Tempt Me with Diamonds by Jane Feather

Diana and Rupert did everything to get on each other's nerves.  What they succeeded is getting on my nerves.  Rupert was too forceful, and wouldn't explain the misunderstanding that broke up their engagement. 

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The Scandalous Diary of Lily Layton by Stacy Reid

Lily Layton has been widowed twice.  Her last husband was a vicar who told her that her carnal desires were wrong.  Lily pours out her feelings into her diary.  When she loses it, she panics and attempts to find it.

Oliver Carlyle, Marquess of Ambrose, has told his mother that he is ready to find a wife.  When he finds a diary where the writer confides her forbidden fantasies, he knows he has met the woman he needs and is determined to find her.

While I really enjoyed this book and thought it was well written, there were things I had issues with. 
Lily's husband was the local vicar who was so prudish he wouldn't touch Lily and punished her for her desires with hours of prayer.  Lily was afraid there was something wrong with her because she didn't get pregnant.  That is not infertility.  That is lack of consummation.   I also didn't like how it felt like the last two chapters were an addition.  They just did not flow.

That being said, I loved how independent Lily was.  She wanted to own her own dress shop so she could sell her designs.  She was a strong heroine.  I liked Oliver's honor.  He was attempting to balance his own desires while hating his father's actions.  I liked how he felt anger towards Lily's husband over what she wrote in her diary.  I also liked how the Marchioness was carving out her own happiness after her bitter marriage.

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Katie's Highlander (A Highland Protector Novel) by Maeve Greyon

Katie Jenson is an archaeologist who is on a six-month sabbatical from her job following the death of her father.  His last request was that she live her life to the fullest.  Katie didn't imagine that it would involve crashing her car, getting rescued by a Highland hunk and traveling back to ancient Scotland.

This is the third book in the Highland Protector series.  I have liked each one of the books.  Ramsey is the ultimate brooding Highlander.  The interaction between Katie and Ramsay was great.  Katie's struggle to adapt to life in the 10th century without modern comfort and hygiene items was real!

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Tempting Bella by Diana Quincy

As teenagers, Mirabella and Sebastian were forced to marry.  While Sebastian is the third son, Mirabella is a Duchess in her own right.  Sebastian spends the next six years growing her estate so her father can't bankrupt it. While Bella runs wild on the continent with a group of friends.  She is finally forced to come home and be the wife to a man she has grown to despise.  At the opera, Sebastian meets a mysterious beauty.  He is thrilled to learn that she is his wife, yet she is unaware of who he is.  Will they be able to make a forced youthful marriage work?


I absolutely adored Sebastian.  He is nicknamed "the Saint" because he abstains from drinking and affairs.  Bella was a little harder to get to like  At first, she seemed quite the spoiled brat.  When more of her story was revealed, it was easier to understand her "fight or flight" panic when having to become the wife of a man she didn't like.  I like how Sebastian took things slowly and allowed the love to grow.

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One Tough Cowboy by Lora Leigh; Veronica Chadwick

Samantha Ryder's family had moved away from Deerhaven, California when she was a young girl.  She is now a police officer in Detroit.  Samantha has to return to Deerhaven after her aunt died.  When she figured out that her aunt was murdered, the only person that can help her is Hunter Steele, the sheriff of Deerhaven.  Years ago, Samantha followed an older Hunter around.  Now, the attraction is instantaneous.  Will Samantha and Hunter be able to find their own HEA.


I enjoyed this romantic suspense novel.  The characters were great and the plot had me hooked.

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