This was a romance with paranormal elements, the second in a series. The two lead characters, Adelaide and Mr. Winters are "talents"- people with a magical talent. Mr. Winters (whose first name escapes me) can pull shadows around him so he is almost invisible and can also induce nightmares in p...
This is my first time reading Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz/Jayne Castle. I would give this 2.5 stars. For me it failed on a number of levels, but I think there could be promise here. It was an interesting read. To me, a number of the main characters were not fully developed. I also think th...
I love Jayne Anne Krentz/Amanda Quick novels, and I love it with Piatkus sends me them to review because I know I'm in for a treat! Imagine my excitement when I opened a package to see not one book by her, but TWO. These books are my guilty pleasure, the books I pick up when it's been one of thos...
Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick was almost as good in a second reading as it was in the first. This book brings us back to the Victorian Era when the Arcane Society was becoming a little more organized. Lucinda, a botanist with paranormal talents with plants hires Caleb Jones, whose talents lie...
After a rocky start where I didn't really connect with the characters this story grew on me after a while. With Ms Quick's regular feisty heroine and brooding dark hero, I found myself remembering everything I love about this author. Although there wasn't the humour that appears in her earlier ...
This is a fine book, as long as you understand what you're getting and don't expect anything more. It's light, fun and fluffy. It is an easy read that does not make any demands on the reader other than to go with the flow and have an escapist bit of fun.I get Amanda Quick's books in audio format ...
Lucinda has a talent for detecting poisons, and she can sense them in the aura around a person or a body or even in the air. In fact, the members of the Arcane Society each possess an unusual talent. But because her specialty is poison and her fiancé died from being poisoned, Lucinda is fearful...
Ever since "discovering" Amanda Quick for myself a couple of weeks ago, I've been mainlining her books, particularly the single-word titles (i.e., Mistress," "Mischief," "Surrender," etc.) (and yes, I'm aware that Amanda Quick is one of Jayne Ann Krentz's various nom de plumes). A few of them hav...
3+ starsThis fourth and last Vanza book is only loosely tied to the series as a whole. The Hero, Ambrose Wells, is a student of Vanza and his master was John Stoner. Stoner was the rogue Vanza student of the master Lorring - Stoner was the one sent by Lorring to kill or hinder Edison Stokes in th...
Settingnya di abad pertengahan, Sir Hugh the Relentless adalah seorang Lord sekaligus Ksatria yang ditakuti musuh-musuhnya karena kekuatan, keganasan, dan kegigihannya. Terlahir sebagai seorang bastard, karena orangtuanya meninggal sebelum sempat menikah, Hugh dibesarkan dengan idiom permusuhan, ...
A fun, light, quick-witted read!Only a year or so ago, Louisa Bryce, a very intelligent woman, faked a suicide to run from the supposed murder of a very prominent, but very evil, man. Hired by Emma Ashton as a companion, someone to write her memoires, Louisa and Emma quickly become fast friends, ...
As a private investigator employed by marriage-minded women, Charlotte Arkendale has made a lucrative career out of delving into the lives of prospective grooms. But one of her clients has recently been murdered, and Charlotte herself has begun to receive threats. Now, she doesn't know what to ma...
From the windswept, craggy coast of a remote British Isle comes the thrilling tale of a daring lady and a dangerous knight... bound by the tempests of fate and the dawning of Desire. Upon her father's death, beautiful, headstrong Lady Clare knew that she must wed, for the protection of the Isle o...
Townsfolk called him Devil. For dark and enigmatic Julian, Earl of Ravenwood, was a man with a legendary temper and a first wife whose mysterious death would not be forgotten. Some said the beautiful Lady Ravenwood had drowned herself in the black, murky waters of Ravenwood Pond. Others whispered...
From a magnificent ballroom ablaze with lights to an imposing country house steeped in shadows comes a breathtaking tale of an impetuous miss--and a passion that leads to peril...At five and twenty, Prudence Merryweather knew very well the risks a woman took by visiting a gentleman in the dead of...
This is book 3 in the series starring Lavinia Lake and Tobias March. It picks up where book 2 left off...Tobias is falling hard for Lavinia, becomming more and more frustrated, trying all through the novel to find more private time with her, in this fast pased murder mystery. In true alpha male s...
Wait Until Midnight was a very enjoyable novel. It was a signature Amanda Quick story--there was a cold, calculating hero and a headstrong, eccentric and sometimes reckless heroine who were brought together by a dark mystery. This formula isn't always executed well, as in the case of Mistress and...
Amanda Quick’s novels could never be classed as thought-provoking literary gems, but then that’s not what they’re supposed to be. They’re supposed to be quick, easy, light reads that don’t require too much participation from the reader’s brain. And that’s exactly what they provide. If I want a li...
Satu lagi novel Amanda Quick yang menarik perhatian saya, dengan genre yang tidak biasa, romance detective..buat saya, romance ya romance, detektif ya detektif. Menarik membaca kedua hal ini di gabungkan. Dua karakter nya, Tobias March dan Lavinia Lake, yang orang biasa yang selalu kekurangan uan...
2.5-3 starsThis book reminded me a lot of the 2nd book, but with a different couple. While Artemas and Madeline are very different people than Edison and Emma, the banter between them, the chemistry between them, and the whole employer-employee thing was much the same.The ghost part of the story ...
Finally a historical romance where I enjoyed both the romance and the actual plot! They tied in well together and I wasn’t disappointed when moving between the two.Elenora has been left with practically nothing after the death of her stepfather. She has run her family’s estate in the country fo...
I'm loving my Project A-Team project! So far only one dud.It's been a long time since I've read any Amanda Quick books. I started to lose interest with her Arcane Society series and finally she just dropped off of my auto-buy list. However, Ihave a number of her older books and there are a coupl...
With her reputation forever tarnished by a youthful indiscretion, lovely Emily Faringdon is resigned to a life of spinsterhood, until she embarks on an unusual correspondence and finds herself falling head over heels in love. Sensitive, intelligent, and high-minded, her noble pen pal seems to emb...
El asesinato de una médium y la desaparición de un diarios hacen que los pecados que el acaudalado londinense Adam Hardesty cometió en el pasado puedan ser descubiertos. Si no encuentra rápido a un chantajista, todo el mundo se enterará de sus secretos. Pero se encuentra con un obstáculo: la nove...
“Andrew, stop. You don’t know what you’re doing.” She had never seen Andrew in such a state, she realized. Once again she was forced to acknowledge that he was no longer her little brother who needed her comfort and protection. He was a full-grown man with a man’s strong b...
“Good morning,” Matty said. “You’re late. I was starting to wonder if you were not feeling well.” Ursula unpinned her hat and tossed it onto a table. “Once and for all, I am not ill.” She flung her gloves after the hat. Matty blinked a few times and...
"I respect your intuition on the subject." "Leo, if Sibson, Saltmarsh, and Dr. Cox were all involved in a scheme to find the Rings and the statue, why kill Dr. Cox?" "A quarrel among thieves, perhaps." A m a n d a She nibbled on her lower lip while she considered that. "Mr. Saltmarsh was drugge...
"You need not be quite so cool with Lord Kilbourne, you know, Phoebe. I am certain he is going to offer for you soon. You may give him some encouragement now without fear of anyone thinking you overbold." Phoebe poured another cup of tea and made a face. Her sister did not notice. Meredith was to...
He realized that they were both undoubtedly still right where they had been left on the floor of Olympia’s study last night. “Damnation.” Jared sat up and reached for the black velvet eye patch on the bedside table. This business of conducting a passionate affair was going to be even more difficu...
Amity and Penny waited, tense and silent. The dressmaker muttered to herself as she moved from one picture to the next. When she reached the last one, she nodded emphatically and put down the lens. “Oui, Mrs. Marsden, you and your sister are correct,” she announced in her ...
That first night at the inn.I heard you." I only said I thought I was in love withyou. In any case, all that is naturallychanged by what happened." The devil it is." His fingers tightenedon her wrists. Vicky, stop talking all thisnonsense about a business arrangement.We are man and wife." Are yo...
"But now it appears that the man likely never even noticed the boy. He was intent only on delivering his message. Must have been following us, saw his opportunity, and took it.""A warning." Tobias lounged on a corner of the desk and contemplated the note that lay on the polished surface. "It coul...
“No offense, sir, but your ancestor was a peculiar individual.” “By all accounts, I take after him,” Griffin said. “You’ve seen the portrait in the library. When I look at it, it is as if I am viewing my own reflection.” It was very pleasant sitting out here in the garden with Adelaide, he though...
She gently pried herself free from his grasp. He let her go. The room immediately grew colder. Reluctantly he opened his eyes and looked up at her. “It’s getting late,” she whispered. “I know.” He levered himself up on one el...
Gideon Westbrook, Viscount St. Justin, stood on the threshold and gazed into the cheerful little anteroom of hell.There were bones everywhere. Savagely grinning skulls, bleached ribs, and shattered femurs were scattered about like so much devil's garbage. Chunks of stone with teeth and toes and o...