Happy TGIF!

This week I read another "been in the tbr more than 2 years."
I am trying to read some of my older books to clear more out.
This weeks was, NO GREATER LOVE by Katherine Kingsley.
NGL is a very good book, it just moved a little too slowly for my taste.

I finished MIDNIGHT RAIN by Holly Lisle last night. It is great suspense. I didn't figure it out until about 2/3 of the way. The romance is lacking a little because of the suspense.

I was truly disappointed in Kathryn Shay's new release, OUR TWO SONS I just didn't care for the heroine. She is a snob, brains over muscles snob, her actions towards the end made the book slip from a B- to a C.

I received a few TT in the mail this week, hopefully one of those will pull me in for a great weekend read. The main plans I have for the weekend is continue inventorying my books and setting up my library.

Anyone read any of these? Any recommendations which to start?
A ROGUE IN A KILT by Sandy Blair
FOREVER HIS by Shelly Thacker (TT)
THE LAST HIGHLANDER by Claire Cross (TT)
TIME AND AGAIN by Kathryn Jensen (TT western)
LOST YESTERDAY by Jenny Lykins (TT Southern)


Books for Jan. 21 - 27 2005

NO GREATER LOVE Rated B-
Katherine Kingsley 4/1992 Rom/H-Regency

MIDNIGHT RAIN Rated B+ (some hot sex scenes)
Holly Lisle 11/2004 Rom/C/O

OUR TWO SONS Rated C
Kathryn Shay 1/2005 Rom/C

For my reading and discussion group at CozyRomanceReaders@yahoogroups.com.
This months is a "K" author.

My "K" author is Katherine Kingsley, I read her book NO GREATER LOVE.

The entire book moved very slowly but the writing is excellent. Katherine Kingsley has some wonderful books, one of my favorites is CALL DOWN THE MOON.

Nicholas Daventry was banished for attempting to rape his uncle's wife, Lady Jacqueline Raven (bi*ch) when he was 20 years old, which was a lie. He goes to India to live and while there made a fortune. Ten years later his uncle, Lord Raven ask Nicholas to come home so they could make peace.

When Nicholas arrives at Raven's Walk he finds his uncle in a catatonic state, his young cousin, Cycil hates the sight of him and his aunt still a bi*ch.

Nicholas had 3 weeks to marry before his 30th birthday or his beloved childhood home estate Raven's Close, would go to his cousin along with Raven's Walk. Raven's Close is in shambles but with Nicholas' new riches he could restore it even though his aunt had removed all the valuable pieces of furnitures and allow it to be in disrepair.

Nicholas meets Georgia Wells the day he arrives home and is very attracted to her. She is his aunt's seamstress that she kept in a tower only allowed out for exercise. Georgia is young and beautiful which makes Jacqueline very jealous. Georgia loves to walk, most days she goes to Raven's Close to sit and dream of a happier future. That is were she found Nicholas crying the first time he sees the Close. When she tells him how much she loves the Close and it hurts her heart it is falling down Nicholas pulls her into his arms and kisses her.

Later that night he climbs into her tower asking her to marry him. She agrees to get away from his aunt and also because she believes Nicholas is poor and he needs her help to restore the Close. Nicholas and Georgia are married a week later, they work hard to repair the roof and inside, as Nicholas pretends to be poor as he courts his bride.

They also work to restore Nicholas' good name in the village and bring Cycil around to love his older cousin again and see the truth.

There is the mystery of what happened to put Nicholas' uncle in his vegetated state, fight the nasty rumors Jacqueline has started in London about both Nicholas and Georgia.

One thing I did like is Nicholas and Georgia declare their love for each other about half way so I got to watch the love grow. There is some very humorous parts about Nicholas lower anatomy compared to her deceased husband, Baggie Wells'. Georgia was married for 3 years but comes to Nicholas' bed a near virgin.

I rated NO GREATER LOVE (B-) the minus for the slowness.

I only read 3 books this week because I am inventorying my books. I have 500 into BYRON so far with only about 2000 more to go.

My best read this week is ECHOES OF TOMORROW by Jenny Lykins. She is a great TT author, I wish she had more books to collect.

I am reading NO GREATER LOVE by Katherine Kingsley now.


SEATTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT Rated B+
C.J. Carmichael
11/2004
Rom/C
This book is about a late night radio DJ. She has a secret admire that is creepy. The hero is a widower PI, he is a very wounded soul.


THE UNLIKELY GROOM Rated C-
Wendy Douglas
2/2005
Rom/H-Frontier
The heroine's brother is killed leaving her stranded in Alaska penniless. The hero is another widower who blames himself for his wife and daughter's death. He doesn't get involved with people and tries to stay emotionless. He helps the heroine by giving her a job in his saloon even though she is a teetotaler.


ECHOES OF TOMORROW Rated A
Jenny Lykins
6/1997
Rom/C/TT-Old South
I loved this time travel. The hero comes forward in time falls in love with the heroine then on their wedding day he is returned back to his time. The heroine must find a way to his time. When she does he doesn't remember their time in the future and he is betrothed to marry a b*tch.

I should be still asleep since I didn't turn the lights off until 2:45 AM. Read another great TT, ECHOES OF TOMORROW by Jenny Lykins.
I loved that the hero came to present day, fall in love with the heroine, they married and then he returns to his time. Now the modern day heroine has to figure out how to get to his time for the second half of the book.
I hunted the used bookstores for the book but ended up having to buy it off Half.com, it was worth every penny.

I visited Ms. Lykin's website to see if she had any other books coming up, I didn't see any. That is so sad, she is a great TT author.


Echoes of Tomorrow by Jenny Lykins Rated A
http://louisabrown.net/Echoes.htm

Here is Louisa Brown's review:

Echoes of Tomorrow by Jenny Lykins is the sixth book in Penguin Putnam's Time Passages series.
Echoes of Tomorrow is quite easily my favorite book out of the Time Passages series. This is because after all the disbelieving men in the previous books, whose reasons for disbelief are often pure stubbornness, finally here is a man time traveling.

Reed Blackwell travels into the future not the past so in some ways his experience is less of an ordeal than those who go backwards. After all his biggest challenge is discovering how to drink a can of coke without making a fool of himself.

Reed also has the advantage that Elise Gerard witnessed his materialization, on her bed no less, and is more open minded than most people.

As Elise shows Reed her world of the 20th century they fall in love and, as there seems no way back to 1844, Reed decides to make a life with Elise in the future.

What Reed doesn't know is that it was his maid's tea, a bewitched potion, that sent him to the future, and when he drinks more on his wedding day he disappears home again leaving Elise to follow him.

Once in 1844 things take on the route of a regular time travel - Elise is in the past, Reed has lost his memory of the future, and her, and guess who doesn't believe a word she's saying.

Reed is now engaged to be married and the clock is ticking for Elise to help him remember her. So it's plots, plots and more plots, some hilariously funny as Elise tries to recreate the future for the benefit of Reed.

A delightful tale of time traveling romance that leaves everything in the air to the last possible minute.

I tried a few day ago to catch up my reading blog but Blogger was naughty and didn't publish it.

So in Novemember I read 6 books, not a great month but some of the books were great.
In December I read 11 books, better month since it was a very busy month in our household. Below are the books and my ratings.

You can find my thoughts on TREASURED VOWS by Cathy Maxwell, MIDNIGHT SATIN by Laurie Grant, A MAN IN A KILT by Sandy Blair, MONTANA WIFE by Jillian Hart, SAY IT AGAIN, SAM by Mary McBride, and A TEXAN'S LUCK by Jodi Thomas at Romance Reader at Heart. http://romancereaderatheart.com/pubsandpromos/indexT.html


BYRON Read-status: "11/04"

MADELEINE's COWBOY. Rolofson, Kristine. 2/1994. . Harlequin Temptation. HT-478. [Rom/C]
False assumption, Single parent

TREASURED VOWS. Maxwell, Cathy. 1/1996. . [Rom/H-Regency]
Convenience, Guardian, Outcast, Triangle

MIDNIGHT SATIN. Grant, Laurie. 11/2004. . [Rom/H-Civil War]
Forbidden, Rescued
THE LAST HONEST OUTLAW. Finch, Carol. 12/2004. . [Rom/H-Outlaw]
Accused, Captive, Masquerade, Outcast

MONTANA WIFE. Hart, Jillian. 12/2004. . Harlequin Historical. HH#. [Rom/H-Frontier]
Convenience, Neighbors, Single parent

SAY IT AGAIN, SAM. McBride, Mary. 12/2004. . [Rom/C]
Hometown, Reunited

***** ****** ***** *****

BYRON Read-status: "12/04"

THE FIFTH VICTIM. Barton, Beverly. 4/2003. . [Mys/Rom/C/S] [1-Cherokee Pointe]

THE BILLIONAIRE's PREGNANT MISTRESS. Monroe, Lucy. 12/2004. . HP-2438. [Rom/C]
Limelight, Masquerade, Reunited

FARELLI's WIFE. Gordon, Lucy. 7/1999. . H-3561. [Rom/C]
Forbidden, Single parent, Unrequited

CALEB's CHRISTMAS WISH. Salonen, Debra. 11/2004. . HS-1238. [Rom/C-Christmas]
Adoption, Convenience, Guardian

THE ITALIAN's PASSIONATE PROPOSAL. Morgan, Sarah. 12/2003. . MBM-1171^. [Rom/C-Christmas] [2-Italian...Santini]
Doctor/Nurse, Masquerade, Office

THE MERCENARY's KISS. Crooks, Pam. 8/2004. . HH-718. [Rom/H-Frontier]
Single parent

A TEXAN's LUCK. Thomas, Jodi. 11/2004. . [Rom/H-Frontier] [3-Wife Lottery]
Arranged, Reunited

THE LAIRD OF STONEHAVEN. Mason, Connie. 9/2003. . [Rom/H-Medieval]

BEWITCHED. Cullman, Heather. 2/2001. . [Rom/H-Regency] [Lords of Danger]
Deadline, Handicap/Injury, Matchmaker, Outcast

BEYOND THE HIGHLAND MIST. Moning, Karen Marie. 4/1999. . [Rom/TT/F-Medieval] [1-Highland Mist]

A MAN IN A KILT. Blair, Sandy. 9/2004. . [Rom/TT/Gh-Medieval] [1-MacDougall in a Kilt]
Inheritance