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This traditional Regency Romance gets off to such a cracking start I thought I had a keeper on my hands. In the opening chapter Aurora McPhee stands at the altar with her handsome groom. Just as the vicar is saying “If anyone here knows just cause why these two should not be joined,” in runs…
The Sentimental Soldier offers an unusual heroine, a chivalric soldier, and plenty of opening action, which, if sustained, would make for lively reading. The promise of the first half is not entirely realized, however, as the second half of the story slows considerably, and is resolved with a rather unlikely ending. Colonel Harry Langford is…
This book had such an intriguing premise. It seemed to have elements of Outlander, one of my all-time favorite books, and Highlander: The Series, an entertaining television show that no longer airs. What I found was a story that had promise but ultimately took too long to engage my interest. Amber MacPhee wakes up in…
Cassie Bowers is a Colorado journalist working on articles involving drug trafficking, money laundering, and white-collar crime for the Denver Tattler. While on this assignment, she receives an urgent message from Judge Thomas Wainright, an old family friend, requesting that she meet him at the Boulder Justice Center for some information. When she arrives, Cassie…
“So many regrets, Lord. So many regrets.” These words of Sophia Taylor echo through the pages of Whispers from Yesterday, an intricate tale of pain and despair rooted in the past – and the love, faith, and hope that heal the present and change the future. Robin Lee Hatcher boldly, but with great love, tackles…
One thing that makes romance novels different from literary fiction is that they seldom have a serious message. The new light contemporary Handyman has one and, much as I disliked this book, I happen to agree with it. Handyman‘s premise is, in a nutshell: men may be from Mars and women from Venus, but sometimes…
One of the most profound things I ever heard anyone say about the reading experience is that “the relationship between the reader and the text is not casual.” In other words, the reader brings her own life story to the tale she’s about to read. That must explain part of my enjoyment as I read…
Life is made of high points and low, with most of our existence lying somewhere in the middle. The same is true of romance novels – only a few really shine, only a few are real wallbangers. A Scarlet Bride, the story of a woman who learns that revenge is less important than happiness, falls…
Catching Kelly is, in a word, zany. Unfortunately, heroine Kelly isn’t. She spends the majority of the story having herself a pity party and whining more often than my three-year-old. If not for her kooky relatives and the terrific hero, this book would have been a disaster. Kelly Burke escaped her eccentric relatives eight years…
On December 31, 1999, I watched the New Year celebration that took place on the Mall in Washington, DC. One of the highlights of that event was a beautiful 20-minute chronicle of the most turbulent and jubilant times in U.S. History. I consider Eva Rutland’s latest novel to be almost as worthy a chronicle of…
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