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Cupid's Kiss (Signet Regency Romance)

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The final book in Karen Harbaugh's Cupid trilogy, this book absolutely was the best of the three. Although I enjoyed all of them, this is the one that I go back and reread from time to time. We finally get to see Psyche and Harry together after watching their friendship and amusing stunts in the previous two stories about Psyche's brother and sister. Not remembering much about my mythology, I also enjoyed the background information that Ms. Harbaugh included - and the side plot with Diana the Huntress was also very enjoyable. Absolutely recommended reading for anyone who enjoys Regencies - and many who typically don't!

This is the culmination of Harbough's Cupid series, and is well wroth waiting for. I only managed to read Book 2 (Cupid's Darts) and not the first in the series, Cupid's Mistake. I was disappointed with the second book, feeling that the only characters worth being interested in were Psyche and Harry.

Finally, here, we get Psyche's own story, in which, as her mother puts some pressure on her to find a husband, she realises with a shock that she's in love with her childhood friend, Harry... who she can't have because he is actually Eros, the God of Love, in disguise. Harry has been looking for his wife for the last thousand years, and Psyche is helping him in his quest.

But now she loves him... and circumstances reveal to Harry that he loves her too. Both manage to hide their feelings quite successfully until, in a gesture of friendship, Harry kisses her.

The book becomes very poignant at times, especially when Psyche pleads with Harry to make her fall in love with someone else; but thankfully, as the cover notes tell us, Harry realises who Psyche really is.

The subsidiary romance involving Artemis is also delightful. This book really is a keeper!

I had eagerly awaited the release of Cupid's Kiss, having read the other two Cupid books by Ms Harbaugh and was not disappointed at all. The tension between Cupid (known as Harry)and Psyche Hathaway was wonderful. Lots of zing! He was convinced that his friend was his long lost wife, but she was not so sure. Cupid does his best to make her remember including some heavy duty kissing. But Psyche is frightened of becoming someone else. In the end both get what they want and save the world too!

Eros, the god of love--sometimes called Cupid-- has less than year to find his wife, Psyche, who's been missing for over one thousand years. If he doesn't, the gods will fade and the mortal world will be in turmoil--already the weather is unusually harsh this spring because of the waning power of the gods. Psyche Hathaway will be sorry to see her friend Harry (as she started calling him when she was young because she couldn't pronounce Eros) married, but knows that he must find his wife, the goddess for whom Psyche Hathaway was named. Both she and Harry wish that she were that wife, but Harry knows that his wife would never forget him, not even after one thousand years--and Miss Hathaway has no recollection of any previous life or incarnation.

Readers who have enjoyed watching Psyche and Harry's friendship blossom over Ms. Harbaugh's two previous Regencies, CUPID'S MISTAKE and CUPID'S DARTS (starring Psyche's sister and brother, respectively), will relish the culmination of their relationship. Not all laughter and fun, CUPID'S KISS portrays the deep love of two people who have to sacrifice their own feelings for the greater good. Even readers who had not met Psyche and Harry before this novel will be feeling tugs at their hearts right along with these two memorable and intensely human characters. CUPID'S KISS is a stunning, emotional conclusion to this trilogy by one of the subgenre's most imaginative authors.

Kimberly Borrowdale, Under the Covers Book Reviews

I was walking through the supermarket and glanced at the rack of books. My eyes were immediately drawn to the cover of Cupid's Kiss. I hadn't heard of this author before and haven't read the first two Cupid books (tho I am looking forward to reading them). I thought I would read the first chapter or two before bed and see if I was going to like it. Well, as I closed the book after reading the last page later that night, I decided I liked it VERY much! I couldn't stop smiling and laughing and saying, "What a fun book that was!" I was listening to Sarah Brightman's collection of arias "Time to Say Goodbye" and there is one on there that I thought went perfectly with this book. It was titled "There's No Time For Us." If you check out this CD and this book I think you may agree with me.

I have long loved Regency England and Greek Mythology, and I loved every minute of reading this book!

I've always enjoyed Greek mythology and this book really gives the reader a fun and fanciful look at the Gods off of Olympus. It was a wonderful escape on a rainy day.

Ms. Harbaugh is a wonderful writer and just keeps getting better with each book. I had read the other two books in her Cupid series (which are available from Amazon) and was greatly looking forward to this book with the satisfying romance between Eros and Psyche. I like fantasy, but even if you aren't a fantasy fan, Ms. Harbaugh has a very deft touch with it which simply increases the fun of this wonderful Regency romance. --Kate McMurry

This is the third in what is (so far) a trilogy about Cupid searching for his vanished Psyche and getting involved with a family and their romantic problems. It is funny, plenty of magic in it, and it shows Cupid's mischievous side.

Karen Harbaugh never fails to look at the Regency era from a fresh and innovative angle. You will enjoy Cupid's Kiss whether or not you read the first two "Cupid" books. Highly recommended!

This is the third in a trilogy of Regencies involving Cupid, aka Eros, aka "Harry", and this time, it's his turn to be smitten. I've read the first one, but haven't found the second yet.

The gods are dying out, and Harry has to find his wife, Psyche, to save them, and with them, the world. He's sensed her at various times, and knows she's entered the cycle of birth and rebirth, and can tell when she's near, but her identity eludes him.

Harry loves his wife, but he's finding himself wanting to spend as much time as possible with Psyche Hathaway, who's been his friend since she was a child. We saw the development of this back in Cupid's Mistake, when young Psyche was the only one who could see Harry unless he made himself visible. But now she's grown up, and he's torn because he's having feelings for her he'd never had for another woman besides The Original Psyche (TOP). And Psyche Hathaway can't be TOP, because there's no spark of recognition from her.

Our heroine Psyche is likewise torn, falling in love with Harry, but knowing that for the sake of the world, she can't have him.

There's a wonderful blend here of romance, humor, and poignancy that's just a joy to read. Harry's "cousin" Artemis shows up at one point, and gets a lovely romance of her own as well.

My only quibble was that I didn't quite understand how the fate of the gods/the world hinged on Harry finding The Original Psyche.

Now if I could just find Cupid's Darts.