Zebras Books

Lisabeth Montague is just out of mourning for her husband and re-entering the ton, when she is called on by one of her late husband's relatives to help a Lord Tristan Radcliffe learn the ways of polite society, and to find him a bride. Lisabeth is expecting a young boy barely out of short pants, but what arrives on her doorstep is a man who has been crippled in the Napoleonic Wars. As the Season gets underway, Lisabeth dutifully sticks to her agreement to find him a deb to wed, but what she really wants is to wed him herself.

LORD RADCLIFFE'S SEASON is a delightful book, mainly because Ferguson writes it so well. She manages to create sexual tension between the characters, even though there's no sex, and carries it through to the end, concluding with a fairly tense climax and a satisfying ending. Radcliffe, though insufferably rude in the beginning of the novel, becomes genuinely likable as the story progresses, and one can't help but WANT these two to be together, because they're so obviously right for each other.

Another wonderful read from Ferguson that left me smiling at the finish, and one I would definitely recommend, even to those who aren't fans of the genre.

Typically an anthology only holds a story or two that stands out, but this book differs: one, that there are actually 6 stories rather than only 4, and second, all 6 stories are entertaining.

Dorothea Donley's "Taste of London" is a fairy tale of two cousins spending the season with distant cousin Lord Aldford and his friend, who help Miss Amberly resolve the scandal of her family's past, with help from the Prince Regent.

Jean R. Ewing's "Notorious Lord" sends a Viscount in his friend Mr. Grenville's place to woo an "antidote" of a prospective bride, except that the bride has also switched places with her friend Miss Fraser to avoid the expected Mr. Grenville. But the clever Miss Fraser has already recognized Viscount Beaumarais!

In Paula Tanner Girard's "A Matter of Honor", a wild Irish princess is forced to marry a duke according to an ancient agreement between the Irish lords and the duke's ancestors. But the language barrier and a little trickery wed the duke to the girl before he can tell her about his betrothed and carts her to London!

In Jenna Jones' "Duke of Diamonds", a duke intends to humiliate a house of scheming, marriage-minded women...then too late discovers the one innocent in the pack of cats.

In Meg-Lynn Roberts' "For All Eternity", Christina Granford had seemed to love Viscount Fulbrooke those years ago during the season, but had broken his heart when telling him she was already betrothed. Now a widow, they've been forced to stop avoiding each other...

In Marcy Stewart's "Lady Constance Wins", Constance's three adorable older cousins meddle and convince an American to pose as competition to a man informally promised to Constance...but stalling in asking her for a formal pledge.

This is a great anthology to curl up with in a warm bed on a rainy day.

Very well written. Sci-fi horror from 1980's. Marsha is an eleven-year-old problem child who finds delight in a new computer placed in her bedroom. Late at night, the computer wakes Marsha, and asks questions about her life, her parents, her world. Marsha soon considers her computer, a friend, even when her new friend begins to ask for odd favors. A-I or Secret Terror.

An excellent read! Janet Clark is determined to prove herself as a capable restorer of Lord Rathbone's priceless collection of paintings.The position at Cheviot Chace will prove to be a dangerous one; the dimly lit stone mansion will be the setting for a series of sinister events. Where is the missing Lady Rathbone? The love story between the haunted Lord Rathbone Janet is also endearing.

I use this book in elementary classrooms as an anticipatory set for thinking about patterns before we make a math pattern game. It works as well with 6th gradeers as it does with 3rd graders. They begin to look at their surroundings using a different paradigm!

LOVE ME TENDER has it all . . . a gorgeous hero, sizzling sexual tension, and a passionate, emotional love story you'll savor until the last page. This one goes on the keeper shelf!

This is the third book of the "Viking Sea Jewel" series, although it should be the second, and chronicles the story of Aldric and Freya's daughter Edana, twin sister of their son Beorn. More than that, it is the story of Padraic - or as he called himself Kerrin torn from his mothers breast and brought up thinking himself the son of an adulterous mother who had lain with her husbands brother.

As his grandfather lay dying under the boot of Kerrin's father, the Viking conqueror Torrin Ericksen, he laid a curse on him and "....all your seed, Torrin Ericksen! Man-wolves! Unholy curs! Slayers of innocents! You shall rue the day you sailed your dragonships on Waterford!" Whether the curse were real or not, the seeds of destruction were sown in the mind of the conqueror and the innocent child of the union would bear the cruelty borne of that madness. Brought up believing that no woman could ever be trusted, Kerrin rode to fetch his betrothed bride thinking to `test' her fidelity by claiming he was the brother of Edana's bridegroom.

The adventures they encountered as they traveled from England to Ireland as Edana fought her attraction to her surly `brother-in-law' and Kerrin fought against the feelings he felt for Edana, his wife, were both numerous and quite exciting as the action in this very lively tale flew from page to page. From the very first pages you will be kept in suspense wondering just who and what Kerrin is as the passionate response both feel they get to know one another escalates. Secondary characters thoroughly and fully developed, add the requisite layers to this terribly good book and just add to the enjoyment as your imagination is brought vividly from one exciting locale to the next in 9th century Britain and Ireland. Wonderful book that I can highly recommend.

I found this book delightful. Garner is a staid Bostonian and Whitney (Whiskey) Daniels is as far removed from a Boston parlor as you can get. She was raised in the frontier and her father opperates an illegal still which she helps to care for. She is as wild as they come. A compromising situation lead these two opposites to the alter and Whitner to Boston were she must find a way to fit into her husbands world. This book is filled with humor as Whitney tries to learn how to be a proper Bostonian wife such as when she decided to learn to drink wine. The cast of characters also add to the books charm. This is a great read.

Teresa DesJardien writes elegantly in this sumptuous Regency. Her masterful touch is evident on every page. Mary Chase Comstock author of Midsummer's Magic

This book's story line was very complex and was so audacious that you felt as if you were one of the characters. This author writes with so much passion that it will bring you to tears. Don't miss this adventure!