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Review: The Heiress of Winterwood (Whispers on the Moors #1) by Sarah Ladd

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Amelia Barrett made her best friend a dying promise: to take care of her child, Lucy, at all costs….and Amelia plans on fulfilling that promise.

Lucy’s father has been away at sea and has never met the child but he is returning from his adventures soon and will meet her for the first time.

Amelia is fearful that he will take the child and she will never see her again. Lucy has become like her own daughter and she can’t stand the thought of never seeing her again.

So Amelia has devised a plan to keep her and Lucy together forever….her can Captain Sterling will need to get married.

There is a slight problem however, Amelia is set to marry another man who is to become part of her uncle’s business and ultimately the lord of Winterwood. While she expected a loveless marriage, Edward Littleton, has expressed a romantic interest in her. But he has forbidden Lucy to stay with them once they are married.

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Review: Gracelin O’Malley (Gracelin O’Malley #1) by Ann Moore

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In Ireland, poverty is dominating the country throughout the 19th century. It’s a time of British rule and the Irish people need to make some concessions in order to survive to famine.

Gracelin (Grace) is forced to put aside what dreams she had for herself and marry an English lord, Bram, to save her family from ruin.

Though her brother encourages her to hold out and wait for love, Grace proceeds with the marriage.

Initially the marriage seems like it will workout. Bram seems tender and gentle but after a time his true colors begin to shine though and their marriage rapidly becomes one of promise, to nothing short of a nightmare.

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Review: Music for My Soul by Lauren Linwood

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Madeleine Bouchard is on the run. She flees from her abusive husband in the dead of night. She hopes to make it to London and board a ship to France that will take her back to her family.

She plans on putting as many miles between her and her husband as she can while it’s still dark when fate intervenes.

Lord Garrett Montayne and his friend are also on the road to London in the wee hours of the morning when they see a woman walking alone.

When they ride up on her, she goes into survival mode.When asked who she is, she can’t use her name as these men could be friends of her husbands.

Instead she gives a name feared throughout the land–Lady Montayne. Garrett is completely taken aback by her declaration having never seen her before but he agrees to play along and he and his friend escort her to London.

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Spotlight Feature/Giveaway: What a Lady Needs for Christmas by Grace Burrows

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The holidays are just around the corner and what does every woman wish for at Christmas? A little love and plaid perhaps? Well in Grace Burrow’s holiday romance, What a Lady Needs for Christmas, fulfills that wish!

I am spotlighting this wonderful holiday romance for my readers and this spotlight also includes a fantastic holiday giveaway for an iPad mini! Be sure to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway at the end of this post!

If you are wondering that to expect under this pretty present here is a summary from Goodreads:

To escape a scandal, Lady Joan Flynn flees her family’s estate in the Scottish Highlands. She needs a husband by Christmas, or the holidays will ring in nothing but ruin.

Practical, ambitious mill owner Dante Hartwell offers to marry Joan, because a wellborn wife is his best chance of gaining access to aristocratic investors.

As Christmas—and trouble—draw nearer, Dante and Joan’s marriage of convenience blossoms into unexpected intimacy, for true love often hides beneath the most unassuming holiday wrapping…

I have included an except here to tease you with…..

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Review: Night of a Thousand Stars by Deanna Raybourn

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Deanna Raybourn has been an author long on my radar. I hear wonderful things about her Lady Jane series from a number of people.

So when the opportunity to review her latest standalone book, I was eager to try her books out!

Poppy Hammond, is all set to marry into an aristocratic family but she has other plans which include making a run for it.

She is assisted by the dashing curate Sebastian Cantrip who helps her escape to her family’s house where she can have some time to think and sort out her life.

Before she can thank Sebastian for his assistance, he disappears and she sets her mind to finding him. She soon realizes Sebastian has lied to her about who he is. She discovers that he has fled to Damascus. What in the world took him there?! She is determined to figure out what exactly is going on here.

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