A Little Bit Wicked Review

A Little Bit Wicked by Victoria Alexander

Overview by Barnes & Noble

Who will be the last unmarried man standing?

No man in his right mind would want to get married, but every duke, earl, and viscount knows that a fellow must do his duty in the end. So four of London's most desirable gentlemen make a wager—the prize going to the one who remains unwed the longest.

Gideon Pearsall, Viscount Warton, thinks he has a fair shot at winning. After all, he's managed to enjoy the favors of many a lady while resisting the parson's noose. Even when he's stopped dead in his tracks by the most scandalous woman in all of London—Judith, Lady Chester—he vows to have her bedded but never wedded.

Beautiful, and more than a little bit naughty, Judith has always kept herself within the bounds of respectability, even while playing by her own rules. And the experience has taught her to avoid marriage. She has no desire to resist Warton's hot kisses, and his tempting touch is impossible to ignore.

But soon both Judith and Gideon can't help but wonder . . . is it possible to be a little bit wicked and still follow your heart?

My Review

In my opinion this book moved very slow in the beginning so slow that I almost gave up on it but I stuck with it and it did get better. Gideon sees Judith as intriguing, enticing, fascinating, terrifying and mysterious. Judith knows that Gideon has wit, dry sarcasm, and has a cutting manner, he is also aloof, arrogant and superior to as she put it ordinary mortals.

Judith has been a widow for 9 years now and had had 3 adventures in that time all of which she has ended within a month or so and still remaining friends with the gentlemen. Then comes Gideon who sends her heart and stomach all a flutter but she will not allow herself to love him because of her late husband and her blaming herself for his death.

Gideon was fooled into marrying a girl he thought he loved once only to find out that she was just using her to make her fiance jealous. His heart was shattered by this so much so he has no need to marry until he really has to in order to continue the family line.

They have known each other for years as passing acquaintance until the Twelfth Night Ball that she hosted when he just looked at her and knew that he wanted her in a carnal sense. They enter into a relationship that is to involve only lust as neither one of them want to get married again. But by the end of the relationship they love each other but doesn't want to admit it to each other only to friends who have already guessed it. They end up getting married.

Once Upon a Winter's Eve Review

Once Upon a Winter's Eve - Tessa Dare

From goodreads:

Some wallflowers bloom at night...Violet Winterbottom is a quiet girl. She speaks six languages, but seldom raises her voice. She endured bitter heartbreak in perfect silence. The gentlemen aren't beating down her door.

Until the night of the Spindle Cove Christmas ball, when a mysterious stranger crashes into the ballroom and collapses at Violet's feet. His coarse attire and near-criminal good looks would put any sensible young lady on her guard. He's wet, chilled, bleeding, and speaking in an unfamiliar tongue.

Only Violet understands him. And she knows he's not what he seems.

She has one night to draw forth the secrets of this dangerously handsome rogue. Is he a smuggler? A fugitive? An enemy spy? She needs answers by sunrise, but her captive would rather seduce than confess. To learn his secrets, Violet must reveal hers—and open herself to adventure, passion, and the unthinkable... Love.

My Review:
While I liked A Night to Surrender this one was not my favorite. Christian is kind of a doche and while Violet does process some back bone when it comes to courage but she falls to easily into Christians arms again. I just didn't like him at all. All the way though the book I was thinking that Violet could do alot better.
It was your basic girl looses her virginity, guy leaves girl, guy returns and girl falls in love with guy again. Don't get me wrong I like most stories like this I just didn't like the characters.

My Rating:

A Night to Surrender Review

A Night To Surrender - Tessa Dare

From Goodreads:

Welcome to Spindle Cove, where the ladies with delicate constitutions come for the sea air, and men in their prime are... nowhere to be found. Or are they?

Spindle Cove is the destination of choice for certain types of well-bred young ladies: the painfully shy, young wives disenchanted with matrimony, and young girls too enchanted with the wrong men; it is a haven for those who live there.

Victor Bramwell, the new Earl of Rycliff, knows he doesn't belong here. So far as he can tell, there's nothing in this place but spinsters... and sheep. But he has no choice, he has orders to gather a militia. It's a simple mission, made complicated by the spirited, exquisite Susanna Finch—a woman who is determined to save her personal utopia from the invasion of Bram's makeshift army.

Susanna has no use for aggravating men; Bram has sworn off interfering women. The scene is set for an epic battle... but who can be named the winner when both have so much to lose?

Review:
From the first page I was hooked on this book. Bram is just man enough to be irratating and Susanna is just woman enough to take him on.
Bram learns that he can still lead as an officer and not be on the front line while Susanna tries to fix everyone's problems except her own until Bram makes her see that her scars can be healed too.

My Rating:

2012 Ebook Challenge

I've decided to join yet another reading challenge for 2012 this one is hosted by Sarah at Workaday Reads I'll be doing the Floppy Disk level but may go up a level.

2012 Ebook Challenge Sign-up

The 2011 E-book Challenge was hosted by The Ladybug Reads. She has decided not to host it for 2012, and I was the lucky lottery winner who gets to host it. That's right, there was so much interest from people wanting to host it that she had to hold a lottery.

Challenge Guidelines:

1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012.
2. Anyone can join, you don't need to be a blogger. If you don't have a blog, feel free to sign-up in the comments. You can post reviews to any book site (i.e. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Goodreads, etc).
3. Any genre or length of book counts, as long as it is in ebook format.
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the E-Book Reading Challenge.
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.

Levels:

1. Floppy disk - 5 ebooks
2. CD - 10 ebooks
3. DVD - 25 ebooks
4. Memory stick - 50 ebooks
5. Hard drive - 75 ebooks
6. Server - 100 ebooks
7. Human brain - 150 ebooks

At the beginning of each month there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews for that month. If you forget, feel free to add your reviews in the following month. Any reviews submitted will be entered into the draw for that month.

Yes, there will be draws every month for participants. As long as you are signed up below, every review you add to the monthly roundups will get one entry into the giveaway for that month.

There will also be a grand giveaway at the end of the year for eveyone who achieves their goal level (or higher). There may be different prizes for different levels, but that is not decided yet. If you are an author and want to contribute to the monthly or grand prizes, please contact me.


1)A Night to Surrender - Tessa Dare
2)Once Upon a Winter's Eve - Tessa Dare

2012 Historical Romance Challenge

Danielle over at Romance Book Junkies is having a challenge again this year. The challenge is to read 12 Historical Romances in 12 months and write a review on the books that you've read. You can get more details here.

1)A Night to Surrender - Tessa Dare

2012 TBR Challenge

Here is a great challenge for all of us who have so many books to read from years past. I for one wouldn't need to buy a new book for years but what kind of fun is that. (My DH would be happier if I did this.) For this challenge I'm going with 21-30 A Sweet Kiss I can always go up if I need too.

First Post

Well this is the first post of my reading blog. I'll try to post reviews of books that I'm reading along with the challenges that I've assigned myself thur out the year. This year I'm doing several challenges that are year long ones and then smaller ones that are done by the month or season. I'll be posting them on seperate pages so as not to clutter up the home page.