Bookreview: To Romance a Charming Rogue

Author: Nicole Jordan
Genre: Historical romance
Published: 2009
Personal rating: 5/5
Yearly count: 4


Two years ago, lively beauty Eleanor Pierce spied her dashing betrothed, Damon Stafford, Viscount Wrexham, with his former mistress and furiously ended their engagement. Now the charming rake is back in London, meddling in Eleanor's affairs, bent on thwarting her new suitor. And when Damon's intoxicating kisses rekindle her deepest longing, Eleanor loses her heart . . . again. But as she has no intention of allowing history to repeat itself, she embarks on a plan of tantalizing seduction, vowing to tame the rogue before she surrenders to his wicked, willful desires . . .

Determined to stop another man from wooing and winning the woman he loves, Damon knows that claiming Eleanor's heart is all that matters. But this scandalously bold beauty means to beat him at his own game of romance – a game he is ready and willing to lose.

I greatly enjoyed this book. The two main characters are both amusing and sympathetic and their chemistry is great. Add to that a mystery with a touch of danger and you have this great romance that will bring a smile to your face. Highly recommended.

Bookreview: Indigo Dying

Author: Susan Wittig Albert
Genre: Mystery, detective
Published: 2003
Personal rating: 4/5
Yearly count: 3

Indigo was once a thriving community, but times have been tough on this Texas town. Now, as artists flock to the countryside, Indigo is coming back to life, and China is commited to helping the Save Historic Indigo Committee resurrect it. But this is a town with dark secrets, and it takes the teamwork of China and Ruby to bring them to light.

This book brings a touch of paranormal to the normal China Bayles mystery, which was different, but nice. It wasn't intrusive or very 'out there' and with Ruby, you could've exected it to happen sometime.

What I did have a problem with in this book were several remarks made by China, as she tells the story, that look forward to events. It's not normally something that I take offense to, but this time they jarred me out of the story on two occasions, which was unpleasant and surprising, given that I normally don't have this problem with China Bayles stories.

However, having said that, I did like this story and the various story lines of the people of Indigo. And of course, the personal woes of China's family were expertly described again. So, all in all, I do recommend this book, as it is still better than average, just not as good as the rest of the series. So, on the the next!