All single men in the colony must marry within a fortnight of the arrival of the king’s girls. If they don’t, they’ll be denied their precious fur trading licenses. (Loc. 500-501) For today’s post I’ve chosen to write a review for an adventure romance entitled Heaven in His Arms, written by Lisa Ann Verge, which […]
Today I’m going to review Our Little Secrets, a western and historical romance written by Merry Farmer, which is the first book in the Montana Romance series. “I think both of you have guilty consciences that like to make up terrifying stories.” (p. 192) It’s 1895 and Charlotte Baldwin, a runaway heiress, arrives in the […]
Let me tell you from the very beginning that there will be a few spoilers in this review. Madeleine’s Christmas Wish is the sixth book in the historical romance series The Marriage Game, which is written by Ella Quinn. As some of you may already know, I tried to read this book some months ago, […]
Warning: this book contains adult themes and language! “I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.” * As well as in the case of One summer in Montmartre, I received the free copy of this book via Reading Deals. Goddess by Kelee Morris is a more […]
Though Valentine’s Day is over, I thought that I should still write a short article about a love song I like very much. I want to share it with you and you might fall in love with it too, in case you haven’t heard it before. The song is entitled Angelina, it is sung by […]
“You are a sincere moralist. You touch me with your pretty fingers. I am like a pure terrorist, Revolutions are occurring as you wish.” My lovelies, today I want to speak about a 1999 song, Gackt’s Vanilla. There are various versions you can turn to, one sexier than the other, and I can guarantee that […]
The Victorian Female Figure in Jane Eyre: The Racially Pure English Lady in Contrast with the Creole Woman*[1] This analysis of Jane Eyre is based on the contrast between the racially and morally pure English lady and the Creole woman embodied by the character of Bertha who illustrates the Victorian female figure of self-indulgence. The […]
I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review. One Summer in Montmartre is a commercial women’s fiction novel written by British author Teagan Kearney and it comprises of two alternating stories set in two different time periods, but they contain many similarities, both in theme and […]
Romanul The Innocent al britanicului Ian McEwan a apărut prima dată în 1990 și a fost reeditat în 2011de Polirom în colecția Top 10+. Pe un fundal ce poartă cicatricele celui de-al doilea război mondial, în Berlinul anilor 1955-1956, se desfășoară o poveste de dragoste poate ceva mai atipică (el – un tânăr naiv, de […]
„Zadarnic ridicați voi vălul cel pictat/ pe care trăitorii îl botează viață” (“Lift not the painted veil which those who live/ Call Life…”). Versurile fac parte dintr-un poem al lui Percy Bysshe Shelley și reprezintă punctul de plecare al romanului Vălul pictat al britanicului W(illiam) Somerset Maugham, carte apărută prima dată în 1925 și reeditată […]