A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James


My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Eloisa James is amazing. I didn't think that she could have done better than A Duke of Her Own (Duchess in Love series) but she proved that she has chops. A Kiss at Midnight is a story based on the Cinderella fairy tale, wicked step-mother, well meaning servants, and a real life prince, to boot. The brilliance in this story comes from both Katherine and Gabriel as they wade through their impossible romance. Katherine is no simpering miss and Gabriel is no self-absorbed dandy (ok, maybe a bit self-absorbed).

The affair starts because Gabriel is made to fulfill obligations to his odd, rag-tag family and Katherine is made to attend a house party because her sister gets herself injured, in the most impossible way, and cannot not attend. The wicked stepmother crafts some crazy scheme to have Katherine take Victoria's (the sister) place. Add in a crazy relatives, a very-knowing majordomo, and a menagerie of abandoned animals and this turns out to be the best historical romance I've read in a long, long time.

Eloisa James has been a favorite of mine since Potent Pleasures and I continue to be a devoted fan.



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 So far....AWESOME! I'm reading this book and it's great. Eloisa James is really showing off with this one; only she can take the Cinderella story and make it into something new. Gabriel and Kate are the best sparring partners and romantic fiction right now.

Lost In a Stallion's Arms

So while I should have been working on the pile of books already at my disposal, I went out and bought yet another book. I couldn't help it---I remember the last Stallion brother that I read about and boy! it was real nice. Blame it on Deborah Fletcher Mello and Wally World because I had no intention of buying a new book, considering the daunting project that I already set myself up for.

Give me a few hours and I'll tell you (whomever YOU are) all about it.

2 down, 2 to go...

   In my quest to read four books in five days, it's Thursday and my progresss is not so great. I still have to get started on Johanna Lindsey's new novel and finish Shadow of the Wind by Zafon. Oh, well . Since I set the deadline, I guess I can give myself an extension.

NOW READING (or trying to)....

            

In a completly ambitious effort, I have put myself up to reading these four books  by the end of the week . Let's see how well this goes....

Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Loved it again. I remember reading this book but I read it out of order , so I had to go back and re-read before ending the series out with Bea's story. Since I haven't read Love in the Afternoon, I can't say that this is the best one of the series though I really want to. Kev and Win's story is so typically romantic that you can't help but to love these two people who seem to be destined to be apart. From the beginning of the series, you can tell that Kev lives for Win's pleasure and when his story is told, you want to fall a little bit more in love with this guy. He truly is tall, dark, and handsome. Win is his physical and social opposite though she does match him for sheer stubbornness. She is as determined to have him as he is to deny her.



Kleypas really knows how to take a simple story and make it complete with passion, laughter, and just the hint of scandal to round things out a bit. Delightful read.



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Seduce Me at Midnight

In anticipation of getting around to reading Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas, I have been reading and re-reading the Hathaway series. I find that I have thoroughly enjoyed the Hathaway family, the governess, and the ferret; even liked the visiting Wallflower neighbors. I'll hope to finidsh Merripen and Win's story tonight and download Love in the Afternoon to my Blackberry Kindle app.

Speaking of Kindle---now that the price has dropped I should be able to afford one now. On second thought, if I had saved the money that I've spent on books in the last few months, I supposed I could have purchased one already.