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Three Heroes #1
In Praise of Younger Men
The spark of youth.... The thrill of desire.... In this scintillating quartet of stories by four of today's most popular romance writers, the answers are discovered in a younger man's embrace....
343 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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Jo Beverley
140 books1,127 followersMary Josephine Dunn was born 22 September 1947 in Lancashire, England, UK. At the age of eleven she went to an all-girls boarding school, Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool. At sixteen, she wrote her first romance, with a medieval setting, completed in installments in an exercise book. From 1966 to 1970, she obtained a degree in English history from Keele University in Staffordshire, where she met her future husband, Ken Beverley. After graduation, they married on June 24, 1971. She quickly attained a position as a youth employment officer until 1976, working first in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and then in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
In 1976, her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When her professional qualifications proved not to be usable in the Canadian labour market, she raised their two sons and started to write her first romances.
Moved to Ottawa, in 1985 she became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association, that her “nurturing community” for the next twelve years. The same year, she completed a regency romance, but it was promptly rejected by a number of publishers, and she settled more earnestly to learning the craft. In 1988, it sold to Walker, and was published as "Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed". She regularly appears on bestseller lists including the USA Today overall bestseller list, the New York Times, and and the Publishers Weekly list. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden Leaf, the Award of Excellence, the National Readers Choice, and a two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. She is also a five time winner of the RITA, the top award of the Romance Writers Of America, and a member of their Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.
Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
In 1976, her scientist husband was invited to do post-doctoral research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When her professional qualifications proved not to be usable in the Canadian labour market, she raised their two sons and started to write her first romances.
Moved to Ottawa, in 1985 she became a founding member of the Ottawa Romance Writers’ Association, that her “nurturing community” for the next twelve years. The same year, she completed a regency romance, but it was promptly rejected by a number of publishers, and she settled more earnestly to learning the craft. In 1988, it sold to Walker, and was published as "Lord Wraybourne's Betrothed". She regularly appears on bestseller lists including the USA Today overall bestseller list, the New York Times, and and the Publishers Weekly list. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Golden Leaf, the Award of Excellence, the National Readers Choice, and a two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. She is also a five time winner of the RITA, the top award of the Romance Writers Of America, and a member of their Hall of Fame and Honor Roll.
Jo Beverley passed away on May 23, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.
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April 15, 2008
Though initially wanting to read Beverley chronologically, I had skimmed an excerpt of this novella, where the hero tries to kill himself, and I had to have it. The heroine being eight years older was the second reason to want and like this story, which is well written like I guess all of Beverley's books.
The shortness of it makes for too brief sex-scenes, and "rough sex" probably needed more space to be explored or perhaps the author wasn't completely clear about her own feelings, so that was a bit disappointing. There also was nearly no room for his pov, so him suddenly being in love with her was also less convincing; not because he shouldn't be (she was maligned by her and his friends, unfairly, and deserving of love), but because it wasn't shown when and why. She was also the typically pale (and perfect) woman.
But apart from all those typical or to be expected flaws, it was quite wonderful, and they fit very well together which a good author makes appearant in small details that perhaps not even h/h know of the other, but enrich the story. Her "age" (33), his beauty and her lusting after and loving him, the acceptance of possibly having no children (unlikely, but still treated), their basic goodness and attraction etc. make you wish it had been a longer novel, not "just" an interlude to speak "In Praise of Younger Men" :)
The shortness of it makes for too brief sex-scenes, and "rough sex" probably needed more space to be explored or perhaps the author wasn't completely clear about her own feelings, so that was a bit disappointing. There also was nearly no room for his pov, so him suddenly being in love with her was also less convincing; not because he shouldn't be (she was maligned by her and his friends, unfairly, and deserving of love), but because it wasn't shown when and why. She was also the typically pale (and perfect) woman.
But apart from all those typical or to be expected flaws, it was quite wonderful, and they fit very well together which a good author makes appearant in small details that perhaps not even h/h know of the other, but enrich the story. Her "age" (33), his beauty and her lusting after and loving him, the acceptance of possibly having no children (unlikely, but still treated), their basic goodness and attraction etc. make you wish it had been a longer novel, not "just" an interlude to speak "In Praise of Younger Men" :)
November 13, 2008
#1 - "A Man Who Can Dance"
Graham McNab & Sarah Ambrose - Friends due to being forced to work for a living in Graham's uncle's house, Sarah (32), the governess to his uncle's daughters and Graham, a physician-in-training are soon thrown together when Graham (26) is determined to win the hand of the daughter of a army official. Over the course of his lessons, Graham discovers that it is not the daughter he wants but Sarah. Sarah thinking she is too old and on the shelf discourages his affections until she soon discovers that she loves him in return. Would rate 4 stars.
#2 - "Forevermore"
Cameron Leslie & Clarice Bradford - In England to attend the wedding of his cousin, Cameron (23) first befriends adopted daughter of Clarice (32). Soon infaturated with Clarice, he slowly works down her defenses to convince Clarice to become his betrothed. Would rate 5 stars.
#3 - "Written in the Stars"
Tristan Carmichael, Viscount Ravenshall & Harriet Macquair Drynan - Convinced that she has to marry someone younger than she to reverse auspicious curse, Harriet discourages the advances of Tristan much to her dismay. It isn't until the end that she discovers that Tristan is one day younger than her. Would rate 3 stars.
#4 - "The Demon's Mistress"
George "Van" Vandeimen & Maria Celestin - Maria aka The Golden Lily (33) thinks he is saving Van (26) from a fate of death. Maria wants to spurn all suitors so once she hears of George mounting debts, she proposes an exchange. He must pretend to be her husband for six weeks, after which he will be paid a total of 20,000 pounds. No longer able to deny the attraction, Van becomes intrigued by Maria and soon seduces her. Realizing that he wants her as a wife in reality, he does her best to wear her down much to the dismay of his friend, George "Hawk" Hawkinville. Would rate 5 stars.
Graham McNab & Sarah Ambrose - Friends due to being forced to work for a living in Graham's uncle's house, Sarah (32), the governess to his uncle's daughters and Graham, a physician-in-training are soon thrown together when Graham (26) is determined to win the hand of the daughter of a army official. Over the course of his lessons, Graham discovers that it is not the daughter he wants but Sarah. Sarah thinking she is too old and on the shelf discourages his affections until she soon discovers that she loves him in return. Would rate 4 stars.
#2 - "Forevermore"
Cameron Leslie & Clarice Bradford - In England to attend the wedding of his cousin, Cameron (23) first befriends adopted daughter of Clarice (32). Soon infaturated with Clarice, he slowly works down her defenses to convince Clarice to become his betrothed. Would rate 5 stars.
#3 - "Written in the Stars"
Tristan Carmichael, Viscount Ravenshall & Harriet Macquair Drynan - Convinced that she has to marry someone younger than she to reverse auspicious curse, Harriet discourages the advances of Tristan much to her dismay. It isn't until the end that she discovers that Tristan is one day younger than her. Would rate 3 stars.
#4 - "The Demon's Mistress"
George "Van" Vandeimen & Maria Celestin - Maria aka The Golden Lily (33) thinks he is saving Van (26) from a fate of death. Maria wants to spurn all suitors so once she hears of George mounting debts, she proposes an exchange. He must pretend to be her husband for six weeks, after which he will be paid a total of 20,000 pounds. No longer able to deny the attraction, Van becomes intrigued by Maria and soon seduces her. Realizing that he wants her as a wife in reality, he does her best to wear her down much to the dismay of his friend, George "Hawk" Hawkinville. Would rate 5 stars.
February 12, 2013
4 stars or even more for Jo Beverley's fabulous story "The Demon's Mistress". It is head and shoulders higher in writing quality than the other 3 stories in the book, which are really cheesy.
January 12, 2009
The Demon’s Mistress is a novella. In my opinion, novellas are the teenagers of literary work too short to be a well rounded, mature novel and too gangly to be a sweet, cute short story; it’s hard to find a good one; they don’t get a lot of love. The Demon’s Mistress is part of a romance collection. We all know how that works, there’s one known writer and two or three less known writers and one of them is basically unreadable, one is okay, and one is surprisingly good. The Demon's Mistress, despite the awkward length and truncated plot, would be the good one.
The Demon is Lord Vandeimen, who has returned from the Napoleonic Wars to find his father dead and himself penniless. He is in the process of killing himself when he is interrupted by Maria Celestin, the titular Demon's Mistress. She has tracked down Lord Vandeimen to ask him to pretend to be her fiancé to keep the fortune hunters away during the season. Obviously, that's not the real reason she approached him, and despite being suicidal, he's suspicious as well. On the other hand, he doesn't have a lot to lose, so he agrees to help her. It turns out that she really sought him out because she found out that her late husband swindled the late Lord Vandeimen out of a large sum of money. Now she is trying to give it back and undo the wrong. After assessing Lord Vandeimen's state of mind, Maria Celestin thinks that he would either refuse or waste the money if she just gave it to him, so she is using it as a lever to bring him back to productive life.
The upshot of all this is that the two spend a lot of time together, with Lord Vandeimen romancing Maria Celestin, and naturally they fall in love. There are some complications, including her explaining what her late husband did to his family, and thank God for lack of space, because Lord Vandeimen sensibly decides that it wasn't her fault that her husband was a jerk. The real problem is that Maria Celestin is eight years older than Lord Vandeimen. Because of the age difference, she shunned by her close friends who believe she's robbing the cradle, and, more than anything else, she believes that she is too old to be able to give him an heir. She wastes a lot of time trying to talk him out of marriage, but, in the end, they have their happily ever after.
Overall, it was a good novella. The biggest problem is that it would have been much better as a full length novel. There’s not a lot of time to develop the relationship, especially the changes in Lord Vandeimen, so everything feels rushed and forced. I think the author was working with too much stuff to fit into a novella and do the story justice. (And I’m not even going into her preference, and attendant shame, of being sexually dominated and that his childhood friends hate her because of her late husband’s nefarious business practices.) The minor complaint I have, and it is petty, is Lord Vandeimen is always described as having primrose colored hair. I’m sure this is evocative for everyone but me. I looked up primroses and found out that they come in pink, yellow, cream, blue, and red. I’m guessing that she meant that he had red or creamy white hair, but I’m going to picture him as having blue.
The Demon is Lord Vandeimen, who has returned from the Napoleonic Wars to find his father dead and himself penniless. He is in the process of killing himself when he is interrupted by Maria Celestin, the titular Demon's Mistress. She has tracked down Lord Vandeimen to ask him to pretend to be her fiancé to keep the fortune hunters away during the season. Obviously, that's not the real reason she approached him, and despite being suicidal, he's suspicious as well. On the other hand, he doesn't have a lot to lose, so he agrees to help her. It turns out that she really sought him out because she found out that her late husband swindled the late Lord Vandeimen out of a large sum of money. Now she is trying to give it back and undo the wrong. After assessing Lord Vandeimen's state of mind, Maria Celestin thinks that he would either refuse or waste the money if she just gave it to him, so she is using it as a lever to bring him back to productive life.
The upshot of all this is that the two spend a lot of time together, with Lord Vandeimen romancing Maria Celestin, and naturally they fall in love. There are some complications, including her explaining what her late husband did to his family, and thank God for lack of space, because Lord Vandeimen sensibly decides that it wasn't her fault that her husband was a jerk. The real problem is that Maria Celestin is eight years older than Lord Vandeimen. Because of the age difference, she shunned by her close friends who believe she's robbing the cradle, and, more than anything else, she believes that she is too old to be able to give him an heir. She wastes a lot of time trying to talk him out of marriage, but, in the end, they have their happily ever after.
Overall, it was a good novella. The biggest problem is that it would have been much better as a full length novel. There’s not a lot of time to develop the relationship, especially the changes in Lord Vandeimen, so everything feels rushed and forced. I think the author was working with too much stuff to fit into a novella and do the story justice. (And I’m not even going into her preference, and attendant shame, of being sexually dominated and that his childhood friends hate her because of her late husband’s nefarious business practices.) The minor complaint I have, and it is petty, is Lord Vandeimen is always described as having primrose colored hair. I’m sure this is evocative for everyone but me. I looked up primroses and found out that they come in pink, yellow, cream, blue, and red. I’m guessing that she meant that he had red or creamy white hair, but I’m going to picture him as having blue.
November 2, 2010
I'm fond of older woman stories so I picked this up. I couldn't get into two of the stories but I did read 'Forevermore' by Lauren Royal and 'The Demon's Mistress' by Jo Beverley. The Demon's Mistress was a really good novella. The characters were well developed and there was a bit of darkness to the hero. Some angst etc. I haven't read anything else by this author but this story was strong enough that I will probably go out and find the stories related to this one and give them a try.
Forevermore was fairly good. It was a bit shorter so character development wasn't as full. It was set in the Reformation period and was well done from both an historical aspect and as a sweet short love story.
Forevermore was fairly good. It was a bit shorter so character development wasn't as full. It was set in the Reformation period and was well done from both an historical aspect and as a sweet short love story.
October 3, 2017
Leído en Nov 2010
Un Hombre que sabe Bailar/A Man Who Can Dance - Cathy Maxwell
Dentro de la Antología In Praise of Younger Men
Argumento:
La chispa de la juventud... La emoción del deseo... en este cuarteto brillante de historias de cuatro de las escritoras románticas más populares de hoy en día. Las respuestas son descubiertas en el abrazo de un hombre más joven...
En "Un hombre sabe bailar", Sarah Ambrose, una institutriz enseña a Graham McNab, un joven erudito el arte del cortejo... y sin pretenderlo se enamora del encanto recién descubierto de su alumno.
Cathy Maxwell nos regala un romance de la regencia escocesa sobre un joven que tiene que aprender a bailar para conseguir la mano de la belleza de la ciudad. Pero al mismo tiempo que empieza a recibir lecciones de una institutriz encantadora y absolutamente fascinante, empieza también a cambiar de opinión sobre con quién quiere casarse en realidad.
Un Hombre que sabe Bailar/A Man Who Can Dance - Cathy Maxwell
Dentro de la Antología In Praise of Younger Men
Argumento:
La chispa de la juventud... La emoción del deseo... en este cuarteto brillante de historias de cuatro de las escritoras románticas más populares de hoy en día. Las respuestas son descubiertas en el abrazo de un hombre más joven...
En "Un hombre sabe bailar", Sarah Ambrose, una institutriz enseña a Graham McNab, un joven erudito el arte del cortejo... y sin pretenderlo se enamora del encanto recién descubierto de su alumno.
Cathy Maxwell nos regala un romance de la regencia escocesa sobre un joven que tiene que aprender a bailar para conseguir la mano de la belleza de la ciudad. Pero al mismo tiempo que empieza a recibir lecciones de una institutriz encantadora y absolutamente fascinante, empieza también a cambiar de opinión sobre con quién quiere casarse en realidad.
December 29, 2016
Overall 4-stars
A Man Who Can Dance - 4 stars - I enjoyed it but the end was a little too nicey-nicey for me. The bad uncle and cousin came round too quickly for my taste.
Forevermore - 3 stars - Unlike the others, this was set in the mid-17th c. and lud, they repeated lud too much. Lud, ''twas annoying.
Written on the Stars - did not read - I'm not into paranormals
The Devil's Mistress - 4 1/2 stars and the reason I read the anthology. It took a bit for this one to get going but once it did, it was great.
None of these stories are clean. PG-13.
A Man Who Can Dance - 4 stars - I enjoyed it but the end was a little too nicey-nicey for me. The bad uncle and cousin came round too quickly for my taste.
Forevermore - 3 stars - Unlike the others, this was set in the mid-17th c. and lud, they repeated lud too much. Lud, ''twas annoying.
Written on the Stars - did not read - I'm not into paranormals
The Devil's Mistress - 4 1/2 stars and the reason I read the anthology. It took a bit for this one to get going but once it did, it was great.
None of these stories are clean. PG-13.
February 2, 2020
This was a book that had four different stories about older women marrying younger men. All of which was taken place in the early 1800's Scotland and England.
A Man Who Can Dance by Cathy Maxwell
Forevermore by Lauren Royal
Written in the Stars by Jaclyn Reding
The Demon's Mistress by Jo Beverley
A Man Who Can Dance by Cathy Maxwell
Forevermore by Lauren Royal
Written in the Stars by Jaclyn Reding
The Demon's Mistress by Jo Beverley
October 13, 2013
Four Novellas by Jo Beverley, Cathy Maxwell, Jaclyn Reding and Lauren Royal, in which the heroines are a bit "age-advantaged" over the men.
Well, not quite to that extreme, though when you see how the women view it at first, you wonder.
Royal's story is not a Regency, so tack on a star for that. It takes place shortly after the Restoration, and the author detailed the stylish attire for the era, and noted that the hero was too young to remember life under Cromwell's governance. Royal notes that she's in love with this period, so I'm looking forward to reading one of her full-length novels, which, I hope, will be full of the juicier events and more entertaining people of the time.
JoBev's story ties in with her Three Georges Trilogy, having to do with "Demon" Vandeimen, who is in a very dark place when his older woman arrives with a proposition—and a secret. Pretty good teaser for the series.
Cathy Maxwell's hero is the only one who really acts like a younger man, making up his mind to marry a woman based merely on her beauty. A couple decent villains make it interesting and he does grow up.
Reding's story has to do with a curse that requires women of a certain family to marry younger men. Problem is the man she loves is about an hour older. I saw the solution coming but it was a good one. This is a Scottish tale, so that was a plus, and a real historical person makes a very nicely done cameo appearance. I'm not big on the whole witchy-cursy thing so hopefully she doesn't play with paranormal themes all the time. Will check out some more of her work.
Anyway, 4 stars for the lot, and a couple new authors to explore.
November 17, 2014
synopsis:
anthology of 4 historical stories about older women and younger men.
imaginary heaven: maria, a widow just out of mourning, feels that she owes van something, because her late husband is the reason van is in the depths of despair. she arrives on the night that he plans to kill himself and proposes to pay him to play her betrothed for 6 weeks.
man who can dance: graham is on the cusp of becoming a doctor when he locks eyes with a beautiful woman parading the street. goaded by his cousin into a bet that he will be the one to win the fair maiden at a ball, he asks his friend, sarah, a governess for dancing lessons. as sarah tries to teach graham to dance, their feelings come to the forefront.
written on the stars: the women in harriet's family have been cursed. because of some ill-advised actions by an ancestor, the women all have to marry someone younger than themselves, or the men that they love will die before the marriage can be consumated. unfortunately, harriet loves tristan, her brother's best friend, and they were born on the same day as each other.
forevermore: clarice and her adoptive daughter are invited to their lord's marraige. there, she meets cameron, who is the lord's brother-in-law. knowing that they can never be together because of the class difference, she goes back to her home and her baking.
what i liked: i liked imaginary heaven; it was semi-interesting.
what i didn't like: everything felt kind of flat. i know that the stories are short, but i've read some that pack a punch.
anthology of 4 historical stories about older women and younger men.
imaginary heaven: maria, a widow just out of mourning, feels that she owes van something, because her late husband is the reason van is in the depths of despair. she arrives on the night that he plans to kill himself and proposes to pay him to play her betrothed for 6 weeks.
man who can dance: graham is on the cusp of becoming a doctor when he locks eyes with a beautiful woman parading the street. goaded by his cousin into a bet that he will be the one to win the fair maiden at a ball, he asks his friend, sarah, a governess for dancing lessons. as sarah tries to teach graham to dance, their feelings come to the forefront.
written on the stars: the women in harriet's family have been cursed. because of some ill-advised actions by an ancestor, the women all have to marry someone younger than themselves, or the men that they love will die before the marriage can be consumated. unfortunately, harriet loves tristan, her brother's best friend, and they were born on the same day as each other.
forevermore: clarice and her adoptive daughter are invited to their lord's marraige. there, she meets cameron, who is the lord's brother-in-law. knowing that they can never be together because of the class difference, she goes back to her home and her baking.
what i liked: i liked imaginary heaven; it was semi-interesting.
what i didn't like: everything felt kind of flat. i know that the stories are short, but i've read some that pack a punch.
April 20, 2010
So, how does one rate an anthology? I hate anthologies, generally. Most genre novelists don't know how to write a proper short story. A handful do, but these were not them. Maxwell's story was a pile of drivel. I skipped through it in eight pages. Royal's story was slightly better, and Reding's actually kept my attention, although it wasn't great. And then there's the Jo Beverley gem at the end, which was really the only reason I was reading this anyways - it's part of a series of related books, and I will read anything having to do with the Company of Rogues wholeheartedly. And it didn't disappoint (or, well, it did actually disappoint, but only because I was terribly disappointed that Beverley chose to hide Vandeimen away in this stupid anthology rather than give him a real story in a real book). So, do I rate it five stars for Jo Beverley? Or one star for the other three? Honestly, I think Beverley needs to treat this as a work in progress and flesh out a full story for Vandeimen, because he deserves one. And then she can have five stars. *grin*
July 17, 2016
A Man Who Can Dance by Cathy Maxwell ****
Jewel 02.5 Forevermore by Lauren Royal ****
Written in the Stars by Jaclyn Reding ****
Company of Rogues 06 the Demon's Mistress by Jo Beverley ****
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again
Jewel 02.5 Forevermore by Lauren Royal ****
Written in the Stars by Jaclyn Reding ****
Company of Rogues 06 the Demon's Mistress by Jo Beverley ****
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again
February 4, 2015
I was pleasantly surprised with this Anthology and especially liked the theme as I haven't read many where the hero is younger than the heroine. Normally I expect to only line maybe one or two of the stories (depending on how many there are), but I like to read them as they are short and it's a nice change of pace from novels.
My ratings:
"A Man Who Can Dance" by Cathy Maxwell = 4 stars /
"Forevermore" by Lauren Royal = 5 stars /
"Written in the Stars" by Jaclyn Reding = 3 stars /
"The Demon's Mistress" by Jo Beverley = 5 stars /
Overall, a pleasant read and I may return to read a couple at a later date.
April 21, 2013
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Read #2 was worthwhile, glad to say.
February 3, 2015
My ratings:
"A Man Who Can Dance" by Cathy Maxwell = 4 stars /
"Forevermore" by Lauren Royal = 5 stars /
"Written in the Stars" by Jaclyn Reding = 3 stars /
"The Demon's Mistress" by Jo Beverley = 5 stars /
Overall, a pleasant read and I may return to read a couple at a later date.
April 21, 2013
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Read #2 was worthwhile, glad to say.
February 3, 2015
June 10, 2009
The Jo Beverley story, "The Demon's Mistress" is one of my favorites. It's loosely connected to the Company of Rogues. The demon, Lord Vandenmeiden, or Van, is one of the three Georges in this series. Ruined by the memories of what he did and saw in the war and by his family's loss of fortunes, he is about to kill himself when he is saved by Maria. Maria is wrong for him in many ways, but absolutely right for him. He finds he won't give her up for anything. The love scenes are sizzling. The other stories were more of an afterthought.
July 20, 2014
Four stars for Jo Beverley and Lauren Royal's stories. The other two weren't anything special. I love Lauren Royal's books, as Restoration era romances are far too uncommon, and any time I read them it reminds me of discovering Forever Amber as a teenager! Jo Beverley's story had a GREAT hero. You know the story is going to be interesting, at the very least, if the first scene with the hero shows him attempting suicide. I hate rating anthologies, though, because seriously, the other two stories were utterly forgettable.
July 25, 2019
I nearly gave up with this book when I read on the first page of a pet chipmunk* in the Scottish Highlands - is Dumfries in the Highlands? - and on the second page of a quayside in Edinburgh** but I persevered. Jo Beverley is always worth reading, although I'm pretty sure I've read her contribution in another anthology. Altogether a mixed bag. I gave it four stars for Jo Beverley and Lauren Royal.
* Not a native species
** The port for Edinburgh is at Leith, several miles away.
* Not a native species
** The port for Edinburgh is at Leith, several miles away.
October 18, 2014
I really enjoyed this quick-paced book. I initially picked it up for the Jaclyn Reding story, but ended up liking all of the stories, especially Jo Beverly's and Lauren Royal's. Guess I'm a sucker for nice guys and hot romance but it was fun...a great way to get away from it all for a while, which I think a good book should do for you.
September 23, 2010
I can only speak to Demon's Mistress: the story of Lord Van and Maria. They meet when he's about to blow his brains out ... not exactly "meet cute" and she persuades him to be her 6-week fiance to keep fortune hunters at bay. Hawt, charming and unusual. Part of the Georges trio & the Rogue series.
wishlist
April 6, 2009Ok books. #1 in 3 part series.
January 7, 2012
Rated 3.5
own-to-be-read-pile
December 28, 2015Table of Contents:
A Man Who Can Dance by Cathy Maxwell
Forevermore by Lauren Royal
Written in the Sun by Jaclyn Reding
The Demon's Mistress by Jo Beverly**
A Man Who Can Dance by Cathy Maxwell
Forevermore by Lauren Royal
Written in the Sun by Jaclyn Reding
The Demon's Mistress by Jo Beverly**
Want to read
March 10, 2016Jo Beverley's Imaginary Heaven
Cathy Maxwell's A Man Who Can Dance
Jaclyn Reding's Written on the Stars
Lauren Royal's Forevermore
Cathy Maxwell's A Man Who Can Dance
Jaclyn Reding's Written on the Stars
Lauren Royal's Forevermore
April 28, 2020
Beverley
April 24, 2017
Only one of these was readable, it will not surprise anyone that it was the one written by Jo Beverley
October 29, 2011
Loved Beverley's story, Maxwell's was ok, the others not worth reading
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