THE SUM OF ALL KISSES BY JULIA QUINN
(Smythe-Smith Quartet #3)
Genre: Historical Romance (Regency)
Official Blurb
Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she’s long since tossed them out the window. Besides, a reckless duel has left this brilliant mathematician with a ruined leg, and now he could never court a woman like Sarah, much less dream of marrying her.
Sarah has never forgiven Hugh for the duel he fought that nearly destroyed her family. But even if she could find a way to forgive him, it wouldn’t matter. She doesn’t care that his leg is less than perfect, it’s his personality she can’t abide. But forced to spend a week in close company they discover that first impressions are not always reliable. And when one kiss leads to two, three, and four, the mathematician may lose count, and the lady may, for the first time, find herself speechless …
New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s enchanting third novel in the Smythe-Smith quartet is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud and tug at your heartstrings in equal measures.
(Date of publication – Kindle: 29 October 2013)
★✩★✩★✩★
WHEN THE MARQUESS MET HIS MATCH BY LAURA LEE GUHRKE
(An American Heiress in London #1)
Genre: Historical Romance
Official Blurb
What happens when a carefree, disreputable, stone-broke bachelor is forced to find a wife in a hurry? He hires a matchmaker, of course. What happens when the matchmaker doesn’t want to help him? Well, that’s when the fun begins…
Nicholas Stirling, Marquess of Trubridge, loves his life just as it is: dissolute, scandalous, and deuced good fun. His father, the Duke of Landsdowne is not amused, and when he cuts off Nicholas’ trust fund, the fun-loving marquess is forced to find an alternate source of income—in other words, he has to marry an heiress.
Every new-money American heiress knows Lady Belinda Featherstone is the key to social acceptance. Once a new-money nobody herself, Belinda discovered first-hand how heartbreaking the game of love and matrimony could be after a reprobate British earl married her for her money. Now a respectable widow, Belinda has become England’s most successful matchmaker, guiding young American heiresses through the hazards of the London season and helping them to find husbands worthy of them. To her mind, the Marquess of Trubridge is nothing but a fortune-hunting scoundrel and she has no intention of allowing him to charm his way into any American girl’s heart, including her own.
(Date of publication – Kindle: 29 October 2013)
★✩★✩★✩★
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OMG, Carol! I need to win LOTTO! Julia’s book is on my auto-buy & Laura’s sounds really good, too!
LOL! I’m trying to restrict my purchases to auto-buy authors only but it’s not working! I loved LLG’s ‘Abandoned at the Altar’ series and this new one sounds really good…just had to add it to my auto-buys!
I have the first Alter book in my “stack!”
I enjoyed this series and the second and third books were my favourites.
PS I am ordering a lot of library books!
Sharlene, unfortunately my local library doesn’t have many of the romance books I want and so there is no option but to buy them.
We have 4 libraries in my town system & we have an internet program to order books from all of the county libraries. I can get most everything. If it is out, you go on a wait list. They have movies & CD’s too. That being said, I would much rather own most of the paperbacks. I am addicted to the covers & like to have series books to re-read when the new come out. Oh, and I found paperback swap online & that is working to get some of the older series books. You do have to give up some of your books to get books, and you do have to pay for shipping when someone requests your books, but they pay the shipping for your books.
You are very lucky to have all those facilities, Sharlene. I tend to by my books on Kindle now…they are cheaper and there is no storage problem. It’s not quite the same as having a real book in your hand but needs must!
Yup, I have Julia’s already pre-ordered and Laura’s in my ARC pile~
I’m looking forward to LLG’s new series.
I can’t wait to read the new Julia Quinn. And I’v already said how much I enjoyed Laura Lee Guhkre’s book. Nicholas could easily become a favorite hero of mine!
I’m so looking forward to reading both books, Nancy!