Courting Miss Lancaster Sarah M. Eden Covenant Communications, Inc., 2010 ISBN: 978-1-60861-000-6 FORMAT: Romance AGES: Teens or Romantic Grownups 3.5 Stars Since I read Seeking Persephone I knew I needed to read more by Sarah M. Eden. I knew I would especially like this particular novel since it is somewhat of a sequel to Seeking…
Since it is Halloween tomorrow (Happy Halloween everyone!), I thought I would let myself read a book that I call “book candy”. Now, you may all wonder what “book candy” is. I will tell you. It is a book that makes me feel as happy as if I had let myself eat a piece of…
Flirt Clubby Cathleen DalyRoaring Brook Press, 2011ISBN: 978-1-59643-572-8FORMAT: Young AdultAGES: 12 to 163 Stars Annie and Izzy are two friends in middle school who are clueless when it comes to knowing what boys like. So instead of just floundering around they decide to form the Flirt Club. A club that is dedicated to figuring out…
Piper was born on Valentine’s Day. She used to love the holiday and her birthday, but since the second divorces of her mother…not so much. She just doesn’t believe that real love actually could exist. All she has to do is take a look at how her mother is still in love with her ex husband…
When I read my first review about this book it said something about being a “Christian Cinderella story.” Needless to say, I had to read it. It was good…but it wasn’t really a Cinderella story. It was more of an Esther story. Addy goes to a Christian high school. Her parents were missionaries who were…
This was a fun read. Anna is forced leave all her friends (and her potential boyfriend) to go to Paris for her senior year of high school. Her dad is a famous author who writes cheesy and depressing romance novels. He likes the idea of being able to tell people how cultured his daughter is…
I love a good, clean romance every now and again. I know, I know…they are just literary fluff. But I still love them! Sometimes I just need some literary sugar to go along with my literary meat and potatoes. Well, this is one of those books you would buy from Deseret Book to spend an…
Well, this was a fun couple of hours! Basically Alex (short for Lady Alexandra) is an intelligent seventeen-year-old who HATES the idea of “coming out” in her first season. Pair her with two best friends Ella and Vivi and their mothers have quite the work cut out for them (seeing as Vivi is waiting for…
This is another good book by Heyer. This one not only has some romance, it also has some mystery thrown in. There are smugglers, wealthy heirs, missing heirlooms, murder accusations, romance, and lots of laughter at the sensibilities of all involved. Very fun book. Four stars.
If you like Pride and Prejudice and all things Austen, then you will love reading Georgette Heyer. She researches her history and then writes Austen-like novels (or whatever time period she researched). Basically she writes these great a kiss is the climax Austen-like romances in various historical settings. Great fun. This particular one is about…