My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance, Clean Romance, Fantasy
Content: Clean
Emmeline O’Shea is determined to save the
world—single-handedly, if necessary. A strong voice for societal reform,
she is the natural choice to deliver a key speech at the end of the
International Shifter Rights Organization’s week-long Summit in
Scotland.
But when a death threat arrives at Emme’s home, she is
immediately placed into protective custody, watched over by none other
than her personal nemesis, Detective-Inspector Oliver Reed. The two have
crossed paths many times, with disastrous results, but now they will
have to work together in order to reach the Summit before midnight of
the last day in order to ensure legislation is passed to protect the
Shifter community.
As unseen enemies close in around Emme and
Oliver, they struggle to reach Edinburgh by any means necessary, only to
find Emme’s vindictive stepsister, Oliver’s vampire brother, and a
dangerous political minefield awaiting them in Scotland.
Even
more difficult is their own refusal to admit that the fiery animosity
that once burned between them might be turning into the heat of romantic
passion. Could a straitlaced policeman determined to uphold the law and
an outspoken activist willing to break the rules ever find true love?
Or will all their dreams shatter like glass when the clock strikes
midnight?
This was the last book in the series (I think) and my least favorite of the series. These are retellings of fairy tales and this one was supposed to be a retelling of Cinderella, but it barely resembled Cinderella. In the beginning I thought I was going to hate Emme, but she ended up not being so bad. I enjoyed the steampunk aspects of the series the most. I especially liked the gliders in this one, but disliked how Emme needed rescuing so much. Did she really have to sprain her ankle after using the glider? It just annoyed me.
Overall this series was fun, but not something I would want to revisit. However, if your looking for something light that has both fantasy and romance elements to it, then give it a try. I think books one and two were the best, with book two being my favorite.
Here are the covers and descriptions for the other books in the series along with my ratings:
Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Steampunk Proper Romance Series #1)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance, Clean Romance, Fantasy
Content: Clean
When Lucy Pickett arrives at Blackwell Manor to tend to her ailing cousin, Kate, she finds more than she bargained for. A restless ghost roams the hallways, werewolves have been reported in the area, and vampires lurk across the Scottish border.
Lord Miles himself is clearly hiding a secret. He is brash and inhospitable and does not take kindly to visitors—even one as smart and attractive as Miss Pickett. He is unsettled by the mysterious deaths of his new wife, Clara, and his sister, Marie. Could Miles himself be to blame for the deaths?
Working together, Miles and Lucy attempt to restore peace to Blackwell Manor. But can Lucy solve the mystery of Miles? Can she love the man—beast and all?
Kiss of the Spindle (Steampunk Proper Romance Series #2)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance, Clean Romance, Fantasy
Content: Clean
Doctor Isla Cooper is cursed. Literally. Each
night, at the stroke of midnight she falls into a death-like sleep from
which she cannot be awakened for six hours. To make it worse, the curse
has an expiration date—after a year, it becomes permanent. And the year
is almost up.
In a desperate attempt to find Malette—the witch
who cursed her—Isla blackmails her way onto Daniel Pickett's private
airship bound for the Caribbean, only to discover she's traveling with
three illegal shapeshifters and the despicable Nigel Crowe, a government
official determined to hunt down and exterminate every shapeshifter in
England. Isla and Daniel must work together to keep the identities of
the shapeshifters hidden while coming to terms with their own hidden
secrets, and their blossoming attraction to each other.
Filled with suspense, intrigue, and plenty of romance, Kiss of the Spindle is
steampunk Sleeping Beauty story. It is a race against the clock as Isla
and Daniel try to hunt down the elusive Malette before Isla's
death-like sleep becomes permanent.
The Lady in the Coppergate Tower (Steampunk Proper Romance Series #3)
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance, Historical Romance, Clean Romance, Fantasy
Content: Clean
Hazel Hughes has spent her life believing she is
a Medium—someone who can talk to ghosts. But as of yet, that skill has
remained frustratingly elusive. She is also suffering from a reoccurring
childhood dream of someone who looks almost exactly like Hazel, but
this dream version of herself is slowly going mad.
Sam MacInnes
is a talented surgeon who runs in the highest social circles thanks to
his family’s position and history. When Sam hires Hazel to assist him
with his medical practice, he is immediately drawn to her intelligence,
wit, and beauty.
Their potential relationship is derailed one
evening when a mysterious count arrives in London and reveals to Hazel
the truth about her past: she was abducted at birth and her twin sister
has fallen dangerously ill.
Hazel agrees to travel to Romania
with Count Petrescu in order to save her sister, and Sam insists on
accompanying her. The count has secrets, though, and the journey grows
more sinister with every mile that draws Hazel closer to her homeland.
Even as her feelings for Sam become deeper and more complicated, she
fears she might not survive the quest to save her sister with her heart
intact, not to mention her life. She must learn to draw on gifts she
doesn’t know she has if they are going to ever return home again.
Hazel and Sam must fight their way past dark magic, clockwork beasts,
and their own insecurities as they try to reach her sister in the
impenetrable Coppergate Tower before time runs out.
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