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Many historical romances feature a secondary female character whose main purpose is to make the heroine look good. She’s rude and whiny, has no self-control and less empathy, and spends most of her time in a snit. Now, in An Uncommon Courtship, one such brat stars in her very own book. Although there’s the occasional…
Slow Burn is the first in Jamie Denton’s new trilogy featuring the Perry brothers. This first story places youngest brother Cale on center stage. Cale Perry always brings home strays, usually pets. This time he’s branched out into bringing home stray people. An EMT, one of Cale’s calls brought him into contact with amnesiac Maggie….
If many European Historicals are set against a backdrop of wallpaper history – enough history to make the book of a certain time, but not so much as to overwhelm the reader – then Ever Yours is a flat, white latex paint model. Except for the date in the front, a few mentions of crinolines…
This one is w-a-a-a-a-y Over The Top. In big bold letters. With an exclamation point! No, two!! Superrich tycoon hero oceanographer. Mega-bucks. Mega-smart. Ex-SEAL. (Of course.) Painfully beautiful, so-frail-and-delicate-he-fears-she’ll-break heroine who can take care of herself and her pet dolphins (yes, that’s right) just fine, Mr. Rich Man. (Oh, she’s spunky, this girl!) Add in…
Laura Moore’s Night Swimming is a fleshed-out retelling of the Ugly Duckling story, in which the metamorphosing swan must now face its final challenge, the ultimate test of whether its transformation goes more than skin deep. It’s a truly exceptional tale, comprised of breath-stealing romance, a mystery to be solved within a marine biologist’s ocean…
I’ve been reading quite a few old 80s series romances lately, and enjoying the diversity in characters and subject matter that you don’t really see anymore. Many of them either don’t hold up over time or weren’t very good to begin with, but every once in a while I come across a good one. A…
Lynn Kurland is beloved for her portrayals of the time-traveling MacLeod family of Scotland. Various family members have traveled to modern-day Scotland from their home in the 13th century Highlands. One by one, each found love in their new place in time and, if this book is any indication, Ms. Kurland has earned her large…
Love and a Bad Hair Day is 282 pages long, costs $13.95, and took me well over a week to read (and I was immobile for two of those days). It has a deceptively cutesy cover featuring an adorable brunette twenty-something chick wearing a big smile and a big floral hat. (To cover up bad…
Don’t you love it when you pick up a book, and it turns out to be an unexpectedly delightful surprise? That was my experience with Taming the Scotsman. Eleanor (Nora) ingen Alexander is desperate. Betrothed to Ryan MacAren, a man she doesn’t love, she seeks out Ewan MacAllister, a man universally feared. When Nora finds…
My aunt and I once made a cake without eggs. We were talking to each other and got distracted, but when we pulled the cake out of the oven and tried to cut it we knew what we’d done wrong. It had no cohesiveness to it, no structure binding it together. Amazingly enough, another one…
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