Christmas
Merry Christmas! Advent Calander Day 25 #CountDownToChristmas
Merry Christmas my wonderful friends, my shining stars, my sunshines!!
Not a huge, taxing post just a thank you from the bottom of my heart for not only sticking with me as I counted down to Chrismas but also for sticking with the blog for so long, it means the world to me to be able to share with you all my love of reading and books, and to be able to introduce you all to some of my favourite authors and their beautiful words. I hope, I have put a smile on your faces and added many more books to your towering TBR piles – I know a few of you have let me know you have been inspired to try a few new authors and purchased their books, for that, I thank you and those few words made my Christmas.
I think it only fitting, that I finish my Christmas Countdown, as I started with a festive Hottie!
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A little look back…
(Reviews for all can be found on the blog)
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So that is it, I’ll be back after the Christmas holidays with my Best Books of the Year and hopefully (fingers crossed) a few of those reviews, which I have unfortunately neglected to post, until then my lovely friends I hope you all have the most wonderful Christmas – for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a fabulous holiday and I will see you all very soon! xx
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 24 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello, my little festive shiny stars!!
We are nearly there, only one more sleep to go. Thank you all for joining me as I counted down the days to Christmas, I do hope you have all enjoyed my own unique take on the Christmas Advent Calendar, I have had so much fun putting these posts together….the research I have done for you all, scrolling through images of ‘Hottie’s’ to find the perfect one for each post, it has been a tough job 😉 I hope, I have made you all smile and introduced you to some brilliant authors and their books. Today’s is a little different, it is Christmas Eve after all so I had to have something special. So what is beyond the penultimate Advent Calendar door?
Go on then, have a look.
On the twenty-fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie – or four?
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With no swooning, or lamenting over handsome eyes and sexy bottoms, there is only one thing I can say; let me introduce you toThe Lochmore Legacy!
The series is linked by setting – a castle in the Highlands of Scotland – and by a feud between two clans that spans the centuries. It is different in that each book is set during a different era His Convenient Highland Wedding (Janice Preston) is set in the Victorian era. The heroine makes a shocking discovery, and clues to the mystery are gradually uncovered as we go back in time through the Regency era (Lara Temple), Tudor (Elisabeth Hobbes) and finally Medieval (Nicole Locke), when the truth about that mysterious discovery is finally revealed.
His Convenient Highland Wedding
Bought by her husband…
Bound by secrets of their past!
The start of The Lochmore Legacy – A Scottish castle through the ages! Earl’s daughter Flora McCrieff brought shame on her family once, now she discovers she must wed impossibly rich but low born Lachlan McNeill. He’s undeniably handsome, but a man of few words. Despite the attraction that burns between them, can she reach beyond his impeccable clothing to find the emotions he’s locked away for so long…?
Unlaced By The Highland Duke
In bed with the Duke!
Part of The Lochmore Legacy: a Scottish castle through the ages! Unceremoniously packed off to Scotland to care for the Duke of Lochmore’s young son, practical widow Joane Langdale fears she will be ignored—as always. But the deep connection and heated passion that develops between her and Benneit is far more dangerous! When Benneit is expected to propose to another, how can Jo dream of becoming his duchess?
A Runaway Bride For The Highlander
Lost in the Highlands
Found by the Scottish Earl!
Part of The Lochmore Legacy: a Scottish castle through the ages! Far from her home in France, Marguerite Vallon escapes her arranged marriage to a man she despises. Stowing away in a stranger’s cart, she finds herself headed deep into the Highlands with Ewan Lochmore, new Earl of Glenarris! Ewan vows to protect her. But maybe the freedom Marguerite has been searching for can be found with this rugged warrior…
Secrets Of A Highland Warrior
The key to his past…
…lies with the enemy sharing his bed!
Part of The Lochmore Legacy: a Scottish castle through the ages! Rory Lochmore had expected to wage battle, to claim land and finally secure his standing within his clan… Instead he won a wife. A McCrieff wife. Their convenient marriage could unite the two long-feuding clans forever. But can a political alliance give way to a passion strong enough to stand the secrets of the past?
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I do hope you have enjoyed my little count down to Christmas, and that I have inspired and sent you off in a festive swooning tizzy, I couldn’t think of a better way to get into the festive spirit on this Christmas Eve than with this beautiful series. Honestly, this series is a masterpiece of collaborative writing. Here I would usually blather on and on about how much I adore the authors and their books, but do you really want to read all of that again? I’m sure Janice, Lara, Elisabeth and Nicole would rather you go out and grab copies of their amazing books than listen to me, I think everyone knows by now just how much I adore and admire them and their writing.
Until tomorrow my Sunshines, have a lovely Christmas Eve!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 23 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day twenty-three in my count down to Christmas. We are so close now, are you getting excited? So, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the twenty-three day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce you to two beautiful and immensely seductive heroes, who will make you weep for them and then swoon because of them.
A Holiday By Gaslight
“Readers will easily fall for Sophie and Ned in their gaslit surroundings.” -Library Journal, starred review
A Courtship of Convenience
Sophie Appersett is quite willing to marry outside of her class to ensure the survival of her family. But the darkly handsome Mr. Edward Sharpe is no run-of-the-mill London merchant. He’s grim and silent. A man of little emotion–or perhaps no emotion at all. After two months of courtship, she’s ready to put an end to things.
A Last Chance for Love
But severing ties with her taciturn suitor isn’t as straightforward as Sophie envisioned. Her parents are outraged. And then there’s Charles Darwin, Prince Albert, and that dratted gaslight. What’s a girl to do except invite Mr. Sharpe to Appersett House for Christmas and give him one last chance to win her? Only this time there’ll be no false formality. This time they’ll get to know each other for who they really are.
The Lost Letter
A PROUD BEAUTY
When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, society beauty Sylvia Stafford finds work as a governess in a merchant’s household in Cheapside. Isolated from the fashionable acquaintance of her youth, she resigns herself to lonely spinsterhood…until a mysterious visitor convinces her to temporarily return to her former life – and her former love.
A SCARRED BEAST
Colonel Sebastian Conrad is no longer the dashing cavalry officer Sylvia once fell in love with. Badly scarred during the Sepoy Rebellion, he has withdrawn to his estate in rural Hertfordshire where he lives in near complete seclusion. Brooding and tormented, he cares nothing for the earldom he has inherited – and even less for the faithless beauty who rejected him three years before.
A SECOND CHANCE
A week together in the remote Victorian countryside is the last thing either of them ever wanted. But when fate intervenes to reunite them, will a beastly earl and an impoverished beauty finally find their happily-ever-after? Or are some fairy-tale endings simply not meant to be?
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some serious swooning! I absolutely adore Mimi’s work, she is an amazingly gifted writer, and for me, there isn’t any other who can write Victorian romance as flawless as her. Her stories are full of pure emotion, passion, love and the best broodingly beautiful and sexy heroes you will ever meet. I know you will fall in love with Sophie & Edward and Sylvia & Sebastion just as much as I did.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 22 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day twenty-two in my count down to Christmas. We are so close now, so, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the twenty-second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce you to two of the most delectable and hugely swoonsome chap’s you will meet, ladies time to reach for those fans 😉
The Marriage Rescue
Rescued by her enemy
Will she meet him at the altar?
Romani Selina Agres has despised the gentry ever since her mother was murdered by a cruel aristocrat. But she’s not sure what to think when Edward Fulbrooke, that very man’s nephew, rescues her from an angry horde. Edward may be different from other nobles but Selina’s distrust runs deep. So she’s shocked when he proposes marriage to protect her and her people! Can she accept?
Scandalously Wed To The Captain
Bound to a stranger
…in a secret ceremony!
With her finances, reputation and heart all broken by a family scandal, Grace Linwood seeks employment. But the lady she’s companion to isn’t long for this world. She’s intent on seeing Grace protected and quickly wed to her son, curt and closed-off Captain Spencer Dauntsey. With little choice, all Grace can say is ‘I do’ …but who is the man she has just married?
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some serious lust! Even though Joanna is a relatively new author, from these two stunning books you just know that she is going to reach the stars with her writing. Her stories are not only extremely beautiful and romantic, but they are so different from any other. Her heroes are essentially my bread and butter; brooding, damaged, flawed, sexy as hell with two strong and equally fragile women to take them in hand. I hope you will fall in love with Selina & Edward and Grace & Spencer as much as I have.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 21 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day twenty-one in my count down to Christmas. Not long to go now, so, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the twenty-first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce you to a group of devilishly delicious bachelors, who you’d be more than happy to be locked away on a perilous sail across the ocean with 😉
Courting The Forbidden Debutante
Court a beautiful debutante…
Or fulfil his quest for vengeance?
Part of Scandalous Australian Bachelors. When Sam Robertson returns to London after making his fortune in Australia he has one mission―revenge upon the Earl who had him wrongly convicted and sent away years before. But when he meets Lady Georgina, the Earl’s daughter, Sam’s plan is thrown into disarray. Their admiration is mutual…but is his hunger for her stronger than his thirst for retribution?
Reunited With His Long-Lost Cinderella
The Society lady
And the return of her first love…
Part of Scandalous Australia Bachelors: When widow Lady Francesca attends a masquerade ball, she’s shocked to meet Ben Crawford again. She’d loved him, once, before her awful marriage, before he’d been transported to Australia as a convict. Now a wealthy landowner, Ben’s contempt of her burns almost as strong as their attraction. She knows he believes she betrayed him – so she must put the past right, before it’s too late…
Her Rags-To-Riches Christmas
A Christmas miracle rescue!
But dare she wish for more?
Wrongfully-convicted and transported to Australia, Alice Fillips is saved from public flogging by wealthy landowner George Fitzgerald. Working as a domestic servant at his farm feels worlds away from her old life. But as the connection between her and George boils over, she’s torn between her fear of trusting anyone…and the tantalising glimpse of the fresh start this man could offer…
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some serious lusty swooning! I have come to absolutely adore laura’s writing, I only discovered her work this year, but from that very first book, I was completely hooked. Her books are full of passion, seductive heroes and the most original and brilliant stories. I hope you will fall in love with her bachelors and the feisty women who have tamed them as much as I did.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 20 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day twenty in my count down to Christmas. Can you believe there are only four days left of my countdown, this has gone so fast! Anyway, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the twentieth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce you to some delectable, growling, swoonsome Vikings who will have you begging to be thrown over their shoulders and taken away 😉
Sent As The Viking’s Bride
She’s the wife he doesn’t want…
…and the woman he needs!
Desperate to escape her murderous brother-in-law and protect her young sister, Ragnhild agrees to marry an unknown warrior, and arrives penniless at his remote island. Only Gunnar Olafson’s belief in love died with his family—he does not want a bride! But as yuletide approaches Ragnhild transforms his isolated existence. Can she melt her Viking warrior’s frozen heart?
The Warrior’s Viking Bride
A Viking maiden destined for the battlefield…
…in bed with her captor!
As a female warrior, Dagmar Kolbeinndottar knows she’s not meant for marriage and a family. Until she’s kidnapped by Celtic warlord Aedan mac Connall, who has been tasked with returning Dagmar to her estranged father. Fighting her father’s orders to marry, Dagmar declares she will take no one but her abductor, expecting Aedan to refuse…but he’s intent on making her his bride!
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some serious lusty swooning! Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Michelle’s books, she is the queen of the Viking romance! Her stories are steamy and vivid, her heroes will have you melting and swooning, whereas her heroines will make you proud of the female race as they are strong and feisty. I know you will fall in love with Gunnar & Ragnhild and Aedan & Dagmar as much as I have.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 19 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day nineteen in my count down to Christmas. So, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the nineteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce you to two beautiful and enchanting stories, which will warm the cockles of your heart.
Wishes Under a Starlit Sky
When life doesn’t go to plan, you can write yourself a new story…
From the outside, Harper Hayes looks like she is winning at life.
She has an amazing job as a script writer, a wonderful house, an awesome best friend and an incredible husband. Yes, life seems to be pretty, dare she say it? Perfect?
But life is about to throw more than one spanner in the works of Harper’s picture perfect existence and at the busiest time of the year too.
As Christmas approaches, Harper will have some soul searching to do to decide if there really is such thing as the happily-ever-after she writes about.
For fans of Josie Silver, Karen Swan and Sarah Morgan, Lucy Knott weaves a festive story that will move you to laughter and tears.
How to Bake a New Beginning
Three sisters. One trip to Italy. The chance to change their lives.
Amanda has always taken the role of big sister seriously. She has her life in order, a fantastic job in a great restaurant, a wonderful house and a best friend who’s a rock star. But Amanda’s beginning to realise that her life is missing one monumental piece.
Sabrina is living the high life in LA. Her Instagram is full of lavish parties, her tweets are brimming with celebrity names, but in reality she’s stuck behind a desk working for a boss who is determined to make her suffer. Is it time for her to stand up and take charge of her life?
Louisa has always been drowned out by her sister’s successes. As the university dropout she’s always felt third best. But a chance encounter in a little Italian village may be about to change that….
When their beloved grandfather passes away these sisters are forced to take another look at their lives. These three sisters are about to embark on a journey of self-discovery that could just lead them down a road of romance (with a little help from the kitchen)!
Perfect for fans of Jenny Oliver, Carole Mathews and Lucy Diamond.
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some serious swooning! Lucy is easily one of my favourite authors for delicious and heart-warming love stories. She is one of the most talented and genuinely lovely authors around. Her characters have real heart and I know you will fall in love with them as much as I have.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 18 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day eighteen in my count down to Christmas. So, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the eighteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce you to two seductively delicious heroes who need to be rescued, and the feisty women who come charging in.
Angel Comes to the Devil’s Keep
Huntington McLaughlin, the Marquess of Malvern, wakes in a farmhouse, after a head injury, being tended by an ethereal “angel,” who claims to be his wife. However, reality is often deceptive, and Angelica Lovelace is far from innocent in Hunt’s difficulties. Yet, there is something about the woman that calls to him as no other ever has. When she attends his mother’s annual summer house party, their lives are intertwined in a series of mistaken identities, assaults, kidnappings, overlapping relations, and murders, which will either bring them together forever or tear them irretrievably apart. As Hunt attempts to right his world from problems caused by the head injury that has robbed him of parts of his memory, his best friend, the Earl of Remmington, makes it clear that he intends to claim Angelica as his wife. Hunt must decide whether to permit her to align herself with the earldom or claim the only woman who stirs his heart—and if he does the latter, can he still serve the dukedom with a hoydenish American heiress at his side?
The Earl Claims His Comfort
Hurrying home to Tegen Castle from the Continent to assume guardianship of a child not his, but one who holds his countenance, Levison Davids, Earl of Remmington, is shot on the road and left to die. The incident has Remmington chasing after a man who remains one step ahead and who claims a distinct similarity—a man who wishes to replace Remmington as the rightful earl. Rem must solve the mystery of how Frederick Troutman’s life parallels his while protecting his title, the child, and the woman he loves.
Comfort Neville has escorted Deirdre Kavanaugh from Ireland to England, in hopes that the Earl of Remmington will prove a better guardian for the girl than did the child’s father. When she discovers the earl’s body upon road backing the castle, it is she who nurses him to health. As the daughter of a minor son of an Irish baron, Comfort is impossibly removed from the earl’s sphere, but the man claims her affections. She will do anything for him, including confronting his enemies. When she is kidnapped as part of a plot for revenge against the earl, she must protect Rem’s life, while guarding her heart.
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with a swoon! Regina writes some of the best exciting, surprising and passionate historicals you will find. Her heroes are not just hugely seductive and will sweep you off your feet with a glance, they are fragile and in real need of their feisty, intelligent heroines who just happen to be riding to the rescue. I hope you will fall in love with Huntington & Angelica and Levison & Comfort as much as I did.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 17 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day seventeen in my count down to Christmas. So, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the seventeenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce to some beautifully flawed and seductive heroes, who will sweep you away on a river of pure swooning lust 😉
One Night With The Major
One daring encounter
Binds her to his marriage bed!
Part of Allied at the Altar: In England, innocent tea heiress Pavia Honeysett has always been judged for her face or her fortune. She would much rather return to her uncle’s palace in India. So to escape marriage to the aged man her father has chosen she will ruin herself!
But her red-hot night with Major Camden Lithgow changes everything. Suddenly, this stranger will become her husband…
Awakening The Shy Miss
Seduced by the Prince
Dimitri Petrovich, Prince of Kuban, is unlike any man seamstress Evie Milham has ever met. Exotic and charismatic, he’s visiting her sleepy country village to excavate antiquities. Yet one glimpse of the Prince’s melting brown eyes, and shy Evie’s heart races like never before…
Dimitri is no stranger to desire, and he knows innocent Evie wants him! Before he returns to his homeland, he must decide – resist Evie’s siren call, or give her pleasure beyond her wildest, hottest imaginings!
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some swoonsome lust! Bronwyn really is a queen of hard-fought-for romance, her books are amazing! Each one is a roller coaster of emotions, they are full of complex individuals who are all in need of love. Awakening the Shy Miss was the very first Bronwyn Scott book I read and was instantly hooked. I hope you fall helpless in love with Cam & Pavia and Evie & Dimitri as much as I did.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
Chicks, Rogues and Scandals; Countdown To Christmas, Advent Calander Day 16 #CountDownToChristmas
Hello my little festive sunshines, we are on day sixteen in my count down to Christmas. So, what is beyond the Advent Calendar door today? Go on then, have a look.
On the sixteenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…
Shall we start with a festive Hottie?
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Let me introduce to some gorgeously seductive and immensely brooding heroes and heroines who know how to stand their ground when these heroes begin to growl. 😉
The Ton’s Most Notorious Rake
She’s vowed to stay clear of men…
But can she resist the ton’s most notorious rake?
Alone in the dirt, her ankle in agony, the last person Molly Morgan wants to come to her rescue is the handsome yet infuriating Beau Russington. Molly does her utmost to avoid scandalous rakes like Russ, and his dangerous allure shakes up her quiet country life. But the sparks between them could be explosive if Molly only dares to surrender…
Beauty And The Brooding Lord
Ruined by a rake…
Rescued by the reclusive Baron!
Following the death of his fiancée, Lord Quinn has sworn off all matters of the heart. But when he happens upon an innocent lady being assaulted his sense of honour insists he step in and rescue her…even if that means marriage to protect Serena’s reputation! However, his new wife remains distant—a stranger to his bed. Can Quinn help Serena fight her demons and finally defeat his own?
The Highborn Housekeeper
A disgraced lady
Turned lowly housekeeper
Earl’s daughter Nancy turned her back on the aristocracy when she fled a forced marriage, working as a cook and housekeeper. But in nursing an injured man back to health, Nancy uncovers a deep longing for the dangerously attractive Gabriel, and a surprise: he’s working to protect government secrets! She wants to help him. But to do so, Nancy will have to return to the life she once cast aside…
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I hope, I have inspired and started your Festive season with some swoonsome lust! I am a huge fan of Sarah’s work, her historicals are amazing, they have the perfect mix of broodingly handsome heroes, sassy clever heroines, romance and suspense. They will make you swoon and fall in love over and over, I hope you fall in love with Molly & Beau, Quinn & Serena and Nancy & Gabriel (especially Gabriel, he is a real dish).
Until tomorrow, have a lovely day!
