The Palace Guard by Alison Shaw

The Palace Guard (novella)

Alison Shaw
Fantasy/Erotica
Published in 2012

H/h - The Guard/Princess Elena
Setting: In a fantasy kingdom.

Read in 2013.

My rating:

                                   

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The Palace Guard by Alison Shaw was a fantasy erotic novella. I liked it for the most part, but some things did bug me. Funny, because I’ve previously read more explicit stuff from this author that had things that I generally can’t stand, i.e. the H with OW etc. but didn’t mind those very much.

Let me just start the review. The story is set on a fantasy kingdom where Princess Elena is being groomed for a very prosperous match. She’s taught and trained to be the perfect wife from her childhood. Elena is a bit spoiled being the only daughter of the King and the Queen. And she’s a naïve virgin, kept that way exclusively for her future husband. Soon Elena grows up to be an 18 yrs. old girl, catching the eyes of one of the guards who have been her bodyguard for a couple of years now. He had seen her as a kid and now that she has finally grown, the Guard can’t keep his eyes off of her. But he also knows that lusting after the Princess could get him into big trouble... the offense would probably see him hanged, so the Guard, whose name is never mentioned, keeps his distance.

The Captive Pirate by Alison Shaw

The Captive Pirate (novella)

Alison Shaw
Historical Romance/Erotica
Published in 2013

H/h - Thomas Ashdown, "The Black Orchid"/Lady Letitia Howard
Setting: The Caribbean, 18th Century.

Read in Oct, 2013.

My rating:

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You know what? I REALLY enjoyed The Captive Pirate by Alison Shaw! I just love how sexy her heroes are, not to mention the HOT love scenes! My only regret, this didn’t have as many love scenes as I would’ve loved to read (after reading the The Earl and the Governess, this seemed rather mild to me lol). Better yet, she was able to deliver a rather dashing pirate story and give me that sense of completion that novella length books usually lack.

Lady Letitia traveled to the Caribbean from England with her husband a few months earlier because this is where he wanted to start anew. Letitia doesn’t really like this environment, too hot and full of mosquitoes but she had no other option. Worse, her husband passed away a couple of weeks ago due to a bad fever. It did make me wonder why she didn’t seem like a grieving widow when the infamous Black Orchid comes to pay her a visit in the middle of the night, but I didn’t mind. Maybe she didn’t love him enough or was annoyed by his decisions, we’d never know but The Black Orchid’s visit scares the hell out of her.

The Earl and the Governess by Alison Shaw

The Earl and the Governess: An Erotic Romance

Alison Shaw
Historical Romance/Erotica (menage, M/M)
Published in 2013

H/h - Rafe Gaines Fairburn, the Earl of Langham/Eddie Johnson/Charlotte Kemp
Setting: Regency England.

Read in Sept, 2013. 

My rating:

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Hmmm, where do I begin about this book?

 

Let me just tell you that if you want to read about real rakes, you’re in for a treat. The Earl and the Governess is an Erotic Historical Romance by Alison Shaw. There are two rakes in fact, cohorts in their mutual pleasures. There is an Earl of course, the hot H of our story, Rafe; one of those aforementioned rakes. There is also a beautiful governess, Miss Kemp or Charlotte... and then, there is Rafe’s gorgeous valet Eddie, the other rake.

TBH, I think this book should’ve been titled ‘The Randy Rides of Rafe and Eddie’. (Oh, don’t look at me, just came to me as I started writing this review! Lol)