A Night to Surrender - Tessa Dare

Welcome to Spindle Cove, where ladies with delicate constitutions come for the sea air, and men in their prime are . . . nowhere to be found.

Or are they?

Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men; it is a haven for those who live there.

Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. So far as he can tell, there's nothing in this place but spinsters . . .and sheep. But he has no choice, he has orders togather a militia. It's a simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna Finch--a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the invasion of Bram's makeshift army.

Susanna has no use for aggravating men; Bram has sworn off interfering women. The scene is set for an epic battle; but who can be named the winner when both have so much to lose?

 

Hey guys I know I said that I was going to do a video review for Low Pressure but when I got home last night I looked at my (overflowing) bookshelf and saw this beauty glaring a hole in me. I started reading this book...gosh I know it has been over a year ago. I started it when I was going through some very personal and emotional things due to my father's illness and I lost all interest in everything even this book...the book was wonderful but my heart was just not in it...then last night I decided I was going to finish it and finish it I did!!

 

I'm so glad that I finally got through with this book and very happy with myself that I was able to pick up where I left off over a year ago without any trouble.

 

However, this review is going to be short and sweet...

 

Basically I absolutely adored this book and remembered why I fell in love with Tessa Dare's writing.

 

Also, Bram is definitely the epitome of a tortured hero and of course I loved him because I just have this thing with the whole tortured hero!

 

And Susanna was just absolutely awesome...she was the perfect match for our glowering, tortured hero!!

 

So please if you are looking for a wonderful story to read then definitely give this book a chance...immediately after finishing this one I bought the next book in the series A Week to be Wicked on my Kindle and I'm really looking forward to reading that one!!

 

Happy Reading,

Mindy

 

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Operation Auction - Maya Banks Video by Tessa Dare

A few months ago a bunch of other romance book lovers such as myself got together for a great cause in Operation Auction...which you can read more about HERE.

So one of my favorite authors Tessa Dare donated a home made video trailer for the winning author's book and the lucky winner was Maya Banks!! Although I've never read her books I have to say after watching the delightful video below I have decided I need to do so immediately.

So without further ado here is the book trailer for Maya's highlander series made by the funny and wonderful Tessa Dare...

I hope you enjoy and I hope you can support Maya...I honestly plan on getting these books!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

Twice Tempted by a Rogue - Tessa Dare

How long could she resist him?

Luck is a double-edged sword for brooding war hero Rhys St. Maur. His death wish went unanswered on the battlefield, while fate allowed the murder of his friend in the elite gentlemen’s society known as the Stud Club. Out of options, Rhys returns to his ancestral home on the moors of Devonshire, expecting anything but a chance at redemption in the arms of a beautiful innkeeper, who dares him to take on the demons of his past — and the sweet temptation of a woman’s love.
Meredith Maddox believes in hard work, not fate, and romance isn’t part of her plan. But when Rhys returns, battle-scarred, world-weary, and more dangerously attractive than ever, the lovely widow is torn between determination and desire. As a deep mystery and dangerous smugglers threaten much more than their passionate reckoning, Meredith discovers that she must trust everything to a wager her heart placed long ago.


Well Tessa Dare did it again! She followed the debut of this series with another wonderfully, touching, sweet, saucy, sexy tale.

OH MY how my heart bled for Rhys. Also, I loved Meredith. I thought she was strong, self reliant and pretty bad ace to take on huge drunk louts. But also, I wanted to bop her on the head a few times. I mean here was this guy she had loved all her life and he was standing there practically begging her to marry him and she wouldn't give the guy a shot...WTF? However, she did redeem herself in the end!! Also, there was someone in the town sabotaging Rhys at every turn and it was never someone I would have guessed and I will not reveal that here!!

Also, finally we got some more answers as to the murder of the founder of the Stud Club. It turns out the final answers will lie in the last book Three Nights with a Scoundrel. It seems that maybe Leo (the founder) was not the intended target but in fact Julian Bellamy...so soon I will find out that burning question as to what happened to Leo.

Also, sorry about the short review but I'm very tired right now and my bed is calling my  name!!  OH and before I forget to get your own copy of Rhys and Meredith's story just go here -->Twice Tempted by a Rogue

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One Dance with a Duke - Tessa Dare

True temptation begins at midnight…


A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only ten members — yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with an obsession with a prize horse, a dark secret, and, now, a reputation as the dashing “Duke of Midnight.” Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the women catch his interest, and nobody ever bests the duke — until Lady Amelia d’Orsay tries her luck.

In a moment of desperation, the unconventional beauty claims the duke’s dance and unwittingly steals his heart. When Amelia demands that Spencer forgive her scapegrace brother’s debts, she never imagines that her game of wits and words will lead to breathless passion and a steamy proposal. Still, Spencer is a man of mystery, perhaps connected to the shocking murder of the Stud Club’s founder. Will Amelia lose her heart in this reckless wager or win everlasting love?

This is the first book in Tessa Dare's new Stud Club Trilogy. In it we learn the foundations of what exactly is the Stud Club? No it isn't a club full of hot men (although that is not a bad idea) but it has to do with horses.
 
The Club's founder is found dead and thus starts the search for his killer. Was it just random? Or planned? We do not find out who did it in this book but I'm hoping that with the third book in the series Three Nights with a Scoundrel we will find out the who and why behind his murder.
 
In this book is Amelia...almost on the shelf, a bit plump and busy taking care of everyone else except herself. Then there is Spencer rich, handsome and a Duke no less. When he proposes marriage to Amelia she is thrilled but also a bit suspicious. In the end she agrees to do it as she says for her noble yet poor family. So not only is he trying to get what he wants (a horse) but he is trying to find a way to win over his wife which he never thought he would want to do. At first theirs is an arrangement but even in marriages of convenience silly things like hearts and feelings start showing.
 
Tessa Dare does a fantastic job setting up the rest of the series with this book and also the other characters. They have bleen outlined but I know with each book they will be fleshed out even more. Also, hotty toddy sparks literally fly off the page with this one but that is no big surprise. Mrs. Dare is a very (VERY) spicy writer indeed. All I can say is if you don't like graphic detail in a romance novel then this book (and her others) are definitely not for you...good thing I don't mind, right? Also, her books are fast readers and you get so caught up in them you are feeling soo much...practically everything the characters are feeling and to me that is a sign of a true gem of an author!!
 
Alright if you wanna read not only a sweet but a sexy romance then don't wait any longer and go pick up yourself a copy of this book...you can get one here -->One Dance with a Duke
Also just for fun you can check out her other series and the books in it are Goddess of the Hunt(this book is great especially the wardrobe scene...talk about scorching), Surrender of a Siren: A Novel(come on who doesn't love a pirate), A Lady of Persuasion (alas a jilted lover gets redemption).

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