{"id":2146,"date":"2010-02-03T07:48:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T12:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2010-02-03T07:48:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T12:48:54","slug":"anticipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/03\/anticipation\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, I&#8217;m not talking ketchup or Carly Simon&#8217;s song. Last night I tweeted to get a sense of what historical romances coming out this year are being anticipated with bated breath. And there were plenty. I&#8217;m going to start out with the 5 (five) that came at me first, then every week or two I&#8217;ll continue with my <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Anticipation<\/strong><\/span> posts. The books will come from the responses I receive whenever I happen to ask the question on <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to start with the one I chose and the book I read and\u00a0 ADORE. It&#8217;s absolutely wonderful. It&#8217;s the kind of book I&#8217;ll read over and over again, until the pages are dog-eared and worn. Suffice enough to say I&#8217;ll need an electronic copy of this book too. What gem am I speaking about? It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maggierobinson.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Maggie Robinson&#8217;s<\/em> <\/a>fantastic debut, <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>MISTRESS BY MISTAKE<\/strong><\/span>. I&#8217;m going to say this, you don&#8217;t want to miss this one. It is a KEEPER as well as the first in a series of 4 (four) books. What does that mean? It&#8217;s means there&#8217;s more for me to anticipate and gobble up the second each hits the book stores. Pre-order this one now.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maggierobinson.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Maggie Robinson<\/em><\/a> is definitely an author to watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2147\" title=\"mistressbymistake_200x300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mistressbymistake_200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Mistress By Mistake<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor: Maggie Robinson<br \/>\nPublisher: Kensington\/Brava<br \/>\nPub. Date: April 27, 2010<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0758250995<br \/>\n352 pages<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>Scandal is only the beginning\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Charlotte Fallon let her guarded virtue fall once\u2014and she\u2019s paid dearly for it ever since. She swore she\u2019d never succumb to men\u2019s desires again. But even a village spinster\u2019s life miles from temptation can\u2019t save her from a sister with no shame whatsoever. Or a heart that longs for more, whatever the cost\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Sir Michael Bayard found more than he expected in his bed when he finally joined his new mistress. He\u2019d fantasized about her dewy skin and luscious curves, assured her understanding that what passed between them was mere dalliance. But he didn\u2019t expect the innocence and heat of her response in his arms. Nor her surprisingly sharp tongue once she was out of them\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>A few days of abandon cannot undo the hard-learned lessons of a lifetime. Nor can an honest passion burn away the restraints of society\u2019s judgments. Unless, of course, one believes in nonsense like true love\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kbgbabbles.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Katiebabs<\/strong><\/a> offered up this next one, er, actually the next two. I&#8217;m going to start with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meredithduran.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Meredith Duran&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>WICKED BECOMES YOU<\/strong><\/span>. This was one that wasn&#8217;t even on my radar, but I loved Meredith&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>BOUND BY YOUR TOUC<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>H <\/strong><\/span>so I knew I needed to give it a looksy. I was not disappointed. This one immediately jumped onto my TBB pile. It&#8217;s exactly the kind of storyline I adore. Pre-order this one too, ladies, it sounds like it&#8217;s going to be a naughty, thrilling ride. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2152\" title=\"wickedbecomesyou\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wickedbecomesyou.jpg?resize=208%2C335\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"335\" \/>Wicked Becomes You<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor: Meredith Duran<br \/>\nPublisher: Pocket<br \/>\nPub. Date: April 27, 2010<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-1416593126<br \/>\n352 pages<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>She\u2019s pretty enough to be popular, and Lord knows she\u2019s rich enough for it. But what society loves best about Gwen Maudsley is how very, very nice she is. So when a cad jilts her at the altar\u2014again\u2014an outraged London brays for blood. Only Gwen has a different plan. If nice no longer works for her, then it\u2019s time to learn to be naughty. Happily, she knows the perfect tutor\u2014Alexander Ramsey, her late brother\u2019s best friend and a notorious rogue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Unbeknownst to Gwen, Alex\u2019s aloof demeanor veils a very personal interest in her. He has no desire to see her change, nor to tempt himself with her presence when his own secrets make any future between them impossible. But on an educational tour through the glittering casinos of the Riviera, their friendship gives way to something hotter, darker, and altogether more dangerous. With Alex\u2019s past and Gwen\u2019s wildness on a collision course, Gwen must convince Alex that his wickedest intentions are exactly what she needs.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now if you&#8217;re into a bit of paranormal in your historicals, Katiebabs also suggests <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gailcarriger.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gail Carriger&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">CHANGELESS<\/span><\/strong>. From what I heard, Gail&#8217;s first book, <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>SOULLESS <\/strong><\/span>took the reader audience by storm and it would appear she&#8217;s determined to level us with this next book in her <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Parasol Protectorate Series<\/em><\/span> (got to love the series name!). I don&#8217;t do this often, but I may just take a walk on the dark side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2153\" title=\"ChangelessCover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/ChangelessCover.jpg?resize=198%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"320\" \/><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong>Changeless<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor: Gail Carriger<br \/>\nPublisher: Orbit<br \/>\nPub. Date: March 30, 2010<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0316074148<br \/>\n400 pages<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears &#8211; leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em> But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility.Even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em> She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanessakellyauthor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Vanessa Kelly<\/em><\/a>, author of <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Mastering the Marquess<\/strong><\/span> and soon to be released <span style=\"color: #5b1e00;\"><strong>Sex and the Single Earl<\/strong><\/span>, offered up our perennial favourite, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinadodd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Christina Dodd<\/em><\/a>. Yep, you heard it right, Christina has a<em> historical<\/em> coming out titled<strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> IN BED WITH THE DUKE<\/span><\/strong>! The first in several years&#8211;since 2006 if I&#8217;m not correct. It sounds like a positively delicious read with Christina at her sensuous best. Ladies, make sure to add this one to your TBB list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2155\" title=\"Inbedwithaduke\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Inbedwithaduke.jpg?resize=198%2C319\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"319\" \/>In Bed With The Duke<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor: Christina Dodd<br \/>\nPublisher: NAL\/Signet<br \/>\nPub. Date: March 2, 2010<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0451229335<br \/>\n400 pages<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Demure lady&#8217;s companion Emma Chegwidden never defies society\u2019s rules. Until the night she runs straight into the arms of the mysterious and menacing Reaper . . . a man who rides the night-shadowed countryside and conceals his identity behind a mask. His goal is justice . . . or is it vengeance? Only one thing is certain: nothing will stop him from his dark purpose.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Michael Durant, long-lost heir to the duke of Nevitt, has a score to settle. Cynical, dangerous and ruthless, Michael is the last man on earth that sensible Emma should defy. But some challenges are too tempting to resist . . . and some passions too fierce to ignore. Soon Michael discovers in Emma the woman he has always longed for . . . a woman whose beauty and courage reach through to his tortured soul . . . and he will defy anything, even fate itself, to claim her . . .<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~*~*~<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The final book for today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conniebrockway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Connie Brockway&#8217;s<\/em><\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">THE GOLDEN SEASON<\/span><\/strong>, was offered up by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kaligolf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><em>kaligolf <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a>(her Twitter name). Now, to be honest with you, while I have heard of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conniebrockway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Connie Brockway<\/em><\/a> I&#8217;ve never read any of her books. But after reading the back cover blurb of <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>THE GOLDEN SEASON<\/strong><\/span>, I know exactly where I&#8217;m going to start. I love a story when the hero and heroine are operating at cross purposes. And the good thing about this book is we don&#8217;t have to wait for it, it was released yesterday. Ladies, I say we go forth and purchase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2156\" title=\"thegoldenseason\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/thegoldenseason.jpg?resize=199%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"320\" \/>The Golden Season<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor: Connie Brockway<br \/>\nPublisher: NAL\/Onyx<br \/>\nPub. Date: February 2, 2010<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0451412836<br \/>\n400 pages<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Wealthy, orphaned Lady Lydia Eastlake reigns over Regency England as the ton\u2019s most celebrated beauty. But she must face losing the only life she\u2019s ever known when her fortune suddenly disappears\u2014and the only solution is to find a wealthy husband. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Enter Captain Ned Lockton, a rich and dashing war hero who sends Lydia\u2019s pulse racing. Little does she know that the enigmatic captain\u2019s family estate is secretly on the selling block\u2014and he\u2019s on the hunt for a rich bride who will rescue his family from poverty&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What about you? 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