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All perfectly marriageable after all.

January 8, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 7 Comments

For the last Cannonball, I reviewed books 1 and 3 in the Wallflowers series and enjoyed them; I was asked if I was going to read the Bowman sisters’ books? I am very glad I did, because Lillian’s book, It Happened One Autumn, is possibly my favorite of the four. To recap: the Wallflowers series is about four women who, for various reasons, are having trouble finding suitable husbands in their circles. The eldest, Annabelle, is from a respected family but has no dowry; she finds love in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical romance, lisa kleypas, Victorian romance

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical romance, lisa kleypas, Victorian romance ·
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A loveable grab-bag of historical danger and drama

January 5, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 5 Comments

Goodreads summary: “Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her… and her body still cries out for him in her dreams. Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Diana Gabaldon, historical fiction, historical romance, Outlander, scotland

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Diana Gabaldon, historical fiction, historical romance, Outlander, scotland ·
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Unmoved

January 2, 2015 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

The Unbroken trilogy is composed of three novellas about a group of young adult friends living in a small town in Texas. Each story is a very quick read that will probably take no longer than 2 hours for the average reader, and they’re very simple HEA (happily ever after) erotic romances that prominently feature insta-love and plenty of sex. Overhead is the story of how Luke overhears his good friend Gracie complaining to another mutual friend at a get-together that her boyfriend didn’t satisfy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: contemporary, erotica, maya banks

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: contemporary, erotica, maya banks ·
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MacGyver goes to space

January 2, 2015 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

Goodreads summary: “Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on the surface of Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first man to die there. It started with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him, and that forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he’s stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive–and even if he could […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Andy Weir, hard sci-fi, SciFi, space, survival

alwaysanswerb's CBR7 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Andy Weir, hard sci-fi, SciFi, space, survival ·
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What a way to wrap up a great year of reading.

November 20, 2014 by alwaysanswerb 4 Comments

Ever the model of restraint, I took a wee break in between finishing object of my obsession Outlander and starting this, Dragonfly in Amber, the second book in the series. And what do you know! The book starts back in 1968, after twenty years of Claire having lived with her first husband, Frank Randall, and raising their daughter, Brianna. “WHAT?” I cried, tempted to chuck this brick of a book across the room. And then I kept reading. Make no mistake: Diana Gabaldon is playing the long game. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: alwaysanswerb, Diana Gabaldon, Highland Romance, historical fiction, historical romance, Outlander

alwaysanswerb's CBR6 Review No:80 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: alwaysanswerb, Diana Gabaldon, Highland Romance, historical fiction, historical romance, Outlander ·
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I mean, the price was right.

November 18, 2014 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

Bedding the Wrong Brother is a serviceable contemporary erotic romance that is, importantly, free on Kindle. It’s a pretty short story, so there isn’t any particular lip service paid to anything like a “plot” or “character development.” What we know is this: our heroine, Melina, has known the Dalton twin brothers, Max and Rhys, since childhood. Melina went on to have a respectable life in academia, but never really came alive in the bedroom. Part of this is because she dated jerks, and it’s partly […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: alwaysanswerb, Contemporary Romance, erotica, Virna DePaul

alwaysanswerb's CBR6 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: alwaysanswerb, Contemporary Romance, erotica, Virna DePaul ·
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