Oh My Books!

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine , that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. My pick: A Night Like This (Smythe-Smith Quartet #2) by Julia Quinn Anne Wynter might not be who she says she is… But she's managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge — in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen in a play that might be a tragedy (or might be a comedy—no one is sure), and tending to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead. After years of dodging unwanted advances, he's the first man who has truly tempted her, and it's getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman. Daniel Smythe-Smith might be in mortal danger… But that's not going to stop the young earl from falling in love. And when he spies a mysterious woman at ...

Just Like Heaven Author: Julia Quinn Series: The Smythe-Smiths Quartet #1 Release Date: May 31, 2011. Publisher: Harper Collins Age: Adult Honoria Smythe-Smith is: A) a really bad violinist B) still miffed at being nicknamed "Bug" as a child C) not in love with her older brother's best friend D) all of the above  Marcus Holroyd is: A) the Earl of Chatteris B) regrettably prone to sprained ankles C) not in love with his best friend's younger sister D) all of the above  Together they: A) eat quite a bit of chocolate cake B) survive a deadly fever and the world's worst musical performance C) fall quite desperately in love  It's Julia Quinn at her best, so you know the answer is . . . D) all of the above I loved  Just Like Heaven ! Since I discovered it I wanted to read it, and it didn't disappointed me. The story begins when Honoria, Marcus and her brother Daniel are just kids. Honoria was always both...