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Is it damning with faint praise to say that the last forty percent of this book is relatively intriguing while the first sixty percent is basically plodding and stereotypical? After spending three days trying to get past the first few pages of this book, I gritted my teeth and steeled myself for utter boredom. Ms….
Winter Heart is the mail-order bride story of handsome half-Native American rancher Tristan Fletcher and provocative poseur Dinah Odell. Their story is as uncompromising as the wild and harshly beautiful California mountain frontier of the 1870’s. Somewhat reminiscent of Sharon Ihle’s delightful The Bride Wore Spurs, Dinah masquerades as a nurse (for Tristan’s sister) rather…
Catherine Archer, author of this reviewer’s favorite medieval, Velvet Bond, has written a dreamy sequel. The oddest sensation enveloped me when reading this book – it was as though I was in a dream-state, wrapped in a velvet-smooth, creamy cocoon. A minor character in her previous work, Sir Stephen Clayburn, emerges boldly in Velvet Touch….
Lord of Misrule is a tale of revenge and dark love set in the Elizabethan era. The heroine, Catrienne Lyly, born of noble blood, has grown up a street urchin after seeing her beloved family killed in a political plot. The hero, Nicholas D’Avenant, is a scandalous nobleman working as a spy for his Queen….
I’m a sucker for a good fairy tale – two of my favorite books are Bewitching and A Basket of Wishes. Perhaps those tales were special because the enchanted characters were the heroines. In Once Upon a Time, the fairy is the hero. I’m not sexist, but this book simply did not enchant. To give…
Highland Flame is the story of the Laird of the clan MacGowan, a tempestuous flaming-haired beauty named The Flame, and her supposed rival, Roderic Forbes, the Rogue. She kidnaps him believing his clan is responsible for murder and poaching. Ravishingly strong, but horribly mistreated in her youth, she fights the growing attraction to her captive….
The Scottish Bride by Peggy Hanchar was just too difficult and too unpleasant a book for this reviewer to enjoy reading. Lillias McGinnis’s horrible adventure begins at age 9. Her father beheaded, her mother cowering in a convent, Lillias is married off to the son of the man she believes killed her father. Iain MacLeod,…
Just One Kiss is not a sweet and gentle love story. No way. It is the uncompromising story of tortured Morgan O’Connor and his stalwart Lady, Elizabeth Stanton. This lovely Englishwoman comes to Boston in search of her almost-fiancé, Nathaniel. Instead, she meets his older brother, Morgan. Morgan, raised to be responsible for both himself…
We all dream at one time or another of that handsome knight riding in on a white charger and rescuing us, but did you know that there really are modern day knights out there, just ready to rescue that damsel in distress? Meet Jimmy Joe Starr, knight of the road and head of Blue Starr…
Amanda Quick’s hard-covered Medieval, Mystique, has been released in paperback form. Quick (a pen name for writer Jayne Ann Krentz) can always be counted on to write compelling, easy-to-read historicals, although her breezy, humorous style lends itself better to the Regency period than the Middle Ages. Quick can always be counted on to write a…
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