The Wandering Bookworm

Hello my lovely readers, It has been many months since I last posted. In fact I will be honest and say, I completely forgot about reading books and writing this blog, for a very long time. Much has happened since I last wrote. While there were many little things that ate up my time, I experienced a big and heartbreaking loss in my life. After a brief but excruciating battle with cancer, I lost my wonderful father two days before Christmas. This has been the most heartbreaking loss I have ever had in my life so far. I always knew I would have to bury my parents someday, I just never planned on it being so soon. My dad was only 65, but cancer has no discrimination when it chooses its targets. It happened over such a short period of time, that I couldn't wrap my head around his sickness, before he was just, gone. Now the wonderful, funny, kind, brilliant man I had the honor and pleasure of calling my Dad, is gone from my life forever. My brain still refuses to accept that he is trul...

Meet the Author: Melanie grew up in a small town in rural Missouri. After marrying her husband, she decided she wanted to try coastal life. A few months later, they moved to North Carolina where she discovered her passion for writing, and they never looked back. Melanie’s other passion is traveling and seeing the world. With anthropology degrees under their belts, she and her husband have made it their goal in life to see as many archaeological sites around the world as possible. She has a horrible food addiction to pasta and candy (not together…ew). And she gets sad when her wine rack is empty. At the end of the day, she is a true romantic at heart. She loves writing the cheesy and corny of romantic comedies, and the sassy and sexy of suspense. She aims to make her readers swoon, laugh out loud, maybe sweat a little, and above all, fall in love. Connect:  Site | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads About the Book: Bea Paxton is a free spirit. She loves her fledgl...

As many of you know, Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book in the entire world.  I have read it more than ten times and I never tire of revisiting it!  In my opinion, Jane Austen was the greatest romance writer of all time.  The struggle between Mr. Darcy and Lizzie Bennett is one of the best known and greatly enjoyed battle of wills in all literature. Many writers attempt to emulate Jane Austen's writing and most come up short.  However, the conflict between the main characters in The Duke Meets His Match  by Tina Gabrielle, strongly reminded me of P&P and I absolutely loved this book! Chloe Somerton is the youngest daughter of an infamous art forger, who was well known throughout London and who swindled many of the elite upper class.  She and her two sisters opened and ran a printing shop after their father abandoned them.  Chloe however, was a sickly child and her medicine was very expensive, so she would pick the pockets of the w...

Meet the Author: Tina Gabrielle , an Amazon best-selling author, is an attorney and former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. She often picked up a romance and let her fantasies of knights in shining armor and lords and ladies carry her away. She is the author of adventurous Regency historical romances: A Spy Unmasked, At The Spy’s Pleasure, In The Barrister’s Bed, In The Barrister’s Chambers, Lady Of Scandal, and A Perfect Scandal from Entangled Publishing and Kensington Books. Tina’s books have been Barnes & Noble top picks, and her first book, Lady Of Scandal, was nominated as best first historical romance by Romantic Times Book Reviews. Tina loves to hear from readers. Please visit her website to join her newsletter and enter her free monthly contests and giveaways. Connect:  Site | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads About the Book: The daughter of an infamous art forger, Chloe Somerton grew up...

I'm just going to start out by saying this review is very late and I meant to write it the day of my blog promo post, however, life happens and I didn't get a chance to do this until now. With that being said, I will be diving straight in to this review without further ado.  This was my first introduction to the writing of Darcy Burke and I greatly enjoyed it!  I found it very easy to relate to the characters and the story had great passion, angst, and a sweet ending.  Joanna Shaw is a widow currently residing with the family of her sister, after having endured an extremely unhappy marriage.  Bran is a widower recently returned from Barbados with his 5 year old daughter in tow, after learning that he has inherited his family title following the death of his two older brothers.  Jo's niece Becky, and Bran's daughter Evie strike up a close friendship since the two families live just down the road from each other.  This brings Bran and Jo in frequen...

Meet the Author: Darcy Burke is the USA Today Bestselling Author of hot, action-packed historical and sexy, emotional contemporary romance. A native Oregonian, Darcy lives on the edge of wine country with her guitar-strumming husband, their two hilarious kids who seem to have inherited the writing gene, and three Bengal cats. Visit Darcy online at www.darcyburke.com and sign up for her newsletter, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/darcyburke , or like her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/DarcyBurkeFans . Connect: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads About the Book: Difficult and defiant as a child, Bran Crowther, Earl of Knighton left England as a young man to pursue independence and adventure. He never expected to inherit the title and when duty calls him home, he still finds Society’s codes constricting and others’ expectations oppressive. Nevertheless, he needs a wife to be a mother to his young daughter, preferably a woman of intelligence and warmth who is, abo...

Meet the Author: Ava Claire is a sucker for Alpha males and happily ever afters. When not putting pen to paper or glued to her Kindle, Ava likes road tripping, watching an unhealthy amount of Netflix, karaoke and vintage fashion. Connect: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads About the Series: New Year’s Resolution: No. More. Jerks. Natalee Madison's life is finally on the upswing. Her business, Madison Creations, is finally gaining traction, and if she slays a high profile wedding, she could be catapulted to heights she's only dreamt of. She doesn't do dating and it suits her just fine, because she ends it before things get complicated. And then she sees his face. Jason Cox. The best man. And based on their last run in, the biggest jerk alive. He's dangerous. Lethal for her 'no complications' approach to men, since he's the one that inspired the approach in the first place. But when she looks into his eyes, she knows that ...