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Sometimes a book is just plain average. Neither good nor bad. It’s just sort of there, you read the story and then move on. Reilly’s Gold is definitely one of those books. Devin Reilly has come to America to seek his fortune in the gold mines of California. Unfortunately he gets waylaid just off the…
It’s mystifying why so many forceful noblemen of romance fiction give the time of day to so many quiet maidens. Building on this enigma, Lord Darlington’s Darling is about a woman who eventually graduates from being a doormat – proving that she knows not only what she wants, but also (and perhaps more importantly) how…
It’s getting very hard to judge a book by its cover nowadays. With many publishers attempting to imitate the success brought on by cartoon covers, it’s not only difficult to tell the books apart, it’s almost impossible for every book to match the cartoon/light tone the covers suggest. Husband Material has a fluffy opening that…
With her previous books, The Legend McKinnon and Legend of the Sorcerer, Donna Kauffman has made a name for herself in paranormal romance. I am happy to say that Your Wish Is My Command extends her winning streak to three. It is a charming read about a pirate-turned-Cupid and a former boat racing champion who…
Sitting down to review The Wish by Marianne Willman, I find myself almost stymied. There are parts of the book that are stunningly good, but frustratingly, they don’t add up to a particularly satisfying whole. Much of what I disliked about this book happens at the end, which makes it difficult to explain without revealing…
Margaret Evans Porter has written many enjoyable, intelligent Regency Romances before she began writing “full-length” titles for Avon. However, her latest historical, The Seducer, comes across as a mediocre book. Part of this is probably due to Porter’s dry, cerebral style, which may be better suited to the shorter and more formal Regency rather than…
When it comes to Susan Elizabeth Phillips, I absolutely love It Had to be You and Lady Be Good but I have had less luck with Nobody’s Baby But Mine and Dream a Little Dream. Still, like many of her fans, I have been looking forward to catching up with Molly Somerville and Kevin Tucker…
Earlier this year I read Maggie Osbourne’s I Do, I Do, I Do, which was so good it gave me a taste for bigamy plots. While I didn’t enjoy Our Husband quite as much, it’s a good read, reminiscent of books by two of my favorite writers: Olivia Goldsmith and Susan Issacs. Travelling salesman Raymond…
Finding Ian is Stella Cameron’s first “big” book in the sense that it is neither genre romance nor romantic suspense. It is “women’s fiction.” Though there is a romance between Byron Frazer and Jade Perron, the book is more concerned with with Byron and Jade finding themselves rather than each other. Byron also has to…
His Lordship’s Mistress is a marvelous book. I had a copy several years ago and lent it my sister Anne, who true to her title as The Pickiest Reader In The World did not like it. Then she lent it to someone else who lost it. Thank goodness it has been reprinted. I read it…
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