My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts...

Rose Bride is the the last installment of Elizabeth Moss’s Lust in the Tudor Court series, which I just finished. I’ve been really enjoying the author’s writing style and how history is melded in this series with a healthy dose of naughtiness thrown in it. Unfortunately, can’t say I enjoyed Rose Bride as much as I thought I would.

Book 1, Wolf Bride, is the story of Eloise Tyrell, a lady-in-waiting of former Queen Anne Boleyn. When she was betrothed to the cold and aloof Lord Wolf, she wasn’t expecting anything but a miserable married life. She had a sweetheart in court but it didn’t work out. Even though their married life wasn’t a bed of roses, Wolf and Eloise came to know each-other and acknowledged the love blooming between them. For that they had to weather some storms in their relationship; some stemmed from Eloise’s own lack of self-confidence. She was always thinking Wolf will ditch her for another court beauty, leaving her lonely in his estate. When Wolf’s one-time love, and the source of much scandal in the court, Margerie Croft suddenly returns, Eloise’s insecurities grew twofold. But Margerie had no intentions of snagging Wolf once again, and she extends her help when Wolf needed to move the attention of lecherous King Huge Henry from his wife. Other troubles came because Wolf wasn’t a man of words and he could be pretty curt and rude, hurting Eloise more than once in the process. Though their sex life was superb, the lack of communication sometimes could be painfully apparent.

The climax of the story comes with the execution of Anne Boleyn and the King courting Lady Jane Grey within weeks of it. Though Wolf was one of the King’s closest people, he didn’t agree with his verdict where Anne was concerned. Eloise’s life came under threat due to her connection with her but Wolf did his best to save her from the gallows. Overall, I really enjoyed book 1 and was waiting for the next installment, Rebel Bride.

Susannah was in her father’s home and was bored of Yorkshire and her father’s house. Susannah’s father is determined to marry to marry her off to his old friend. Susannah is just eighteen and doesn’t want to marry an old man. So Susannah decides to dress as a boy and head to court where her sister Eloise is with her husband Lord Wolf. On the road Susannah finds herself in trouble with two men who want to rape her. And her brother in law sends Hugh to find her. Hugh is Lord Wolf’s best friend. But instead Susannah is taken by the the men to their boss. Susannah does manage to escape. Hugh does find Susannah. Hugh and Susannah have a very strong attraction and give into it. But Susannah does not want to marry Hugh even though he wants to marry her. Susannah just wanted to be independent.

I enjoyed this story but just wasn’t WOWed by it. Susannah knew in this time women just weren’t independent why did she think she could be different. It just doesn’t go with the time frame of this story.Also a girl who was a virgin wouldn’t be so forward as far as a I am concerned and she wouldn’t know about some of the sexual things she did to or with Hugh. So I am sure a lot of people will enjoy this. I just wish the characters were more realistic to the time the story was written in.

My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...

Mmmm, I’m fast becoming a fan of Elizabeth Moss’s writing as well as her Lust in the Tudor Court series. I love how history is melded in this series with a healthy dose of naughtiness thrown in it. I also enjoyed the day to day activities of Tudor-era England. Ohhh and the covers of this series (by Sourcebooks Casablanca) are gorgeous!!

I really enjoyed book 1, Wolf Bride. When Eloise Tyrell, lady-in-waiting of then Queen Anne Boleyn meets her future husband, Lord Wolf, she wasn’t expecting anything but a life of misery where she has to bear the expected heirs, then be cast off by her husband in favor of some more sophisticated court beauties. Either way, Wolf wasn’t a man of many words and he was more often than not curt and distant and his words could often be wrongly interpreted. Eloise was sure that she was going to spend the rest of her life managing her husband’s country estate as Wolf takes mistresses as he reside in court. Even though she herself was enamored of a young buck herself, soon Eloise realizes that love comes in many forms. Her uninhibited lust for Wolf catches Eloise off-guard as she was a virgin prior to their marriage. Wolf’s aloof mannerism would dissolve in bed and Eloise would be left to hunger for more. That hunger soon formed into something unique and true; Eloise fell in love. But what of Wolf, her aloof husband?

My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book...

Elizabeth Moss’s Wolf Bride, book 1 of Lust in the Tudor Court, was both fun and frustrating. I was drawn to this book for simply for the gorgeous cover as I’ve never read anything by the author prior to this book. Glad to say that I don’t regret it at all! In fact, I simply loved how the author entwined history with Tudor porn, which was quite smart. It sure did manage to hold up my attentions throughout, even when I was getting frustrated at Wolf’s behavior towards Eloise.

Wolf Bride, as you can guess, is based entirely on the Tudor-era England. More precisely, in the time of Heavy (and stinky) Henry the VIII while he was married to his second wife, Anne Boleyn. At the beginning it seemed that the marriage was already breaking down. History buffs may get offended by my nick name for Heavy Henry but that guy was abominable so I don’t regret calling him names. Thank God, its the 21c and we have a come a long way since that time; one of the many reasons why I never felt interested in Tudor history myself. Too much of every vice is going on for my taste. However, lately I’ve read some good romance novels where the authors made history fun, rather than something daunting and let’s be honest, boring. I’d say that Wolf Bride succeeded in this endeavor, so I’d like to applaud the author’s knowledge and her writing to carry me through the book without much problem where history was concerned.

Rebel Bride - Elizabeth Moss Rebel Bride (Lust in the Tudor Court, #2)The blurb in this book is what got me. I thought I'd enjoy it (and I did somewhat) but the heroine just killed me!

In Rebel Bride Susannah is betrothed to a guy who can be her father, she obviously doesn't want to be married to such a man. She likes Hugh, a guy who's best friends with her new brother in law, and who works for the King.

Their attraction is mutual and she wants to have sex with him but Hugh doesn't give in easily, because there'd be consequences he doesn't want to deal with. Plus, he's below her station.

Susannah discovers her dad's affair with a servant and she decides to escape. In her rush to runaway from her dad she gets caught by a couple of men who first want to rape her and almost do. But then she talks herself out of the situation and they take her to their boss, who then wants to force himself on her too but realizes he can probably marry her, let her give him a kid or two before he lets his men have her too. Ugh. This is sickening.

As her luck would have it she escapes them. Hugh rescues her and they can't keep their hands off each other so they give into temptation. Hugh then wants to marry her and Susannah declines because she wanted it to be a one-night-stand. I can't help but roll my eyes at that. I mean...A.One.Night.Stand...in um, 1536! But hey, it was the Tudor Court so anything went.

Most of the book Susannah spends her time giving Hugh reasons why she doesn't want to marry him, including that she doesn't love him. Hugh spends his time trying to convince her. Their sexy time was HOT, but the story was MEH.

I wanted to wring the Susannah's neck throughout the book. I get that Susannah wanted to be an independent woman, that she didn't want to be married. She wanted the freedom to do as she pleased but HELLOOO it was 1536. The detail in the scenes slowed down the story too, which didn't help any when I was already annoyed with Susannah. Would I recommend this book? Not unless you like annoying heroines. This was definitely not for me.