Since I like “sob stories,” this is one book that plucked at my heartstrings. I’m a sucker for tales about maltreated heroines, in which the hero spends the rest of the book groveling to make amends. Yes, there are the usual problems that are inherent in every one of the romances by Ms. Dodd that…
Quick – find me Candace Camp’s backlist! If all her other books are as good as this one is, I’ve got a real treat waiting for me. This one has it all: smooth writing, an intelligent story, engaging characters, and sexual tension that positively sizzles. Julia Armiger needs to rehabilitate her brother Selby’s memory. After…
This is the second book of the Wyckerley trilogy, and features Sebastian, the new Viscount D’Aubrey, the son and heir of an extremely wealthy earl. Sebastian is a much better lord of the manor than his predecessor, Geoffrey, because he is smarter, knows his place in society and how to execute his duties. The book…
What do you get when you pair an arrogant lord with an independent spinster, add some romantic suspense and throw in a meddling ghost along with a bird named Pecker? You get a book that is sometimes maddening, but never dull. Finch More is 29 years old, a confirmed spinster and bluestocking who helps her…
In the third of her Wyckerly trilogy, Gaffney has crafted another true keeper. As she had in To Have and to Hold and To Love and to Cherish, the author makes this story stand out by creating two highly unusual protagonists – Sophie and Connor. Sophie, for instance, is of a higher social class than…
To Love and To Cherish is the first volume of Patricia Gaffney’s justly renowned Wyckerley trilogy. The books are set during the Victorian era in the English village of Wyckerley. Wyckerley’s physical terrain is similar to Cornwall – mining and agricultural country, and one of the charms of the trilogy is how Ms Gaffney has…
If you want to read a book that comes as close to perfection as any historical romance, then pick up Flowers from the Storm. The story, the language, the emotional intensity: this book has everything. It’s Laura Kinsale at the top of her game – or anybody else’s, for that matter. Archimedea Timms is a…
When sitting down to write this review, I sincerely wished someone else could have done it in my place. I’m terribly sensitive regarding Viking romances, and the book just might have fared a little better in the hands of another reviewer, someone not Scandinavian. The King of Meath has captured Brand, a Viking spy. For…
This is the first romance by Beatrice Small I have ever read. Of course, I’ve heard all the talk about the heated sex scenes, but beyond that, I can claim total ignorance. So, when the chance to review Deceived came along, I jumped at it, just to see what all the hoopla was about. To…
Wild Wind insisted on playing peek-a-boo with me. Now you get it, now you don’t. There were things I liked intensely about this read, just as there were things that were bordering on off-putting. If you like emotionally stimulating reads and have no problem with your gag reflexes, you might get this. Alex de Perigueux…
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