Raine Balkera - Romance Author

The cover is all that is enjoyable about this book. Pages -  335  Publisher -  Oliver-Heber Books; 9 edition Published -  January 15, 2014 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Series -  Guardians of the Stone Book 2 of 5 Genre -  Historical Romance Narrative -  3rd Person Sexual Content -  1/5 Language -  1/5 The year is 1123. Scotland's King David seeks an alliance with the fierce mountain Scot, Aidan dun Scoti. But only one woman will tempt Aidan--the accursed beauty whose father once betrayed his clan ... Offered in marriage by David of Scotland as a guise for peace and cursed by Aidan's people for the sins of her father, Lìleas MacLaren is the one woman Aidan believes he is immune to. Alas, she is also the one woman who might bring the fierce chieftain to his knees. I had a very difficult time engaging with this one. And, I'm guessing this was likely written for the Middle S...

Pages -  370  Publisher -  Ballantine Books Published -  November 27, 2007 Sold by -  Random House LLC Kindle -  Amazon Link Series -  Mistress Trilogy Genre -   Historical, Victorian Language -  0/5 Sexual Content -  3/5 He will expose her masquerade, but she will expose his heart. To escape an arranged marriage, spirited Lily Bainbridge has staged her own death, and, disguised as a boy, she fled to London and a life of freedom. Yet her plans to live masquerade as an independent widow are thwarted by an encounter with a powerful and dangerously attractive marquis who wants to make her his mistress. Lily is afraid that if she gives him her innocence, he’ll steal her heart. Having agreed to a marriage of convenience to honor his family duty, Ethan Andarton, the Marquis of Vessey, has no intention of abandoning his rakish ways. Then fate intervenes in the guise of an impetuous young lady–a ...

Pages  -  244 pages Publisher -  Lyrical Press Published -  March 28, 2017 Sold by -  Penguin Random House Publisher Services Amazon Link Genre -  Regency Romance Series -  The Forever Brides (Book Two) Sexual Content -  3/5 Language -  0/5 Narrative -  3rd Person Sadly ever after . . . unless some dreams really do come true? Elinor Burkenstock never believed in fairy tales. Sure, she’s always been a fool for love—what woman isn’t? But Elinor knows the difference between fiction and truth. Daydreams and reality. True love and false promises. . . . Until the unthinkable happens, and Elinor’s engagement is suddenly terminated and no one, least of all her fiancé, will tell her why. Sir Michael Rollins’s war-hero days seem far behind him when, after one last hurrah before his wedding, he gets shot and his injuries leave him in dire shape. He wants nothing more than to marry Elinor, the woman of his wildes...

Pages -  238 Genre -  Contemporary, Romantic Comedy Series -  Mangrove Island 2 of 7 Publisher -   Tropic Turtle Press Published -  Nov 19, 2014 Sold by -   Amazon Digital Services LLC Narrative -  3rd Person Language -  tame Sexual Content -  3/5 Caspian Warwick, the Marquess of Pembroke, has been enjoying life on Mangrove Island, hosting lavish parties on his yacht and getting a taste of the local female flavor. When his old friend and political adviser arrives to woo him back to public office in England, they hatch a plan to rehabilitate his image, starting with his scandalous love life. Public relations guru Rebecca Laughlin has fled to Mangrove Island from New York after a disastrous affair with her womanizing boss. She's sworn off charmers and takes an instant dislike to Lord Warwick. In desperate need of money, however, she agrees to help him resurrect his defunct political career by finding ...

Pages -  384 Publisher -  Steel Magnolia Press Published -  September 11, 2012 Genre -  Romance, Historical, Family Saga Series -  The Royal Princes of Ruthenia Book 2 Sold by -   Amazon Digital Services LLC Sexual Content -  4/5 Language -  irrelevant Mara has no idea how to seduce a royal prince, or what he will do when she betrays him... During a grand tour of Europe, Mara's grandmother falls prey to a gamester. When she can't settle her losses, the enigmatic gentleman makes a chilling demand: Mara must seduce the brilliant and dangerous prince of Ruthenia or her grandmother will suffer. Prince Roderic, dynamic son of Rolfe and Angeline from Royal Seduction, is intrigued by the Louisiana belle who comes to him in a French gypsy camp. He is also wary: France seethes with political unrest that has spread to his home country, and he must guard against assassination. Trusting kisses that come too easily would be fooli...