Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas (5 Stars)

I absolutely loved this book. I could not put it down and when it was finished, I wanted more.

Liberty Jones moves to a trailer park with her mother and her mothers boyfriend when she's 14. There she meets Hardy Cates and falls in love with him. But he is 17. He tries to keep distant from her because he wants out of Welcome Texas, and wants nothing to hold him back. Liberty would hold him back.

Hardy leaves a few years later and Liberty is left there with her mother and new baby sister Carrington. Her mother goes out one night with the boyfriend and dies leaving Liberty to be a mother and sister to Carrington. Liberty is strong and goes to school, beauty school and gets a great job at a Houston hair salon. Where she meets her "Sugar Daddy".

Or so it seems, you'll have to read it to find out what I mean. While she finally has her life on track Hardy comes back into her life, and she has to make a choice. Does she want him, or does she want her "sugar daddy." Great book, and I loved the choice she made. I would have done the same.

My Rating: 5 Stars

Location: Returned to Library

Her Officer & A Gentleman by Karen Hawkins (4 Stars)

The ailing Duke of Rochester finds himself on his death bed with only illegitimate heirs. Concocting a plan to 'legitimise' them all upon his death, he instructs his butler extraordinaire, Reeves, to find the unsanctioned children and 'civilise' them.

No ordinary highwayman...A mere whisper of the name "Gentleman James" sends chills throughout the ton (and thrills the ladies who have heard rumors of his amorous exploits). But the dashing brigand never dreamed that the passing of the father he never knew would leave him with a title, a fortune...and a mission.

No predictable lady...Considered unmarriageable at twenty five, Lady Elizabeth has the perfect life, happily snuggled among her beloved books while caring for her curmudgeonly grandfather.

Or so she thinks until she meets Christian Llevanth, the dark and mysterious Viscount Westerville, and discovers the delicious ache of desire. Elizabeth finds herself longing for more. More romance, more excitement, and definitely more passion. But when does "more" become "too much"?

My Rating: 4 Stars

Location: Returned to Library

Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey (4 Stars)

It is a dark time for Rowena Belleme. The striking and spirited lady must produce an heir, for failure to do so will incur the dangerous wrath of a ruthless stepbrother who stands to forfeit his ill-gotten wealth. But in all of England there is only one man whom Rowena would have sire her child. His name is Warrick deChaville, a magnificent knight who possesses the strength, intelligence, and courage -- as well as the extraordinary good looks -- that Rowena would have passed on to her son. But Warrick is proud and stubborn, and he will be no man's -- or woman's -- pawn. The lady must take drastic action and so she has the noble warrior taken prisoner, intending to force him to bend to her amorous will.

Captive, chained, and seething with rage, Warrick vows he will never surrender. But the lady's seductions are powerful -- her sapphire eyes and lush, intoxicating beauty weaken his resolve, and it is the knight's own virility that betrays him. Yet all the while he is plotting a fitting and most satisfying revenge ...

For Destiny's wheel is forever spinning, and Warrick knows the time will inevitably come when the imprisoned becomes the captor, with the power to make his sensual tormentor suffer as he did in exquisite ecstasy. But neither he nor the Lady Rowena anticipates the direction the wheel will turn -- uniting intimate adversaries against a deadly common enemy ... and joining two courageous hearts in passionate, unexpected love.

My Thoughts: Although I disagree with Rape, whether one is forced to do it to a person or not, I did like this story. I don't like how Warrick got his revenge on Rowena. At first I thought, there is no way I would be able to love a man who treated her no less then a servant and threw her into a dungeon. But what else did Rowena have, certainly not her evil step-brother. So, after getting through the book I gave it a 4 because I came around to liking the story and characters.

My Rating: 4 Stars

Location: Returned to Library

A Kiss Remembered by Sandra Brown (4 Stars)

Now, for all those who know me, I love Sandra Brown. So when I realized there was a book by her I hadn't read yet, I got excited and picked it up at the library immediately.

Shelley Browning is finally getting her life together. At 26, she's survived a failed marriage and is going back to school to finish her degree. Except history is about to repeat itself. During her first day on campus, Shelley finds herself in the class of Grant Chapman, her former government teacher, and the man whose kiss still burns in her memory from when she was 16. Certain he won't remember her she keeps her distance, until one day he insists they meet for coffee. Shelley finds him to be as brilliant as ever, and the chemistry between them unchanged. But the sacred law of the university prohibits the kind of relationship they are longing for. If they break it, they risk all they've both worked for; if they don't, they risk never knowing what could be.

My Thoughts: I liked the story. I could feel the love and passion these two characters had for eachother through every scene in the book. I liked that Grant, knew he could never look at Shelley again in High School, and left so it wouldn't be wierd for her. I love how Shelley would do everything in her power to not get Grant fired, by denying her love for him. But he always saw through it, because their love was too strong. Adorable couple, good book.

My Rating: 4 Stars

Location: Returned to Library

The Devil Who Tamed Her - Johanna Lindsey (3 1/2 Stars)

Ophelia Reid is an incomparable beauty with the reputation for starting rumors. Having purposely wrecked her engagement to Duncan MacTavish, a future marquis, which her social-climbing father arranged, Ophelia wants to return to London's marriage mart and make her own choice of a wealthy husband. But on her journey home, something unexpected happens....

The heir to a dukedom, Raphael Locke, Viscount Lynnfield, is the most sought-after young lord in England. He instantly disliked Ophelia when she caused a scandal to avoid marrying his friend MacTavish, but he begins to wonder if she's not all bad. So when MacTavish claims that Ophelia will never be anything but spiteful, Rafe bets his friend otherwise.

Whisking her -- chaperoned, of course -- to his country estate, Rafe shows his furious, sharp-tongued "guest" the error of her ways and discovers the surprising reasons for her bad behavior. When Rafe champions the new and improved Ophelia's re-entry to London society, marriage proposals pour in. Only then does Rafe wonder whether he hasn't gone and fallen in love with Ophelia himself....

My Thoughts: At first I didn't like the heroine, I thought she was a spoiled brat. But then as the story progressed and I found out why she acts the way she did, I understood, and grew to like her. Rafe was a good guy, and a perfect match for Ophelia.

My Rating : 3 1/2 Stars

Location: Returned to Library