Excerpts of a Sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967.
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Book Blurb: The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the 'D of J' in scandal sheets, where he and his various exploits featured with frequency. But sometimes the most womanising rake can be irresistible, and even his most casual attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms, quiet daughter of a simple mathematician.
Thoughts: First, I have to say, this book was recc'd to me by the great & wonderful
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girl_of_fortune in a recent community request for some steamy, historical recs. Thanks, dearest! But wait - should I be thanking her? Perhaps I should be cursing her instead! *dun dun DUN* Also, let me make a brief warning, here & now, that there will be some slight spoilers, in so far as review must give up some details, but I will try my hardest not to reveal anything that you couldn't guess at from the back blurb. Trust. Hold me to it, girls!Desperate Duchesses, Eloisa James
The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
A Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
Knight Errant, R. Garcia y Robertson
If Only in My Dreams, Wendy Markham
The Innocent, Posie Graeme-Evans
Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh, Alexander Walker
AND... August's To-Be-Read Extravaganza:
(and in no particular order!)
The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell
For My Lady's Heart, Laura Kinsale
Gods and Myths of the Viking Age, H.R. Ellis Davidson
Deerskin, Robin McKinley
Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages, Frances & Joesph Gies
Flowers from the Storm, Laura Kinsale
Beyond Innocence, Emma Holly
To Have and To Hold, Patricia Gaffney
Medieval Costuming in England and France, Mary G. Houston
Wings of a Dove, Henry James
Avalon High, Meg Cabot
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The Girl from
Rating: R (semi-graphic sex & language)
( She danced for him in the twilight hour of hopelessness, in the red light district of Bucharest. )
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