believes he's the legendary William Wallace and her two maiden aunts cannot finish a sentence - or a thought- of their own?

All Iain Armstrong wants to do is what his clan and the English king wants him to do: marry Marion McCall and unite their two clans. When Iain arrives at the priory on the Isle of Skye to escort her home, Marion McCall is determined to dislike him on sight and refuses to see him. However, as she slowly gets to know him, Marion discovers that her new husband is quite a handsome and intelligent man.

As the guests begin to arrive to celebrate the wedding of the sixteenth century, they have to contend with border clashes, dirk-wielding outlaws and chatty old maids with a penchant for baking. I liked this cute story based on 'Arsenic and Old Lace'. I give it a B+!

B+! -(89-94%)

May you read well and often

Julie Beard - Romance of the Rose

13. Romance of the Romance by Julie Beard (1998)
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Started: 5 August 2008
Finished: 13 August 2008
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 22 July 2008
Why do I have it? I like historical romance and Julie Beard is a new author for me

For my #1 challenge (Title With Flower), I read Romance of the Rose by Julie Beard. When lovely, quick-tempered Lady Rosalind Carbery inherits Thornbury House from her father, she is determined to rule it alone as a virgin like the great Queen Elizabeth. She longs to be a successful playwright like her friend William Shakespeare.

Drake Rothwell has other plans. Fostered by Rosalind's father when he was a boy, the bold privateer returns from the high seas to claim Thornbury House as his own. Their merry battles come to a head when the queen settles their dispute - by taking the house from both of them. Desperate to get the house back, Drake and Rosalind join forces to lay double claim to the land by marrying in name only. However, soon Rosalind realizes the one territory she cannot protect from Drake is her heart.

I really liked this Elizabethan romance and I thought that it had a nice little twist at the end. I give it a B+!

B+! - (89-94%) 

May you read well and often

Margaret Moore - The Overlord's Bride

12. The Overlord's Bride by Margaret Moore (2001)
The Harlequin Historical Series Book 559
The Warrior Series Book 12
Length: 296 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Started: 1 August 2008
Finished: 4 August 2008
Where did it come from? From Walmart
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 5 January 2008
Why do I have it? I like historical romance and Margaret Moore is a new author for me

For my #3 challenge (Title With Wedding Word), I read The Overlord's Bride by Margaret Moore. Lady Elizabeth Perronet is given an ultimatum by her miserly uncle - marry Lord Kirkheathe, Raymond Destienne, in place of her cousin Genevieve, or return to the convent where she was mistreated for thirteen years. Rather than return to the convent, Elizabeth decides to take a chance on marriage to the dour Lord Kirkheathe.

Raymond Destienne had a reason to distrust all women - years ago, he had killed his first wife, Allicia, in self defense. Her death left him with a ruined voice and a broken heart. His overlord had deemed him faultless, although castle gossips still blamed him for her death.

Now the time has come for him to marry again. Surprisingly, Elizabeth's sunny disposition and loving heart just might help Raymond to overcome the scars of the past. I give this sweet medieval romance a B+!

B+! - (89-94%)

May you read well and often

Teresa Medeiros - After Midnight

11. After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros (2005)
Kane/Cabot Vampire Series Book 1
Length: 370 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Started: 22 July 2008
Finished: 1 August 2008
Where did it come from? From Walmart
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 5 May 2008
Why do I have it? I like historical romance and Teresa Medeiros as an author

For my #12 challenge (Title With Time), I read After Midnight by Teresa Medeiros. When the eldest Cabot sister, Caroline, hears from her fanciful younger sister Portia that their sister Vivienne is keeping company with the infamous Adrian Kane, Viscount Trevelyan, she is naturally very concerned. After all, it is rumored among the ton that the enigmatic nobleman is a vampire!. Of course, that is nonsense! However... Kane inhabits a dark castle, is never seen by the light of day, and embarks on nightly excursions to heaven knows where. And from the first moment Caroline meets him, she is shaken by a desire that borders on the unnatural. Caroline must learn Adrian's secrets! But with each step, she is drawn deeper into a shadowy world of danger. Will a yearning heart lead Caroline to disaster...or an unimaginable love? I give this regency romance an A+!

A+! - (96-100%)

May you read well and often

Judith A. Lansdowne - Annabella's Diamond

10. Annabella's Diamond by Judith A. Lansdowne (1999)
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Historical Romance
Started: 8 July 2008
Finished: 16 July 2008
Where did it come from? From a Library Book Sale
How long has it been on my TBR pile? Since 15 February 2008
Why do I have it? I like historical romance and Judith A. Lansdowne is a new author for me

For my #8 challenge (Jewel in the Title), I read Annabella's Diamond by Judith A. Lansdowne. Lady Annabella Faire's extreme shyness had led to her being overlooked as a wallflower during her First Season. Now faced with a second, she is terrified. Her next door neighbor and closest childhood friend, the handsome Duke of Derrinham - nicknamed 'The Diamond' by the ton - agrees to help her capture the hearts and minds of the various gentlemen of Society.

The Duke of Derrinham plans to go to London strictly to help Bella, even though it means returning to a house full of shadowy memories. Soon, Bella is winning hearts all around and, with one kiss, The Diamond cannot help losing his heart to Bella as well. I give this sweet regency romance an A+!

A+! - (96-100%)

May you read well and often