Moonstruck Madness by Laurie McBain

Story: 8
Presentation: 9
Total: 17
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Historical Romance
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Blurb: She’s one thing by day, something else altogether by night…


After escaping the slaughter of her clan at a young age, Scottish noblewoman Sabrina Verrick provides for her siblings by living a double life, until the night she encounters the Duke, and her secret and all she holds dear is threatened…

He’s so disillusioned, he’s completely vulnerable…

With his inheritance at stake, Lucien, Duke of Camareigh, sets a trap for the Scottish beauty with the piercing violet eyes, never imagining what will happen when the trap is sprung…

As their lives become irreversibly entangled, Lucien and Sabrina become each other’s biggest threat, as well as their only salvation…

Review: Interesting, intriguing, spellbinding. Sexy? yeah that too :)

This interesting tale had enough mystery and intrigue to keep you guessing and at times shaking your head wondering what in the hell the heroine was thinking. The characters were all engaging and well developed. The story? Yeah it was gooooood :)

This is not the first story by Ms McBain that I have read and I can assure you that it won't be the last. She has a way of sucking you into the story, making you feel like you are really there. It was magical, nail-biting, sigh-enducing...in short...it rocked :)

Devil's Desire by Laurie Mc Bain

Story: 8
Presentation: 9
Total: 17
Publisher: SourceBooks
Historical Romance
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Blurb: Women mean but one thing to Lord Alex Trevegne, whose jet black hair, golden gypsy eyes, and arrogant ways have earned him the name "Devil," until circumstances-and passion-conspire to bind him to the beautiful Elysia. Fleeing the brutality of an aging and spiteful aunt, Elysia encounters Alex at an inn. When the two are discovered in a compromising situation by a guest with a grudge against the "Devil," they are forced to marry. Alex is determined to leave his bride and their marriage of "inconvenience" behind at his isolated estate in Cornwall but soon discovers the innocent Elysia awakens emotions he believed himself incapable of feeling.

Review:  At 389 pages this is no small task or afternoon read. The blurb grabbed me and made me crave this story. After cracking the cover I began to read. And read....and read. Though the story, for me, started off slow, after about page 60 it really started picking up speed. And let me tell you that once the story got moving....it really got moving :)

I felt, tasted and smelled. My heart wrenched, my gut turned and my mind reeled. And I loved every second of it. I got so involved in the story at one point I told hubby to go away and leave me alone so I could read :) There is no doubt that I would read this story again and had it not been for the slightly slow paced begining, I would have read the book straight through in one sitting :)

Wonderful story that just jumped off the pages with characters so likeable....even when they weren't...that I was almost sad to see it end.

SNAPS Ms McBain on a truely wonderful job :)