It started out as just a grown up "Reading Record" that didn't have to be signed off by a teacher, and has morphed into a Book Review Blog ... who knew that could happen?
Christian, Marquess of Easterbrook is known to be distant and strange by anyone's standards, even his own borthers' are bemused by him....and almost feel that he is waiting for something.
Actually, it turns out he is (although possibly he doesn't even know that) .... one Miss Leona Montgomery.
A shared kiss long ago, a hungry desire that was never fed and a passion that proves incendiary, but will it be enough to persuade the Marquess to marry and conquer his worst fears.
Beautiful Roselyn Longworth is plunged into poverty by the collapse of her brothers' banking empire (see Book 1), but as she holds her cousin's husband (Lord Haydn) to blame she will take nothing from them.
In desperation she falls back on her beauty and agrees to become the mistress of a lord, she believes that there is affection involved in his offer, but very soon finds that out to be incorrect at a fateful house party when he puts her up for auction.
Self-made mining boy, Kyle Bradwell, comes to the rescue and puts in an extraordinarily high bid to win her.
To protect her reputation he then offers to marry her, but can he win her over with kindness, and is that the secret to surrender?
A 4 star read about Phaedra Blair and Lord Elliott Rothwell (Brother of Haydn from the previous book).
She's an illegitimate daugher of an MP and a famous courtesan and campaigner for woman's rights and he is the youngest of the Rothwell brothers, also a famous author and historian.
She inherits her father's interest in a printing press and has promised to publish his memoires and Lord Elliott has been ordered by his brother the Marquess to stop the publication by any means.
However, any means seem to be seduction and marriage to get what they want.
Alexia Welbounre's banking family is brought to ruin by the death, fraud and greed but Lord Haydn Rothwell steps into the breach to make good the losses.
Alexia hates him, but with no other prospects agrees to marry him.
Daphne was the founder of the Rarest Blooms sanctuary and business. She's cool, calm and virtuous so why would the wickedly sinful Duke of Castelford fix on her?
Celia Pennifold daughter of famous Courtestan Alessandra Northrope and Jonathan Albrighton a friend of Alessandra. He's illigitmate too and a Government spy.
When the Earl of Hawkeswell's bride fled the Wedding Reception, he was left in a very difficult position. He had agreed to the marriage of convenience for cold hard cash to put his beleaguered estate back in the black. Now his wife had disappeared, but he couldn't get his hands on her money, nor could he believe that he would have to wait 7 years for her to be declared dead, after her veil was found in the river on the wedding night. He was having the devil's own job getting an inquest before then, and running out of money fast.
So he decided to take up his friend, Lord Summerhays, up on an offer for a few days away in the countryside to take some time to relax and try to forget this misfortune.
Little did he know that he would find his errant bride hiding out at the Rarest Blooms, masquerading as Lady Audrianna Summerhays's friend, Lizzie.
He takes charge of his wife, but grants her a stay of execution as it where of not consummating the marriage until after the trip to the country on the proviso that she grants him three kisses a day.
Poor Verity's freedom is now curtailed, but will she fight her return to a loveless marriage, or offer the Earl a way out that will give him the funds he needs, and will see manage to find the man she loves?
A 4.5 star read, with an exciting chance to find out more about the Rarest Blooms, and speculate about the future books in the series. Highly recommended - I've just downloaded the other books on the Kindle as I can't wait to see what happens.
Audrianna Kelmsleigh is desparate to clear her dead father's name, and so she risks all to travel to Brighton to meet the mysterious "Domino". Lord Sebastian Summerhays also travels to the inn to meet the Domino, but he has a different agenda because he is heading up the investigation into the bad gunpowder supplies that Mr Kelmsleigh was suspected to have supplied.
Audrianna finds herself alone and in the dark with Lord Sebastian, a shot is fired and it sets the seal on their fate.....she is ruined and he offers her a way out, but will she take it, and why would he find her so Ravishing in Red?
Find out if her father is cleared, and if fates have conspired to give them the best outcome in a forced marriage in this 5 star read. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed this new author, and can't wait to read the rest of the tales in the Rarest Blooms series, and get my hands on anything else she's written.
