Books by Deborah Simmons
The first book in Deborah Simmons’ Regency Quartet, The Vicar’s Daughter is one of those ‘stuffed-shirt meets wild-child’ romances (although the heroine isn’t really a wild-child as such), and while it’s fairly predictable, it’s a light-hearted, fun read and the two central characte ...
Elene Fitzhugh is a termagant, well-versed in the use of sharpened daggers and a sharper tongue. With her long thick red hair hanging matted in front of her face, a shrieking cursing voice, and a reputation for having killed her first husband, men tend to stay as far away from her as possible, inclu ...
Having grown up on a diet of Victoria Holt novels, to this day I appreciate a fine Gothic mood in my romance reading. Give me empty moors, abandoned ruins, and secret passages any day. So I was inclined to enjoy Deborah Simmons’s The Gentleman’s Quest, an enjoyment further enhanced by a very lik ...
Hmmmm...I really have to admit that Reynold de Burgh: the Dark Knight is a tough book to grade. On a purely empirical level, this just isn't high art (and I'm not comparing it to Dostoevsky or anything; I mean in comparison to other romance novels). It had some conventions that got on my nerves - li ...
After a much-too-long absence, Deborah Simmons returns with The Dark Viscount, a Regency-set tale with a gothic feel to it. I had very, very high hopes for this book since I count several of Simmons' tales, especially The Devil Earl and The Last Rogue, some of best historical romances ever. Alas, ...
I had high hopes for this book after an engaging beginning. But a loss of momentum in the middle and an interesting yet extremely rushed ending render Deborah Simmons' A Lady of Distinction my most disappointing read thus far for 2004. Lady Juliet Cavendish is an Egyptian scholar ...
There's an awful lot to like here. Sparkling dialogue, a sexy hero with an appealingly self-deprecating sense of humor, and a stand-up heroine who sees the hero for the worthless wastrel that he is (or that she thinks he is, at any rate). A zippy and amusing first half, however, gives way to a secon ...
Would you like to read a funny, sexy story with enough atmosphere to transport you to the past, but one that deos not overdose you with period language or history lessons? If this sounds like something you’d like to read, Deborah Simmons’ latest, My Lady de Burgh might just fit the bill. ...
My Lord de Burgh, Deborah Simmons' fifth in this series of seven brothers, has many things going for it: Stephen, the most handsome of the de Burgh brothers; Brighid, a beautiful, strong-willed heroine; a bit of magic; a bit of mystery; and a sweetly satisfying ending. While this is not the best in ...
Need a laugh? Need a pick-me-up? Have I got the book for you. Deborah Simmons newest, The Gentleman Thief has the light frothy appeal of traditional Regency Romance with the extra advantage of some very warm love scenes. It's a kind of a 19th century screwball comedy with a ditsy-but-tenacious heroi ...