Monday 12 March 2012

#223 (#21 of 2012) - Stolen ~ Lesley Pearse


ISBN or e-book:


978-0-718-15285-7


Publisher:


Penguin


Main Characters:


Lottie Wainwright & David Mitchell


Brief outline of plot and rating:



When a beautiful blonde girl is found half-drowned on a beach, she has no memory of who she is or what horrors have left her there. But an article about her in a Brighton newspaper rings alarm bells for beautician, Dale, who shows the police photographs of Lotte Wainright. The girls met working on a cruise ship and their friendship blossomed as they sailed the seas of South America, until Lotte fell under the sinister influence of an older American couple. To her regret, Dale hasn't seen Lotte since leaving the ship months earlier ... but the girl on the beach - although badly bruised - is indeed her much missed friend.
Their reunion only marks the beginning of a dangerous tidal wave of secrets, lies and nightmares. Where has Lotte been? Who is the man who seems to want to kill her? And what has become of the baby she's recently given birth to?
Dale and Lotte must dig deep and find the strength to hold on against the odds if they are to rebuild their friendship and survive Lotte's stolen - and deadly - past.

Whilst it was a modder story, it was well worth the read  .... so well written, and I loved Lottie ... thank goodness the baddie got what was due.

Overall a 5 star rating.

#220-#222 (#18, #19 & #20 of 2012) - Where's My Hero - Collaboration


A COLLABORATION BOOK (3 stories):

Against the Odds ~ Lisa Kleypas
Midsummer's Knight - Kinley MacGregor
A Tale of Two Sisters ~ Julia Quinn

ISBN or ebook:

978-0-06-050524-0

Publisher:

Avon Romance

Brief Outline and Rating:

This is a collaboration about some of the sub-characters from various books, that needed their own story told.

I loved it as it had Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn men, not sso very keen on the Kinley MacGregor one, but it wasn't truly awful.

A 4 star read taken as a whole work.

#219 (#17 of 2012) - Hope ~ Lesley Pearse



ISBN or e-book:

0-718-14707-3

Publisher:

Penguin

Main Characters:

Hope Renton and Dr Bennett Meadows

Brief Outline of Plot and Rating:

Somerset, 1836, and baby Hope is cast out from a world of privilege as living proof of her mother's adultery...Smuggled away from the Harveys and Briargate House to a nearby village, Hope grows up in the arms of the warm and loving Renton family, unaware of her true identity. But fate has harsh plans for Hope and a chain of events sees her forced to lead a vagabond's existence until she finds the courage to fight back and prove herself a fearless and able nurse, a vocation that takes her to the horrific battlefields of the Crimea. But the secrets of the past are not yet done with Hope Renton and she must return to England to face the legacy of her birth.


A completely magic piece of literature .... a 5+ star rating ... definitely not one to be missed.

#218 (#16) - This Wicked Gift (The Heart of Christmas) ~ Courtney Milan * NEW AUTHOR

PART OF A COLLABORATION  - THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS



ISBN / ebook:

978-0-26388942-0

Publisher:

Mills & Boon

Main Characters:

Lavinia Spencer and Mr William Q White

Brief outline of plot and rating:

Despite the fact that Lavinia has been saving hard to give her Family a lovely Christmas, her brother ruins it by stealing the hidden fund and also gets them into debt.  William Q White offers to settle the debt for them for one night with her.  Is that too high a price to pay?

A 3.5 star rating for this story in The Heart of Christmas collaboration.  I would certainly go on to read one of her full books.

Hugs

Kay

#217 (#15 of 2012) - The Season For Suitors (The Heart of Christmas) ~ Nicola Cornick

PART OF A COLLABORATION  - THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS



ISBN / ebook:

978-0-26388942-0

Publisher:

Mills & Boon

Main Characters:

Clarissa Davenport and Sebastian, Duke of Fleet

Brief outline of plot and rating:

When Clarrisa Davenport needs expert advice about avoing a Rake, she asks a Rake ... one Sebastian, Duke of Fleet, the most notorious rake in town.  But will Sebastian learn anything?

A 3.5 star rating for this story in The Heart of Christmas collaboration..

Hugs

Kay

#216 - (#14 of 2012) - A Handful of Gold (Heart of Christmas) ~ Mary Balogh

PART OF A COLLABORATION BOOK - HEART OF CHRISTMAS


ISBN / ebook:

978-0-26388942-0

Publisher:

Mills & Boon

Main Characters:

Julian Dare, Viscount Folingsby and Miss Verity Ewing

Brief outline of plot and rating:

Verity is a gentlewoman down on her luck and has to secretly work as actress, but tells her family that she is a paid companion to an old woman.

Julian takes a fancy to her, and offers her a vast amount of money to spend Christmas with him.  Will she do it?  Will her heart stay intact?

A 4 star rating for this lovely short story.

Hugs

Kay