Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Catching up with the Ravenels

Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

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When I first started getting into romance about 10 years ago (it was during a deployment when I also transitioned to being primarily an ebook reader), Lisa Kleypas, Tessa Dare, Courtney Milan and Sarah MacLean were my entry authors (have to start high – also, thanks, Malin). Sarah MacLean at some point stopped being an auto-buy for me because her characters always felt so angsty, Tessa Dare has unfortunately not published anything in a while and somehow I fell behind on Lisa Kleypas with her […]

Where Hype is Well-Deserved

Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas

Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

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I zipped my way through the Ravenels, a choice made completely dependent on the fact that Fated Mates was going to be doing a show on Marrying Winterborne, and I wanted in on the hype. It’s such well-deserved hype though, guys. If you’re a historical romance reader, and you haven’t read a Lisa Kleypas book, I’m confused about what you ARE reading, quite honestly. Because Kleypas is a Queen Bee of the genre, and that’s not just my opinion. But it is definitely my opinion. […]

“What do ladies wear beneath their riding trousers?” “I would think an infamous rake would already know.” “I was never infamous. In fact, I’m fairly standard as far as rakes go.”

A Cold-Hearted Rake (The Ravenels #1) by Lisa Kleypas

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In one word: Roguish Cannonball Read Bingo: Gateway My one word may seem a little on the nose because “rake” is right there in the title, but this is a fun romp about three roguish rakes (or two and a half really, since one fellow is introduced mainly as the set-up to book #2 in the series) who have forsaken love for either leisure or work but might be (okay, definitely will be) answering the siren song of a woman soon. Though I started with […]

Devil in a Black Dress (Belated Bingo – Money)

Devil's Daughter (The Ravenels, #5) by Lisa Kleypas

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I am relatively new to the genre of romance novel. And by that I mean I’m a newborn baby, because this is only the second one that I’ve ever read. Luckily a good friend of mine is an avid romance reader and she has been my romance sherpa making suggestions. The first book I read was also by Lisa Kleypas so I figured if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This for me fit the Money bingo square in a number of ways. I mean, […]

Concluding the series by marrying off the last sister

Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

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3.5 stars Official book description: Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything—or anyone—is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife—and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love—the one thing he can’t give. Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart […]

The best in the series so far. This is more like it, Ms. Kleypas

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas

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This is the fifth book in the Ravenels series. While you don’t have to have read the previous books in the series, it would probably enhance your enjoyment and make you more familiar with most of the cast of characters. While you also don’t NEED to have read it, you really should read Devil in Winter, because it’s a classic of the genre, and will give you more insight in some of the supporting characters here. Plot summary from Goodreads, because I finished this book over a month […]



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