Karen Hawkins: How to capture a countess

Karen Hawkinsin historiallisessa viihderomaanissa haudotaan kostoa ja selvitellään ihmissuhdekiemuroita melkoisen reipasotteisesti: How to capture a countess (Pocket Books, 2012; ISBN 978-1-4516-8517-6).



Romaani on viihteellistä hömppää, mutta sellaisena kohtalaisen siedettävää.

At seventeen, Rose fell wildly in love with Lord Alton Sinclair, known as Lord Sin for his wicked ways. Stung by his indifference, the starry-eyed girl tried to win an illicit kiss, but then panicked and pushed the notorious rakehell into a fountain. Leaving Lord Sin floating among the lily pads to the mocking laughter of his peers, Rose escaped back to the obscurity of the Scottish countryside.

Six years later, Sin convinces his aunt, the Duchess of Roxburghe, to invite Rose to her annual house party, where he plans to get revenge by making Rose the laughingstock of polite society. To his astonishment, he finds she has become an alluring woman who threatens to turn the tables on his nefarious plans. Thus Sin and Rose begin an epic battle of the sexes that becomes more passionate at every turn. Eventually, one will have to surrender ... but to vengeance? Or to love’s deepest passion?

Jane Ashford: Nothing like a duke

Jane Ashfordin historiallinen viihderomaani on sarjassa neljäs, ja jälleen kerran herrasmies ja neitokainen selvittelevät välejään samaan aikaan kun juonittelu tarjoaa jännitysmomentteja tarinalle: Nothing like a duke (Sourcebooks, 2017; ISBN 978-1-4926-2166-9).



Ashford on kohtalaisen taitava kirjoittaja, mutta romaani ei kummoista muistijälkeä jättänyt, siinä määrin tavanomainen viihdepaketti se on.

How does a gentleman rescue a lady?

Lord Robert Gresham has given up all hope that the beautiful and independent Flora Jennings will ever take him seriously. He heads to an exclusive country house party to forget about the beauty haunting his thoughts. When Flora shows up, Robert is nothing short of shocked.

When she insists on saving herself?

While Flora hates the expectations of fashionable society, she finds the annoyingly charming Lord Robert hard to resist. But while their attraction flares, someone much more sinister arrives and threatens Flora. Every fiber of Robert's being says to step in and save her... but some damsels in distress insist on saving themselves.

Debra Salonen: Betting on Grace

Helmetin e-kirjoista löytynyt viihderomaani tuli lainatuksi kirjailijan Suomeen viittaavan sukunimen takia, mutta muutamaan sivuun jäi Debra Salosen kirjan lukeminen: Betting on Grace (Silhouette, 2012; ISBN 978-1-4592-3145-0).



Kirjaan on punottu monenmoista juonimista, mutta henkilöhahmoissa ei ole juurikaan syvyyttä, mikä sai lukuinnon katkeamaan alkuunsa.

The prophecy: You will marry a prince--but you will have to save him first.

Las Vegas restaurateur Grace Radonovic is more than a little surprised when her late father's friend proposes marriage. Wanting to be true to her father's memory and burdened by the weight of her close but overbearing Gypsy family, she accepts.

Who is she to turn her back on the dynasty?

But the shady lawyer-turned-casino owner is more wild card than king of hearts. And he's more attracted to Grace's dowry to help pay off his blackmailer than the curvy brunette herself. Even the Radonovic matriarch feels something is amiss. So when long-lost cousin Nikolai Sarna visits the Gypsy compound, Grace can't help but wonder if he's actually her destiny. But there's something Nick isn't telling her. A secret that could land Grace in unexpected danger.

Cheris Hodges: No other lover will do

Helmetin e-kirjoista löytynyt Cheris Hodgesin viihderomaani tuntui ensi riveiltä alkaen saavuttaneen sataprosenttisen hömppäasteen, mutta tämäkin ylittyi, siinä määrin uskomattomia lauseita tekstistä löytyy: No other lover will do (Kensington Pub., 2010; ISBN 9780758266200).



Onko mahdollista sisällyttää tätä enempää sokerisia kliseitä viihderomaaniin, sitä en osaa arvioida, mutta omassa lajissaan tässä kyllä lähennellään maailmanennätystä.

Solomon Crawford, a notorious womanizer and the co-owner of a North Carolina resort, falls for one of his guests, Kandace Davis, but his business partner, Carmen, who has loved him for years, is desperate to keep them apart.

Karen Hawkins: Mad for the plaid

Karen Hawkins tarjoaa skotlantilaista eksotiikkaa historiallisessa viihderomaanissa, jossa juonitaan kansainvälisellä politiikalla höystettynä: Mad for the plaid (Headline Eternal, 2016; ISBN 978-1-4722-2905-2).



Kuten useimmissa lajityypin kirjasarjoissa, samaa tarinaa toistetaan kerta toisensa jälkeen.

The third captivating, sizzling Scottish historical romance in New York Times bestseller Karen Hawkins's Princes of Oxenburg series. Fans of Julia Quinn, Monica McCarty and Julie Garwood will be enchanted by this dazzling read.

Prince Nikolai Romanovin has travelled to the deepest wilds of Scotland to rescue his abducted grandmother. Hoping to avoid an international incident, the prince hatches a plan to slip into enemy territory disguised as a groom.

Mairi MacKenzie has been left in charge of Castle Cromartie, and her unruly grandmother, in her father's absence. Cool and pragmatic, nothing gets past her. She's certain her new groom isn't who he says he is, but she can't deny he stirs her senses...

After confronting her imposter and learning the truth, Mairi agrees to help - for she, too, would do anything for family. Their secret partnership develops into searing kisses, and their quest soon turns dangerous.