Tag: #rachelreads&reviews
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In Heiress Apparently, Gemma Huang’s big acting break led her to Beijing, where she uncovered an incredible family secret. This second novel in the Daughters of the Dynasty series delves further into Gemma’s complex and storied legacy, moving back one generation to tell the story of Gemma’s mother, Lei, as she finds love against the backdrop…
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For those who want writers to be romanced as well as duchesses and wallflowers, this one’s for you. Temptations of a Wallflower: This was my top book because I related to Lady Sarah so much as a writer. Shy, dreamy, always concocting exciting scenarios in my head, but unable to put them into action. Also…
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Eva Leigh can always be counted on to showcase unique heroines, and in The London Underground trilogy, these women have some brooding secrets. 1. Couting on a Countess: Surprise, surprise, Leigh delivers on morally ambiguous heroines with Tamsyn, a smuggler on the Cornish coast who needs a rich, distant husband in order to keep feeding…
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FBI Agent John Jones has a problem. His brain has been infected by an alien consciousness calling itself “the Martian,” and its perception of reality is utterly incomprehensible to the human psyche. Now he must navigate this new status quo, all while balancing the deeply grounded and important duties of his day job! Deniz Camp…
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It’s been awhile since I’ve read a good ol’ historical romance so why not start with one of the greatest romance writers in the good ol’ west. Tempest: From Reagan accidentally shooting her intended to Ben learning to stand up for the women in his life against his father, and dealing with his own discomfort…
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I know I haven’t posted my writing in a while, but since I didn’t get much engagement when I did my previous excerpts. Now that I have this nice new format and more user-friendly site, I hope there will be more comments. If you want to see more excerpts and bts of my work in…
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When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in 1962, Mallory swears off technology and returns to a simpler time (when boyfriends couldn’t cheat with computer avatars). The List:1.…
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Princess for Hire is a delightful fantasy trilogy. For fans who can’t get enough of the idea of tiaras and enjoy socially-conscious protagonists like Mia from The Princess Diaries, try this. Desi is thrilled to find out that not only she has MP-magical potential, but it makes her eligable to work at the Facade Agency,…
