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Category Archives: read in 2012
Rameau’s review archive: A Lady’s Revenge (Nexus 01) by Tracey Devlyn
Synopsis: British agent Cora deBeau has spent the last three years seducing secrets from the most hardened of French spies while searching for her parents’ killer. When her latest assignment goes awry, she suffers at the hands of her French … Continue reading
Posted in book review, historical, read in 2012
Tagged A Lady's Revenge, Nexus, Tracey Devlyn
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Rameau’s review archive: The Bride’s Baby by Liz Fielding
Synopsis: The wedding of the season! Events manager Sylvie Smith is organizing a glittering fund-raising event: a wedding show in a stately home. She has even been roped into pretending to be a bride… a bride who’s five months pregnant! … Continue reading
Rameau’s review archive: Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Synopsis: Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her … Continue reading
Posted in ARC, book review, read in 2012, recommending, YA
Tagged Hannah Harrington, Speechless
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Rameau’s review archive: Mayojen testamentti (Domain, The Domain trilogy 01) by Steve Alten
Synopsis: For 32 years, archaeologist Julius Gabriel has investigated the Mayan calendar, a 2500-year-old enigma that predicts the end of humanity. Julius believes the sites of the ancients, placed all around the globe, represent ancient pieces of a puzzle linked … Continue reading
Posted in read in 2012, sci-fi
Tagged Domain, Finnish translation, Laura Beck, Mayojen testamentti, Steve Alten
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Rameau’s review archive: Room by Emma Donoghue
Synopsis: It’s Jack’s birthday and he’s excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV but he knows that … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary, literary fiction, meh, read in 2012
Tagged Emma Donoghue, meh, Room
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Rameau’s review archive: Tempted by the Highland Warrior (MacKinloch Clan 03) by Michelle Willingham
Synopsis: After years of brutal torture, Callum MacKinloch is finally free of his captors—but his voice is still held prisoner. He’d never let anyone hear him scream. Although Lady Marguerite de Montpierre’s chains may be invisible, they threaten to tie … Continue reading
Posted in historical, meh, read in 2012, romance
Tagged ARC, MacKinloch Clan, meh, Michelle Willingham, Tempted by the Highland Warrior
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Rameau’s review archive: Paholaisen siivet (A Murder of Quality, George Smiley 02) by John le Carré
Synopsis: George Smiley was simply doing a favor for Miss Ailsa Brimley, and old friend and editor of a small newspaper. Miss Brimley had received a letter from a worried reader: “I’m not mad. And I know my husbad is … Continue reading
Posted in crime, meh, read in 2012
Tagged Finnish translation, John le Carré, meh, Osmo Hamelin, Paholaisen siivet
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Rameau’s review archive: Seikkailijatar (Whisper of Scandal, The Scandalous Women of the Ton 01) by Nicola Cornick
Synopsis: Lady Joanna Ware has no desire to wed again but that doesn’t stop the flurry of suitors knocking on her door. Desperate to thwart another proposal, Joanna brazenly kisses Arctic explorer Alex, Lord Grant. Unable to deny the blazing … Continue reading
Rameau’s review archive: Forbidden Fate (Isle of Feralon 02) by Kristin Miller
Synopsis: Sasha, a love-thirsty werewolf and rightful heir to the Were throne, is ready to take control over her pack. But when her first love, dragon shifter Damon Frost, lands on her doorstep, demanding their races negotiate ownership over Feralon’s … Continue reading
Posted in ARC, meh, paranormal, read in 2012
Tagged ARC, Forbidden Fate, Isle of Feralon, Kristin Miller, meh
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