Books by Madeline Hunter
This is the first in a new series from Ms Hunter featuring three ducal sons, two of whom are legitimate and a third who is not – and this is his book. It’s an entertaining story; the central characters are likeable and intelligent, and there is an intriguing secondary plot surrounding the possib ...
Madeline Hunter’s medievals were special to me. Sadly, I haven’t found her 19th century historicals to be as strong. At first, I thought The Counterfeit Mistress was going to be a truly laughable spy story. When it turned into a decent romance and then a simple adventure, it was at least a step ...
I really hate the title of The Conquest of Lady Cassandra. Not only does "conquest" have terrible connotations for a relationship, it's also misleading in the context of this story. One of the best parts about this book is the development and balance of the relationship between the hero and heroine. ...
Have you ever met someone, listened to him introduce himself and talk for a while and then, suddenly, sadly, realize you’ve not registered a word he's said? I had the literary version of that experience with Ms. Hunter’s The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne. I read the novel — twice — and both t ...
This fourth and last of Madeline Hunter’s Rarest Blooms series, tells the tale of Tristan, the Duke of Castleford, and Daphne Joyes, the proprietor of The Rarest Blooms, an unusual nursery. Theirs is a grand romance. Tristan is a splendid character — a smart as hell duke who spends all his days ...
When I think of the strongest historical romance writers today, Madeline Hunter is definitely on the list. I almost feel guilty giving this book a B, as the writing and characterization are so much stronger than other books that receive that grade. However, the book’s vague backstory pulled me out ...
The impoverished peer who must marry for money is a well-known character in romance land. So is the woman whose father is a wealthy cit. It’s to Madeline Hunter’s credit that she takes these shopworn figures and makes them fresh and new. Verity Thompson’s father built a pro ...
If not for a plodding beginning we’d have a winner on our hands. But even so Ravishing in Red is still heads above the norm and it is all due to the magic pen of Madeline Hunter.
Take the plot, for instance. We’ve seen it before – no question we’ve seen it before. Audrianna Helmsleigh’s ...
In my mind, Madeline Hunter stands for excellence in Medieval romance first and foremost. I faithfully (and a bit unenthusiastically) followed her through her subsequent Regency-set Seducer series, all the while debating if she should remain on my auto-buy list. Then along came the Rothwell series a ...
In terms of character development, not many writers surpass Madeline Hunter. True to form, the characters in Secrets of Surrender are well developed and complicated. Normally, I’m a character-driven reader, but the characters weren’t enough to keep me from feeling that there was a lack of acti ...