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As a devoted fan of Erin McCarthy, it was no question I would read My Immortal even though I’m not too happy with that whole vampire thing she’s trying to pull. Now she’s going with a new angle: a darker fantasy romance that counters her humorous contemporaries and vamp books. Damien du Bourg is a…
I had this vague impression that Minda Webber wrote light-hearted paranormals. Little did I know that meant encountering bad jokes and glaring historical liberties in her latest book, The Reinvented Miss Bluebeard. Eve Bluebeard, the daughter of, yes, the notorious pirate Captain Bluebeard, abandons the pirate life for which he groomed her and decides to…
Like many, when reading a very well written and exciting book, I tend to read it all in one sitting, finishing and finding myself a little saddened that it has come to an end. This was precisely my experience with Lisa Marie Rice’s Dangerous Lover, her first book mainstream print novel, leaving me craving for…
While the title Rivals for the Crown adequately captures the major historical backdrop for this book, it somehow does not do complete justice to the rich tapestry formed by the lives of Isabel de Burke, Rachel de Anjou, Henry de Boyer, Rory MacGannon, and Kieran MacDonald. From the opening scene in which the reader is…
I love Patricia Gaffney. She is one of the few authors whose writing I not only adore, but I would love to befriend her if the opportunity ever presented itself. I read her women’s fiction before discovering the romance genre. And when I did start reading romance, I almost fainted when I found her earlier…
The Mesalliance had the potential to be a truly interesting read. The major players – penniless but proud aristocrats and the self-made man who now owns their entire estate – at their very best show the promise of being interesting, multidimensional people. However, instead of letting intriguing characters tell their story, I cannot help feeling…
On the back cover of The Rules of Gentility by Janet Mullany it says: “Pride and Prejudice meets Bridget Jones’s Diary”. This, while not untrue, is not quite on the spot. To give potential readers a true hint of what they are in for when they buy this book, the tagline should have read: “Meg…
Part One I’m just coming off a very ill-timed Harry Potter bender. My children are getting out of school amid a flurry of end-of-the-year activities, and one of them had a birthday and recital on top of that. I’ve had a million things to do, and all I want to do is read Harry Potter….
Blood Bound is the second book in what could become a great new urban fantasy series starring a tough, non-human heroine. Mercedes Thompson is a VW mechanic, which gets her a lot of jokes. She is a “walker”, which is similar to the Skinwalkers of Native American folklore. Mercy can turn into a coyote, but…
We first meet Eve Dearing as a child. She is sleeping in a hotel and her mother calls to her in her dreams. When she wakes up, her mother’s dog is beside her bed, soaked with rain. Through her mother’s side of the family (the Claverleys), Eve inherited mystical gifts. Eve can read her mother’s…
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