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The Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine by Jayne Fresina

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Welcome to Sugarbeat’s Books – The Home of the Romance Novel!

Today is a review and giveaway of the Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine by Jayne Fresina.

Ms Fresina is a new author to me.  I received a copy of this book to read and review from Sourcebooks Casablanca and I found it a delight to read.  If you are interested in winning a copy of this book, please fill out the form at the bottom of this post!  I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this story!

The Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine by Jayne Fresina
ISBN: 978-1-40226597-6
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release: June 2012
Source: I received a copy of this book to read and review from the publisher
sugarbeat's books romance books romance novel reviews historical contemporary eroticaScandalous Lady
Sophia Valentine knew placing an ad for a husband in the Farmer’s Gazette would bring her trouble – and she was right. When the darkly handsome, arrogantly charming Lazarus Kane shows up on her doorstep, the nosy residents of Sydney Dovetale are thrown into a gossiping tizzy. After all, it’s common knowledge that Sophie is a young lady In Need of Firmer Direction. But even Sophie isn’t so scandalous as to marry a complete stranger…is she?

Seeks Handsome Stranger
Lazarus Kane has been searching for Sophie half of his life. She may not remember him, but he could never forget her. The night he first laid eyes on his wayward angle is burned into his memory, but the past is a dangerous thing. And it’s best if his remains secret if he wants to tempt Sophie with…

The Most Improper Miss Sophie Valentine is the first book that I’ve read by Jayne Fresina. I found this book to be delightful, both in it’s premise and it’s storytelling.

Miss Sophie Valentine is a woman who chose to jump off a wall into the gardens to escape rather than accept a marriage proposal from a man who wanted to pay more attention to the maids than her. This has led her to the live she currently lives, living with her family and her aunt as an on the shelf spinster. She is constantly at odds with her nasty pig of a sister-in-law and is prone to outbursts of behaviour that get her in trouble. Her latest spontaneous action is to place a want ad for a husband in the Farmer’s Gazette which brings a stranger, and potential husband to the door. What she doesn’t know is that Lazarus, the stranger, actually knows her from her jump off the wall.

This book has a whole host of delightful characters. The pompous brother who thinks he knows it all, and is entitled to it all, even though he can’t afford it all. The corpulent sister-in-law, Lavinia, is determined to see herself as hard-done-by and deprived all necessities. The aunt, who has a scandalous past, and is determined that Sophie not have a boring life of duty is full os surprises. Sophie, although she is overly spontaneous, is determined to have a husband, even if she needs to advertise for one. Her almost first fiance, James, feels that he is entitled to have his cake and eat it too. Finally Lazarus, who through a stroke of luck, finds himself in a position to woo the woman he has always dreamed of wedding.

This book is a sweet love story. It is the story of two people who figure out how they fit together, how they will fit their loves together, and most importantly, what is the most important thing in life. Love.

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Believe it or Not by Tawna Fenske

By Barb Drozdowich

Welcome to Sugarbeat’s Books – The Home of the Romance Novel!

Today is the day to share my thoughts about the latest book I received from Sourcebooks to read and review.  Believe it or Not is the second book that I’ve read by Tawna Fenske.  It, like Making Waves, is laugh out loud funny!  I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this book!

Believe it or Not by Tawna Fenske
ISBN: 978-1-4022-5718-6
Release: March 2012
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Source: I received a copy of this book from the publisher to read and review

sugarbeat's books romance books romance novel reviews historical contemporary eroticaDo you believe in…..Accounting?
Numbers never lie, so Violet McGinn found safe haven in the most boring profession she could find. Until her renowned psychic mother lands in the hospital and Violet has to run her business. Now you can have your taxes filed and your aura read, in one convenient location.

Do you believe in….Magic?
Drew Watson is the jaded owner of the local hot spot next door, and doesn’t need a single thing except a good crowd to dance to what he’s spinning on Saturday.

Do you believe in….Love?
The only thing Violet and Drew seem to have in common is that neither believes in that psychic hoo-hah. Except Drew seems to play exactly the right song at exactly the right time. And the way they can’t seem to resist each other just can’t be a coincidence…..

This book is laugh out loud funny! Violet McGinn is the only child of a well know psychic. She has never really believed that her mother has any psychic ability, and at her first opportunity she moved to the far side of the US to get away from her mother and her wacky friends. Her mother has now fallen and requires not only surgery, but a lengthy convalescence, so she returns home to take care of her mother and her mother’s psychic business until her mother can get back on her feet. The sticky part is that she needs to step into her mother’s shoes, so to speak, and run the business. Her mother has always insisted that she has psychic power, but Violet is wondering how she will continue to fool some of her mother’s long term clients. To add to the equation, the yummy man who is running the bar next door always seems to be popping up. He and his music seem to be playing a role in the accuracy of her psychic readings.

Drew, one of the owners of the bar next door to Violet’s mom’s business is divorced and a bit of a player. He seems to go out with any girl who hands him her phone number, but is he or is he not gay – his bar features male strippers.

As I started with – this book is laugh out loud funny. I have read an other book of Tawna Fenske a few months ago, and she has the ability to create absolutely hysterical situations to put her characters in. Not only that, but her characters are quirky. Violet’s mother is a tree-hugging, throw back from the 60s hippy who thinks she is psychic. Her friends are equally off-beat and are intent on trying some more holistic healing methods on her, to the puzzlement of the doctor involved in her treatment. They want to try everything from chanting to aromatherapy, even if it sets the curtains on fire.

Pick up a copy of this book if you need a good laugh with a wonderfully endearing HEA. Tawna Fenske continues to entertain her readers with this book, and I look forward to anything else she writes in the future.

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