In too many historical romances, the authors take great pains to get the period details correct. However, they often forget to have their characters act in period as well. The clothing may be described accurately, actual events may be incorporated into the plot, but the people in the story are nothing more than our contemporaries…
Honey is a sweet slice of late Victorian Americana. It deftly mixes comedy and angst and features a spunky (but ladylike) heroine and a strong (but tortured) hero along with a fine group of supporting characters. Best of all, for a sports lover like me, most of the book takes place during the baseball season…
Reading the back of Jake Walker’s Wife, you would assume it was a Western Romance. The hero is a wanted man from Texas, and the heroine’s father owns some kind of ranch. Actually, it’s set primarily in Maryland in 1850, but if you’re looking for historical authenticity, you won’t find it here. And although the…
If you are ready for something different – a bit off the beaten track for historical romance – take a look at His Stolen Bride by Judith Stanton. It features both an unusual time period and setting, taking place in the rural North Carolina and Pennsylvania Moravian community in the 1790s. It’s an engaging story…
Don’t be fooled by the ethereal title (or the redhead on the cover that looks nothing like the raven-haired heroine). Wishes on the Wind is for readers who like weight to their stories. Elaine Barbieri tackles the tough scene of the Pennsylvania coal fields of the 1870s, and does a creditable job of portraying the…
Maggie Osborne is one of those authors that doesn’t always get a lot of attention, even though she consistently produces high quality books. Her characters are rarely rich or flashy; in fact, her heroes and heroines are often misfits who have never even dreamed that they might find romance. Louise “Low” Downe, the heroine of…
Since A Heart Untamed is published under the Jove Friends Romance line, it is not surprising that friendship is a major theme in this book, which was co-written by Sherri Eddington and Donna Smith under the pseudonym Adrienne Burns. Rural Kansas in the late 1800s is the setting for this tale of four friends who…
A Springwater Christmas is a warm-hearted, rather sweet and predictable tale about acceptance, love and forgiveness that will get you in the holiday spirit. If you’ve read the previous books in the Springwater series, you’ll no doubt be thrilled with the reappearance of these fertile ladies and their numerous offspring. But if you’re like me…
Remember the TV show Mystery Science Theatre 3000, the one where two robots sat around with their human friend Joel and wisecracked their way through the cheesiest science-fiction movies ever made? It was the only way anybody could stand to watch those films. Reading Wings of Destiny, I kept wishing desperately that Tom Servo and…
Mended Hearts is from the Quilting Romance line of books from Jove – historical romances that contain quilting as a story element. Handmade quilts have long been a symbol of home, warmth, and love. But can quilts also predict marital happiness? Some of the inhabitants of Apple Grove, Iowa believe so, and this is the…
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