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Review: The Study of Seduction – Sabrina Jeffries

Review: The Study of Seduction – Sabrina Jeffries

The Study of Seduction is filled with romance – albeit quite reluctant on both the male and the female part – danger, delight, despair, and heartfelt love. Story: Jeffries really has a knack for creating relatable characters, a bit unconventional, and able to reel the readers in. The Study of Seduction definitely reeled me in! I love friends to lovers stories, and that is what I got here. Edwin and Clarissa have known each other for as long as they can remember. And so, when Warren needs to leave England – but thinks it’s too dangerous to leave Clarissa open to the advances of a French suitor – he asks Edwin to look out for her. The Study of Seduction […]

Posted 24 April, 2018 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Last Kiss Goodnight – Gena Showalter

Review: Last Kiss Goodnight – Gena Showalter

Last Kiss Goodnight is very melancholy in some ways, and it also truly angered me in other ways! Well written, with multi-faceted characters and an overall plot that was masterfully executed. I’m not sure why I haven’t read Last Kiss Goodnight until now – it’s been on my kindle more or less since it was released, and I was a huge fan of the Alien Huntress series, and I knew that this is a sort of spin-off series set in the same universe with some characters showing up. And wow, I was completely transported to another place, where aliens and humans live together, but not necessarily in harmony. I was both elated by the romance and the pure heart some […]

Posted 28 November, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Blood Red Kiss – Larissa Ione, Kresley Cole & Gena Showalter

Review: Blood Red Kiss – Larissa Ione, Kresley Cole & Gena Showalter

Blood Red Kiss gives readers glimpses into three super-series by three rockstar authors in the paranormal romance universe, and I utterly enjoyed myself reading these! I had already red The Warlord Wants Forever – the first story in Blood Red Kiss. Years ago, when I first got back to reading, and I think it was one of my very first paranormal romance reads. I enjoyed it back then, but I didn’t love it. Now, though, I did love it, and that may be partly because Immortals After Dark is one of my favorite series now. It’s a great introduction to the series, and I especially think that the Book of Lore at the beginning is a very nice touch. I […]

Posted 21 November, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Review: The Operator – Kim Harrison

Review: The Operator – Kim Harrison

The Operator is a very twisty tale, where Peri continues to try her best to do what’s right, but with no idea who is telling her the truth, and who wants the same things she wants. If you haven’t read Sideswiped, The Drafter and Waylaid yet, you should stop reading this review right now! There are things that happens in The Operator that might spoil the prior books for you, and believe me, you don’t want that to happen! This story is quite tense, because Peri has managed to live on her own for almost a year, managing her own coffee shop, and staying low so that Bill won’t find her. Which works pretty well, until Silas approaches her at […]

Posted 9 November, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 24 Comments
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Review: If the Viscount Falls – Sabrina Jeffries

Review: If the Viscount Falls – Sabrina Jeffries

The Duke’s Men had to get involved once more in If the Viscount Falls, and there was romance and mayhem galore! My If the Viscount Falls review: Jane was absolutely delightful, and If the Viscount Falls fell right into step with the other stories in this series. A little bit of shenanigans, scorching chemistry, and a second chance at love for Dom and Jane made my heart swoon. Dom, however was very high-handed, and even when he realized he might have a real chance of winning Jane back, he made decisions without consulting her, and continued to treat her like a naive young girl, rather than the strong woman she had grown into. Dom was the main man behind The Duke’s […]

Posted 2 January, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review: How the Scoundrel Seduces – Sabrina Jeffries

Review: How the Scoundrel Seduces – Sabrina Jeffries

*I received a free ARC of How the Scoundrel Seduces from Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* How the Scoundrel Seduces might just be my favorite Dukes Men story yet! Tristan is as wonderfully rakish and devilishly honest as I remember, and Zoe is one of the most pesky heroines I have ever encountered. My How the Scoundrel Seduces review: Sabrina Jeffries certainly continues to enchant me, because How the Scoundrel Seduces enchanted me, both the storyline, the plot and the characters drew me in from the first sentence, and I stayed glued to my kindle for all these pages, always wanting to know what would happen next. As usual, the language is really […]

Posted 13 August, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Review: Dark Skye – Kresley Cole

Review: Dark Skye – Kresley Cole

*I received a free ARC of Dark Skye from Gallery Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* WOW Dark Skye is an awesome installment in the Immortals After Dark series! And can I just say character growth? My Dark Skye review: Thronos and Leanthe have such a complicated relationship it’s a wonder they actually even talked to each other at all. Dark Skye seemingly threw them together at a very inopportune time, but of course, soothsayer Nyx had something to do with that, and she showed up more than once to my utter enchantment. Thronos having searched for Leanthe for centuries made me really feel for him, even if he also acted like an ass for a long […]

Posted 5 August, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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Review: Finding Colin Firth – Mia March

Review: Finding Colin Firth – Mia March

*I received a free ARC of Finding Colin Firth from Gallery / Threshold / Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Finding Colin Firth is a surprising contemporary novel following three women whose lives become connected in a small town in Maine. A beautiful depiction about all the choices women have to make in their lives, and the social pressure for them to always do ‘the right thing’. And I really appreciated reading a contemporary romance that takes feminism and gender roles seriously, but just as a part of the story, not in a preaching or debating  way. Bea finds out that she was adopted a year after her mother died, she receives a letter in her […]

Posted 7 March, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 18 Comments
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Review: The Professional Part 2 (The Gamemaker #0.2) – Kresley Cole

Review: The Professional Part 2 (The Gamemaker #0.2) – Kresley Cole

*I received a free ARC of The Professional Part 2 from Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Professional Part 2 picks up at the exact same moment that part 1 stopped. It’s extremely hot! Of course, that’s only in part because Sevastyan and Natalie are in a sauna… From the very start, it is clear that these two are meant to be together, but danger is lurking. Sevastyan is just as secretive in The Professional Part 2 as he was before, and Natalie is starting to become a little frustrated with him. He’s also very high-handed, thinking Natalie should dance to his every little tune, but she won’t have that – and drama ensues.  The […]

Posted 9 January, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: When the Rogue Returns (The Duke’s Men #2) – Sabrina Jeffries

Review: When the Rogue Returns (The Duke’s Men #2) – Sabrina Jeffries

*I received a free ARC of When the Rogue Returns from Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* When the Rogue Returns is a great historical romance novel, filled with action, suspense, some hot scenes and – YAY – no quivering virgins! Victor and Isa are both very stubborn, and extremely protective of their hearts, which is completely understandable as their stories unfold. The Duke’s Men series is becoming one of my favorite historical romance series, both because it is a little unconventional and because the characters are so well done I want to hang out with them for real! Victor really wants to work with the Duke’s Men, and he is afraid they won’t let him, […]

Posted 1 January, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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