Reviews

The Princess in His Bed by Lila DiPasqua

conniejoy529's review

5.0

I read a good amount of historical romance but this is the first series that I have read that referred to itself as Historical Erotica, and to be honest I wasn't really expecting much (these were also my first Lila DiPasqua reads so I didn't have much to go on). But I was very pleasantly surprise by just how good her stories were. I especially enjoyed The Lovely Duckling. I loved the fact that all the stories are loosely based of fairy tales but the author puts enough of her own spin on them to make them truly unique.

prationality's review

4.0

Prelim Review: DiPasqua's first 'Fiery Tales' anthology, AWAKENED BY HIS KISS, was intriguing in how she wove three classic fairy tales into life in King Louis XIV's pleasure palace at Versailles. The fairy tales are really only cursorily used in this book however and are almost more of a hindrance.

"The Marquis' New Clothes" Based around 'The Emperor's New Clothes' Aimee must connive a way to find the ring her cousin Louise stole from her former lover and lost in one of the Marquis de Nattes outfits. The 'new clothes' I think refers to the fact that the Marquis, Adam, had two FULL armoires of justacorps and Lousie could not remember what color he wore when she lost the ring. Much of the history is laid out in quick procession--Aimee was married to Adam's womanizing friend Marc who died 3 years ago and Adam had been lusting for Aimee for twice that long, but Aimee had a vehement desire to never be tied to another womanizer in her life.

Passion meets need--Aimee needs to get to Adam's coats so she uses his (and her) passion to do so.

Full review to be posted at Romance Reader at Heart