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I was never much of a history student. Dry textbooks just didn’t hold my interest. Because of my love for adventure, intrigue and romance, much of what I’ve learned about medieval England has been gleaned from historical romances. I believe Roberta Gellis is one of the best at producing vivid and accurate portrayals of history….
If you enjoy light and humorous historical romance, I’d encourage you to try Victoria Alexander’s newest release (and first book for Avon), The Wedding Bargain. Fans of Julia Quinn will likely appreciate Alexander’s style. In The Wedding Bargain, she has created a cute premise and fun characters. Pandora Effington is in the middle of her…
Once in a while you run across a romance that is a wonderful, re-readable keeper in every way, but which is very difficult to review. In the case of Prince of Shadows, the difficulty in reviewing it is mainly based on having to elaborate why I love it. That’s the price of being an avid…
In Jaclyn Reding’s White Knight, Grace Ledys and Christian Wycliffe, Marquess Knighton, are thrown together in marriage by her uncle and his grandfather. Grace is sure it will be a marriage full of love and happiness, so she throws herself wholeheartedly into her marriage, doing everything she can to be the wife she feels Christian…
Miss Darby’s Duenna is a funny, clever story and beautifully written to boot. In spite of this, it was a tough book to grade. Despite its delightfully dry wit and elegent manner, it’s not very romantic. At times it seems as much a takeoff on a Regency Romance as it is a Regency Romance. The…
Romance readers often refer to certain books as “comfort reads.” A comfort read is not the same as a Desert Island Keeper. It need not be an exceptionally well-written book. But a comfort read resonates with the reader, it makes her feel good and she finds herself bringing the book out to read, enjoy and…
Maggy O’Brien’s life seems far from the stuff of romantic fantasy when we first meet her in Barbara Bretton’s The Day We Met. She’s the divorced and harried mother of two, coping with the news that her ex-husband is about to remarry, and hoping not to get caught in her pajamas as she drives her…
A Season In Eden is the type of book that I normally avoid at all costs. I’m not a big fan of heartache and grief-filled stories and never read one if I can avoid it. I steer clear of mainstream “women’s fiction” for exactly this reason. Reality surrounds me and if I want a good…
The Veiled Web by Catherine Asaro is an intricately plotted romance set in 2010. The story brings together a ballerina, Lucia del Mar, who spends virtually all of her spare time on the World Wide Web (WWW), and Rashid al-Jazari, who invented an internet browser being used in 2010. Rashid is also developing a Virtual…
Sarina is an accident waiting to happen. Although she is a witch, her powers are useless. She has been hired on at Rasmus castle, but is in danger of driving the staff crazy and losing her position due to the enormous number of accidents she has caused. Dagon Rasmus, owner of the castle, and a…
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