Books by Mary Reed McCall
The Templar's Seduction is the first Mary Reed McCall novel I've read, though it is the last book in her Templar Knights series, and, rumor has it, her last book for a while.
Sir Alex de Ashby is "a man bound by his own instincts for self-preservation above all else." He was drummed out of the Kn ...
I'm a sucker for tortured heroes and heroines, as well as rich, even intense, historicals, so Mary Reed McCall's latest novel was a must-read for me. Her tale of love and healing set against the violent dissolution of the Templars is absolutely beautiful. There were a few minor irritants that kept i ...
I'm really sorry I'm not giving Beyond Temptation a better grade. The author, Mary Reed McCall, wrote a wonderful segment for a recent ATBF column. Also, she took a chance on an unusual conflict of honor between the hero and heroine. Unfortunately, that conflict didn’t work for me; it just kept ...
While this was an easy, engaging read for me, the book suffered both from a surfeit of cardboard villains and too much fighting between hero and heroine for it to be a truly satisfying read. Most times, it's hard for me to pinpoint exactly where I stop enjoying a book. Sometimes the events of the bo ...
Sometimes I'm tempted to come up with a Letterman-type top ten list when I'm reading a book for review. Something like "You know it's a bad sign when..." I'm sure you could fill in the blank with any number of romance clichés. Maybe because I had hoped for something else, Mary Reed McCall's latest ...
Everyone knows the legend of King Arthur, the once and future king, who will rise again to defend Britain. Here there is a twist. The Britain of the legend is Wales, and when Arthur returns he is reborn as a woman - or so the Welsh rebels think.
Aidan de Brice, the Scourge of Wales, remembers wha ...
Medieval romances aren't usually my favorite sub-genre, but for one reason or another I have found myself reading more of them than usual this year. Secret Vows appealed to me because I found the conflict interesting: The heroine is forced by her evil brother-in-law to marry his sworn enemy. Not onl ...