Themes: Make your own life and your own luck. Hard work is rewarded. To find a true partner, you will need to leave your comfort zone. Also, find an incredibly hot man who adores you.
HISTORICAL ROMANCES
Standalone Novels/Early Series:
Surrender – don’t, dated
Stranger in My Arms – don’t
Suddenly You – pretty good, reasonably racy
Somewhere I’ll Find You – don’t
Because You’re Mine – don’t
I Will – nope
Where Dreams Begin – personal favourite, I LOVE THIS BOOK
Again the Magic – main plot has sturm and drang, secondary plot is great and has a marvelous hero
Gamblers Series:
Then Came You – good, a lot of readers really like it
Dreaming of You – CLASSIC, one of romance’s ultimate heroes, I have read it many times
Where’s My Hero – novella follow up to Dreaming of You – for completists
Bow Street Runners Series:
Someone to Watch Over Me – a bit dated, one great moment
Lady Sophia’s Lover – SMOKING hot hero, pretty good overall, dated
Worth Any Price – don’t, unless you want a lot of sex and no emotion, then do
The Wallflowers Series:
Secrets of a Summer Night – personal favourite, delicious hero
It Happened One Autumn – good not great, pompous hero, the heroine is a bit of a pill
The Devil in Winter – CLASSIC with the ultimate Rake/Wallflower combination
Scandal in the Spring – sweet ending to the series
A Wallflower Christmas – for completists only
The Hathaways Series:
Mine till Midnight – great, has my all time favourite heroine
Seduce Me at Sunrise – too much agita for me
Tempt Me at Twilight – personal favourite
Married by Morning – a near miss, but still good
Love in the Afternoon – excellent, sweet and grows on me with each re-read
The Ravenels:
Cold-Hearted Rake – lays groundwork for the new series, could be stronger
Marrying Winterbourne – middling, hero manhandles the heroine
Devil in Spring – best of the series, but not up to Kleypas’s standard
Hello Stranger – strangely dated; hero born and raised in England has an Irish accent
Devil’s Daughter – best of the series, charming hero
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES
The Travis Series:
Sugar Daddy – didn’t really like the hero
Blue-Eyed Devil – good, not great
Smooth Talking Stranger – Great, but can a hero be too perfect?
Brown Eyed Girl – Based on reviews, I didn’t bother.
Crystal Cove Series: Not my cup of tea, did not read.
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