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October Round Up

November 2, 2018 / Kaetrin

Monthly Mini Review

Strong by Kylie Scott – B- It’s been a very long time since I’ve read any of the Stage Dive books so I admit it took me a while to remember Martha and her history with the band but after a chapter or so it all came flooding back. Martha is Ben’s (the bass player’s) sister and former publicity assistant to the band as well as former girlfriend of David Ferris (hero from Lick). Martha was not a great person in Lick; she tried to split Ev and David up! (Boo! Hiss!) However, it is nice to get see a different side of a character and for a “bitch” to get a HEA. Martha is still prickly; she hasn’t had a personality transplant, but she has matured in the years since she left Stage Dive’s employ and enough time has passed that she’s put away the hurt she felt over her failed relationship with David.

Sam, the bodyguard and head of Stage Dive’s security has had a thing for Martha for a decade. He’s a very patient man. But the time is now right. Martha has returned to the fold. She’s staying in Portland and looking after Ben and Lizzy’s toddler son, Gibson, while Lizzy attends college. The nanny gig is temporary but she needs to be away from New York and around family for a while. She was mugged and assaulted (not sexually) in New York and doesn’t feel safe there anymore. Continue reading

Review at Dear Author

November 1, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Band Sinister by KJ Charles. A charming delight.

Review at AudioGals

October 25, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata, narrated by Callie Dalton & Teddy Hamilton. A very slow start but it picked up by the end.

Review at Dear Author

October 24, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon. Unapologetic fluff and just what I needed. *swoon*

Review at Dear Author

October 23, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven. Really good fantasy story with a fabulous heroine and a hero who keeps his promises.

House of Cads by Elizabeth Kingston, narrated by Nicholas Boulton

October 18, 2018 / Kaetrin

Why I read it: I received a review copy via the author.

What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Vivez la vie pleinement…Live life to the fullest.

That’s always been Marie-Anne de Vauteuil’s motto. As a Frenchwoman of highly questionable upbringing, she was shunned by genteel society when her fiancé died years ago, leaving her a penniless, fallen woman. Almost married, almost a widow…She retreated to an isolated village where no one knows or cares about her sordid past. And with no one to answer to, she will do as she pleases, including eating cake until her corset strings pop if she so chooses. But then, an invitation to London on a mission of mercy from the very family that cast her aside lands Marie-Anne back in society—and into the arms of a man who can be nothing but trouble.

When life gives you lemons…Make petit fours.

Wealthy American businessman Mason is a) accidentally engaged, b) desperate to get out of it, and c) neither wealthy nor a businessman. Marriage is the last thing on his mind. Money, however, is always of utmost importance. He’s only in London to gather material for the gossip pamphlets he illustrates, his scheme to make as much money as he can before he’s found out and skips town. But when he meets the irresistible Marie-Anne, she makes him rethink his life as a fraud, and for once consider his true talent as an artist. Her carefree attitude about life in general—and sex in particular—has Mason hoping for something he never believed possible: A proper life with a not-so-proper wife.

What worked for me (and what didn’t): Unlike the other books from Elizabeth Kingston I’ve listened to, House of Cads is much lighter fare. It’s not angsty or tortured. It’s a charming confection, with a dash of farce and a huge dollop of sizzling chemistry.
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