(Romance Café Collection Book 12)
Published: August 2021
Genre: Historical Romance
Blurb:
Hold on to your fans
and get ready for the duchesses to clutch their pearls – the social season may
have ended but the summer season is just getting started and it will be a
scorcher!
Summer Pleasures, the
latest Historical Romance anthology for charity the authors at The New Romance
Café, is heating up your Kindle from August, with a limited time romance
collection.
All proceeds go to the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
My Review:
What a
glorious-steamy-gripping romance! Seven talented authors are here with their
fascinating and scheming stories that gasp you till the end.
A Midsummer Night’s
Kiss by Lara Temple
A war-widowed Lily has
to deal with Lord Carrington, a suitor for her sister whom the sister refuses
because her sister loves another man. When she faces Marcus, Lord Carrington,
she hardly believes that Marcus proposes for three kisses in exchange for her
sister’s freedom. I obviously adore this! The first kiss is so intense and
steamy beneath the wounding history, poetry and sexual desire between Lily and
Marcus.
My Heiress ‘Tis of Thee
by Catherine Stein
Second love chance!
Graham, an owner magazine is utterly devastated to break up with Lillian, a
photojournalist. He is trying to forget about her by going around an exhibition
yet he finds her wherever he goes. Eventually they have to fix their unresolved
issue and never-ending desire. I was so captivated both by the characters and
the places within this. Catherine Stein’s magical writing always succeeds in
conjuring up my imagination.
Forget Me Not by Sadie
Bosque
Melinda, a shy awkward
farm girl is accompanying her cousin to meet her suitor then she meets the
suitor’s green-eyes handsome brother, Christopher whom captivates her however
Christopher has contracted himself to join the army and can’t promise Melinda
for the future. When they spend a blissful night together, Christopher asks
Melinda to wait for him and never forget him, sadly he leaves part of him
within Melinda that Melinda has to cope with alone. This was so emotional yet
uplifting, I love this story especially how her cousin doesn’t let the issue
afflicted to Melinda unsettle.
A Summer Quest by Caro
Kinkead
A scandal that breaks a
beloved couple apart! Sophie is coerced to marry a viscount despite her
refusal. Her parents are in opposition to Sophie’s choice of suitor, Philip,
due to a scandal that his brother committed however the intelligent couple
conspire to reveal the viscount’s scheme. This one is so entertaining with
genius Lady Sophie.
Four House Parties and
A Mystery by Alexa Santi
Grace has to accompany
her aunt to four parties yet what she finds is some incidents that involves
her, her aunt and a mysterious man in disguise that follows her. This story has
more surprising and unbelievable ending. I love this!
The Honorable Mr.
Gresham Asks a Question by Shanti James
Max, an ex-soldier, has
nasty past during the war and he moves to India to work there. He becomes friend
with An Anglo-Indian private secretary, Diana. Max is so besotted with Diana
and wants to be more than friend on the other hand Diana assumes that he wants
her as mistress. This has so many insightful histories of the rulers in India.
How fascinating!
Midnight Intrigues by
Courtney A.K. Shinn
A mysterious club, a
Dowager Duchess, a Dowager Duchess’s companion and a murder! What an
unpredictable story that makes you stunned.
Each talented author
within this has their own impressive writing that led me into steamy romance,
never-ending desire, emotional turmoil, successful scheme, passionate
investigation, historical insight, and really uplifting ending. I personally
recommend this for readers who want to enjoy the summer with Summer Pleasures.
Thank you, Lara Temple, for giving me this ARC. I did enjoy this!
Rate: 5 of 5
About the author
Lara Temple
Lara Temple writes
strong and sensual Regency Romances about complex individuals who give no
quarter, but do so with plenty of passion. She lives with her husband, two
children, and one very fluffy dog and they are all very understanding about her
taking over the kitchen table so she can look out over the garden as she writes
and dreams up her Happy Ever Afters.
Catherine Stein
Award-Winning author
Catherine Stein believes that everyone deserves love and that happily ever
after has the power to help, to heal, and to comfort. She writes sassy, sexy
romance set during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Her books are full of
actions, adventure, magic, and fantastic technologies.
Catherine lives in
Michigan with her husband and three rambunctious kids. She loves steampunk and
Oxford commas, and can often be found dressed in Renaissance Festival cloting,
drinking copious amounts of tea. You can fine Catherine on social media @catsteinbooks
or visit her website at www.catsteinbooks.com
Sadie Bosque
Sadie Bosque is and
sheltered young woman from the outskirts of the World. Being a loner, she was
immersed in the fictional worlds of books since she knew how to read. In her
thirties, with the Pandemic changing the rules of the World she picked up a
pen, or rather a laptop, and started crafting stories in the Historical Romance
World.
Check out more of her
work, or sign-up to her newsletter here: www.sadiebosque.com
Caro Kinkead
As a child, Caro
Kinkead was told Dr. Seuss’ Job was “writing books,” and decided that was her
goal, along with being a ballerina and archeologist, A fear of snakes signaled
the end of her ambition to find the next Tutankhamun’s tomb, the dancing didn’t
pan out, but the love of writing remained, allowing her to enjoy those careers
and more in her imagination.
Caro grew up in a
family of readers, developing a love of science, fiction and fantasy, along
with, old movies and costuming. These days, she and her husband share a home in
the Los Angeles area with their cats, a sizable book collection, and more yarn
than she’s willing to admit. You can find her on Instagram as @CaroKinkead,
and join her newsletter at http://CaroKinkead.com
, where subscribers receive a free short story, which tells the tale of the
scandal the Harrington are trying to live down, as well as an exclusive on-going
serial.
Alexa Santi
Alexa Santi has been
fascinated by the Regency Era since the pre-internet days when she had to check
paper books out from the library. She lives in Los Angeles with her sexy
librarian husband and their cats. She occasionally blogs at her website, http://www.alexasanti.com .
Shanti James
Shanti James grew up in
Kolkata immersed in stories of gods, goddesses, elephant-riding princes, and bejeweled
princesses. The child of Indian father and an English mother, she embraced the best
of both sides of her rich heritage.
She now lives in England,
where she translates her passion for art, history, mythology, and travel, into writing
romances with all the ‘feels’. She loves honorable heroes with undiscovered
depths, and smart, dauntless heroines who can save themselves. This is her first
foray into historical romance and she is currently penning the story of Viraj,
Maharaja of Kuch, and his arranged marriage to Tara, the unconventional
princess who upends his life.
