A Stitch In Time by Amanda James Choc Lit (April 2013) Paperback, 301 pages Time-Travel Romance It took me about 3 or 4 chapters to get into A Stitch In Time. I wasn’t even sure at first if I was going to like it. But, as soon as the story got going and got used to the author’s writing style, I was whisked away and the story became a complete page-turner. A Stitch In Time is a contemporary, time travel romance and I found the time travel concept refreshingly unique….
The Gilded Fan by Christina Courtenay Choc Lit (Feb 2013) Paperback, 350 pages Historical Romance Technically, The Gilded Fan is the sequel to The Scarlet Kimono, but you really don’t have to have read the first to read it at all. Our heroine is Midori, a woman of half Japanese, half English heritage raised in Japan as a Samurai. However, the new Shogun with a fear of Christianity has declared that all foreigners must leave or face execution. For readers of The Scarlet Kimono, Midori is the daughter of Hannah…
The Silent Touch of Shadows by Christina Courtenay Choc Lit (July 2012) Paperback, 323 Pages Paranormal Romance The Silent Touch of Shadows is the fourth Christina Courtenay novel I’ve read. It’s really two stories in one. The main story of Melissa is a contemporary romance, with a paranormal twist. And the second story a historical romance. The main story tells of Melissa, a young mother recovering from a divorce who goes to stay with her great-aunt in the haunted Ashleigh Manor. There she begins to have dreams and strange experiences…
Run Rabbit Run (Sophie Green #5) by Kate Johnson Choc Lit (April 2012) | Paperback, 350 pages Romantic Suspense I’m a big fan of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, and Run Rabbit Run was very much like a British version. Sophie’s car even got blown up! Sophie is a retired MI5 agent, now working in a book store at the airport. But when an MI5 officer is murdered, with Sophie’s gun and her prints all over the crime scene, she knows she’s been framed and goes on the run to clear her…
HIGHLAND STORMS (Trade Winds #2) by Christina Courtenay PUBLISHER: Choc Lit RELEASE DATE: 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 318 Pages GENRE: Historical Romance Brice Kinross thinks he’s very different from his flamboyant father and younger brother Jamie, and the only thing he wants out of life is to settle down with the girl he loves. When she jilts him in favour of his brother, however, he is forced to rethink. Taking over his father’s Scottish estate and becoming the next chief of the clan suddenly seems very appealing, but the Scottish Highlands in…
Title: The Scarlet Kimono Author: Christina Courtenay Publisher: Choc Lit Publication Date: March 2011 Paperback: 332 Pages Genre: Historical Romance Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Laura RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down GOODREADS: Abducted by a warlord in 17th-century Japan – what happens when fear turns to love? England, 1611, an English girl envies her brother’s adventurous life. But when she stows away on a merchant ship, her powers of endurance are stretched to their limit. They reach Japan, all her suffering seems worthwhile – until she…
‘Alternative Romance’ is a where we review a book outside of the blogs focus of horror, urban fantasy, paranormal romance. Although these genres are our first love, we also, on occasion, delve into the worlds of contemporary and historical romance, and romantic suspense. Thus our ‘Alternative Romance’ feature was born. We will be posting our reviews of alternative romance on a Saturday as and when we read a book outside of our usual paranormal fare. TRADE WINDS (Trade Winds #1) by Christina Courtenay PUBLISHER: Choc Lit RELEASE DATE: Sept 2010…
