Stella Cameron - Candace Camp
Cameron, Stella - FRENCH QUARTER (Kensington - 5/99) (4+)
Errol Petrie creates the Dreams Foundation, whose noble mission is to raise funds to help terminally ill children throughout the world. Jack Charbonnet and Celina Payne share Errol's dream with him even as they detest each other. However, relationships abruptly change when Errol is found murdered in his bathroom. The mobster's son and the former Miss Louisiana pull together to insure their friend's vision does not die with him.
While working closly together, Jack learns that Celina is the child of blue-blooded social climbing parents who happens to be a close friend of a senatorial candidate. He also leans that Celina is pregnant and that the embryo is a result of a rape. He asks Celina to marry him, but the road to the altar is filled with detours and potholes, especially from her snobby parents, a mobster who fears Jack's connections, and a sex-crazed maniac who wants Celina all to himself.
FRENCH QUARTER is a fantastic thriller that combines a magnificent adventure with a delicious romance. Stella Cameron, already renowned for her quality tales, provides a stellar hardcover debut that will please all her fans and bring her many new ones too. ~Harriet Klausner
Cameron, Stella - MORE AND MORE (Warner - 4/99) (4)
Setting: England 1820
Finch More and her brother Latimer are boarders at 7 Mayfair Square. They are also partners in an import antiquities business, More and More. At 29, Finch considers herself on the shelf, but she is secretly attracted to Ross, Viscount Kilrood, whom she sees often because he is More and More's best customer. When she is attacked one evening on the way to the warehouse, Ross notices her dishevelment and the injuries to her hands. He confronts her, determined to discover what happened; and after hearing her explanation, he becomes concerned that the attack is due to the business matters he is conducting at More and More. He plans to keep an eye on Finch and prevent another atack, so he offers her a job cataloging his collection of glass. However, it is Latimer who later disappears, and Ross agrees to help Finch search for her brother.
MORE AND MORE mixes mystery and intrigue with romance, resulting in a book I enjoyed reading very much. From the beginning, Ross and Finch were a couple to me, and it was entertaining to watch their relationship grow. They find it difficult to keep their hands off each other; indeed, the love scenes in this book are some of the most sensual, unconsummated scenes I've ever read. The addition of Sir Septimus Spivy, a cranky ghost who is determined to clear all boarders out of 7 Mayfair Square, floor-by-floor, is an added treat. MORE AND MORE kept me turning the pages at a fast pace, and I look forward to reading the next book in the Mayfair Square series. ~Pat Cavender for Bookbug on the Web
Cameron, Stella - WISH CLUB, THE (Warner - 1998) (4)
Max Rossmara, the adopted son of a viscount, and commoner Kirsty Mercer were inseparable as children. Encouraged by her sweet spirit and keen mind, Max taught the young peasant girl everything he knew. When the time came for him to further his education, they both made a wish before he departed—that they could always be together.
After a lengthy separation, the two are reunited and their feelings for each other have deepened with time. However, the viscount wants his son firmly established in society; there can never be any thought of marriage between Max and Kirsty. Max's father matches him up with Lady Hermoine, the niece of a countess, but Hermoine is a scheming vamp. Our hero is reluctant to rush into matrimony or defy his father's wishes.
Max's mind is always on Kirsty, and in order to keep her by his side, he hires her as his assistant. She is a bright young woman, afterall, and certainly capable of attending to matters of his estate. But being near her—and not being able to have her—proves to be torture. He becomes a sullen man, prone to excessive drinking and bouts of temper—torn between desire and duty. And Kirsty is caught between two worlds: Max's aristocratic circle and her life as a commoner. The position she takes soon alienates her family and puts her reputation in question. What price must they pay for love?
Stella Cameron has taken a familiar plot and put her unique mark on it, delivering excellent prose, interesting characters, and those wickedly sexy scenes we've come to expect from her. THE WISH CLUB concludes the popular Rossmara series. ~June Folk for Bookbug on the Web
Camp, Candace - IMPULSE (1997) (4)
The stable boy, Cam Moore, and Lady Angela Stanhope are in love, but they are cruelly torn apart. He is beaten and she is forced to wed Lord Dunstan. But Cam cannot believe that she had no choice but to wed Lord Dunstan and leaves for America, bitter. It is thirteen years before they meet again. She is a divorced woman, living in isolation in the country with her mother and grandmother. She had been wed for nine years.
Cam blackmails her brother into convincing Angela to marry him. He says he is now wealthy and desires her titled name, although it is sullied by her divorce. He also wants some revenge for how he was treated. She adamantly refuses to wed him, but when her ex-husband appears on the scene and frightens her, she agrees to the marriage. You can't imagine all that her ex-husband had done to her! This story is not for the faint-hearted, be warned. I loved this wonderful story. Camp is so-o-o good! ~Review provided by Romance Reviews
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