A Year & a Day (DeWarenne #1), a medieval rom by Va. Henley

Hi Janie, 
I commented on another recent book review on this forum, Joining by J. Lindsey, that I thought the mistress, 
in a Yr and a Day, had oral sex w/ Lynx & that the h observed this. I had the wrong book! The mistress in
above book admitted to Jane that she aborted a few pregnancies w/ Lynx. She wanted to 'keep her figure.'   
Neither the mistress nor his first wife w/ Lynx became pregnant. So he thought he was sterile. The hero kept
the mistress mostly in other locales in this book, until his sister Marjorie came to Dumfries w/ the mistress
( or the hero told them to move there?) This mistress later became the leman of Lynx's traitorous 'shirttail' relative. 

I can't recall the name of the other medieval I read. The mistress was already at the hero's keep. The place was dirty 
& the food tasteless/not edible. When he wed, his heroine/ wife improved all conditions of the keep. But the mistress 
claimed credit for all improvements. The mistress and the H had oral sex & the heroine saw this. The heroine later
saved the life of the mistress who took an herb to cause an abortion. Once medically stable, H banished the mistress
from his keep. I can't recall if the MCs were handfasted in this book? My memory hasn't been 100% for several yrs-
LOL! Sorry I confused these 2 books. 

 

There was a Japanese film where a lady and a man were in a carriage & he slowly removed her long gloves and it was sexier
to me than if they tore off each other's clothes. Sexy enough to fog up my eyeglasses! 

HRs have too many abductions for me. LOL! However a knight kidnapped a lady trained to defend herself. For most of
the book, they went back/ forth with abductions. I can't recall the title. The cover had a sword in the ground or a flag. 
I bought one w/ a flag- not it. I will probably never find it. I donate most of my bks, CDs, & DVDs to the public library.
They sell what the public donates & this enables them to buy more library materials. 

All are welcome to write reviews. I try to re-cap the story w/o giving too much away, but sometimes I blow it. 
Thanks for your wisdom, Cheryl (my real name)
 

Thanks, Karen! I will tag that now. I had it half right… the author. I’m half tempted to listen to Dukes Prefer Blondes again to see if I need to remove that tag. But I’m about 15 Chapters in and keep falling asleep on Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb, so probably not any time soon.

Pretty sure Madeline Hunter had a “glove removal at the theater” but will have to ponder that title. Would be great if somebody could solve that.

Cheryl mentioned an example of the sexiness of glove removal in a film. I am partial to handholding as well, versus graphic love scenes. Usually. 😁

—Janie

Karen, thank you, I did enjoy it. Out of the 8 books listed I’ve read 4 of them already and wishing I kept better notes when first reading romance.

Going by publication dates 1920 - 2016 there must be so many more out there that have gone unremarked. Here’s the list from SBTB and Goodreads…

Sexy Glove Removal Scenes: 

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1/20)

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase (1/95)

Untie My Heart by Judith Ivory (11/02)

Retreat from Love by Samantha Kane (12/08)

One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare (5/10) - Hero removes his gloves.

Beguiling the Beauty by Sherry Thomas (5/12)

Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase (1/16)

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean (9/16)

—Janie

Cheryl, when Jessica shot Sebastian is the scene that has stayed with me. I had never been so stunned by a heroine’s actions before then, and maybe even still. I do vaguely recall that rain scene now that you mention it. Dukes Prefer Blondes had a rain scene, too.

I’ve still got all my books but they aren’t easily accessible. Hope springs eternal that they won’t always be so hard to get my hands on. Or maybe it’s a good thing that I can’t, I’d never get any chores done.

—Janie

Cheryl, same for me on storage. I’ve been purging stuff off and on since my Mom died, recently got rid of most of my craft magazines. Still makes me sick to think about it.

Getting rid of stuff really cuts into the reading time. LOL

—Janie