Book By You Blog Contents 16.08.13

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Reviews (any books without a link are books I own but haven't reviewed yet)

Romance By You

By Magic Bound

Click for Love

ER Fever

Love Factor

Love's Next Door

Racing Hearts

Starstruck

Tropical Treasure

Wedding Favors


Hot Blooded (same sex, m/m)

Seduction Games (same sex, f/f)


Classic Book By You

Dracula

Emma

Northanger Abbey

The Phantom of the Opera

Pride & Prejudice

Robin Hood

The Secret Garden

Sense & Sensibility



Teen Book By You

Black Lace

First Bite

Night Wolf

Prom & Prejudice


Mystery By You

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Golden Night

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

The Secret Adversary


Kids Book By You

The Book of Dragons

The Enchanted Castle

The Phoenix and the Castle

Riddles & Codes

The Secret Code

Two Children and It


Why I Love Book By You

Starstruck (Romance By You)

Sophie is far from impressed when she sees Kenny gambling in a casino and getting thrown out for fighting, but it’s not as though she’s ever going to see him again. She’s about to fly to Minerva Seven to help negotiate a peace treaty, she doesn’t need drunken, gambling idiots in her life. But then she meets the commander of the starship she’ll be flying on – and it’s none other than that drunken gambling idiot. Sophie is determined to keep her distance from Kenny as much as possible…and Kenny can only hope she succeeds.

Seduction Games (Romance By You)

This is the same-sex (f/f) version of Tropical Treasure. There is also a m/m version.

When Emma wins a place on reality TV show Treasure Quest, she isn’t expecting to fall in love. Her ex-girlfriend hurt her badly, and what’s the chance of their being two lesbians out of just six contestants? The first person Emma meets is the incredibly hot Sophie, wearing nothing but a towel. She actually seems okay at times, if you can overlook the arrogance. But Sophie wants to win, and Emma doesn’t know how far she’s prepared to go…

The Phantom of the Opera (Classic Book By You)

Raoul goes to the Paris Opera and sees his childhood sweetheart Christine performing the leading role in Faust. He’s keen to renew their acquaintance, but Christine seems less than happy to see him. When Raoul tries to find out why, he realises he has a rival. Christine has never seen the mysterious Erik (and let’s be honest, she wouldn’t want to), but he sings like an angel.

Racing Hearts (Romance By You)

Sophie dreams of becoming a racer, but as she’s a girl, she counts herself lucky just to be working with racers like Ace and Kenny. Ace is her current boyfriend, but sometimes he seems to be more in love with himself than with Sophie. New driver Kenny would like to take pole position in the races - and in Sophie’s heart. But he’s got to compete with Ace, and it seems like the only thing to Kenny’s advantage is that he has a proper name.

ER Fever (Romance By You)

Emma and Sophie are nurses in the accident and emergency department of a hospital. When they first meet gorgeous new doctor Gareth, Emma thinks he’s an arrogant bumhead. However, as Gareth is a dedicated professional and more than a little bit adorable, and as Emma is exactly the same, it’s not long before there’s some fumbling going on in the closet. But Emma, like any sensible girl who’s had her heart broken, has trust issues, and the sudden appearance of a beautiful girl from Gareth’s past goes down about as well as it usually does in books.

Emma (Classic Book By You)

As Jane Austen states in the opening few words, Emma Woodhouse is handsome, clever and rich. The trouble is…she knows it. Her neighbour Mr Knightley does his best to stop her from making an idiot of herself, but it just doesn’t occur to Emma that she could ever be wrong. Emma believes that her new friend Harriet, who is of questionable birth, would be the perfect match for the very respectable vicar, and she is also delighted to hear the rumours that the girl she hates is interested in her best friend’s husband. Mr Knightley thinks a good dose of falling in love would sort Emma out. It looks like he’s about to get his wish.

Sense & Sensibility (Classic Book By You)

Things are bad enough for Mrs Dashwood and her daughters when Mr Dashwood suddenly drops dead, but their situation doesn’t exactly improve when their daughter in law talks their brother out of giving them enough money to live on. Marianne likes a bit of drama and tragedy to spice up her life, but her elder sister Elinor can see they’re in deep dog poo. Then some random cousin offers them a home out of nowhere, separating Elinor from the guy she fancies and throwing Marianne into the path of a guy she should probably stay well away from.

Pride & Prejudice (Classic Book By You)

When the rich, single Mr Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet is determined to get at least one of her five daughters married off. She becomes even more hopeful when Bingley’s even richer friend Mr Darcy shows up, but whilst Mr Bingley and Jane Bennet do seem to be instantly smitten, Mr Darcy makes a bad first impression on Elizabeth when she overhears him saying she’s not exactly hot. Throw in a couple of tarty younger sisters and some lush young officers, and this classic book isn’t nearly as boring and inaccessible as you might think.

Hot Blooded (Same Sex Romance By You, M/M)

Aaron is a university professor who spends a lot of his time in the library. Chris is a vampire who also spends a lot of time in the library. A meeting between them seems inevitable, even before that bookshelf nearly crashes down on Aaron’s head, and Chris demands a kiss as a reward for saving him. Soon, the two men are crazy about each other (yes, this is a gay story, look away now if you’re prejudiced), but for some reason Aaron doesn’t understand, this sexy, mysterious stranger keeps holding back.

Wedding Favors (Romance By You)

Jade and Gareth are getting married (lucky Jade!) and Sophie has agreed to make the favours as a favour (genius title for a very funny book). Gareth’s friend Kenneth, a 911 operator and general doormat (but such a cute one), is housesitting for Gareth. Sophie does her best to deny the instant attraction between her and Kenneth, but even her shopping trolley can’t resist him.

Tropical Treasure (Romance By You)

Sophie’s first meeting with Gareth takes place in the bedroom.

Not like that. They fight over who’s going to sleep in the best room, but as soon as one of them actually wins the argument, Jade walks in and tells them she was here first. But Sophie and Gareth have sized each other up and decided they like what they see. And considering they’re spending the next few weeks on a tropical island without many clothes on, it’s fair to assume they’re going to see quite a lot of each other.

Love's Next Door (Romance By You)

Sophie returns to her old home after a year away and decides to welcome herself home by playing a little prank on her best friend and childhood sweetheart, Gareth. She isn’t the least bit attracted to him now, of course she isn’t, though she absolutely can’t stand that tart he’s sleeping with, but she still enjoys embarrassing him half to death and generally making life difficult for him. As for Gareth, the feeling is absolutely mutual.

Click for Love (Romance By You)

Sophie is sacked after accidentally sending a text intended for her new boyfriend to everyone in the company (personally, I think anyone sending a text as cringe making as that deserves to be shot, so she gets off quite lightly). But the company’s decision backfires on them just slightly when the talented Emma also leaves. Emma decides this is the perfect opportunity to pursue their dream of setting up their own fashion line, while Sophie decides this is the perfect opportunity to get Emma interested in one of her favourite hobbies: online dating.