The plot of The Pretenders is not exactly new. The hero needs to marry to get his inheritance, so he engineers a sham engagement that backfires and turns into a real engagement. We may have read it before, but Joan Wolf makes it a joy to read it again. With her unique first-person style and…
There were enough good things and bad things about A Fire in Heaven that balanced this book out to a perfect C for me. While some of the characterizations were well done, others weren’t. And while the book starts and ends well, there’s too much padding inbetween. Kira Scottney is the bastard child of Nicholas…
At first, I rolled my eyes. Simon de Burgh seems to be cut straight from the mold of grunting alpha male. First impressions can be deceiving though, can they not? Simon may have started out as a grunting alpha male in Robber Bride, but it didn’t last long, and his change in attitude is gradual…
This book was okay – The heroine was okay, the hero was okay, the secondary characters were okay, the story was okay. Did it touch this reviewer’s soul? No. Amelia Ralston has been in love with her neighbor, Crispin Merrick, for most of her life. Their families have been neighbors since they were children. As…
Before you all tar and feather me, please hear me out. I know this is a Julie Garwood Scots romance (her best sub-genre, in my mind) and we have all been waiting for this book for a long time (what was that For the Roses series about, anyway?). She can do no wrong in our…
When I first finished reading this book, I decided I’d give it no lower a grade than C. But reflection leads me to concede that this book worked hard for the D I’m finally awarding it. Grayson St. Cyre, Baron Cliffe, is invaded by his two dotty aunts and their “valet” Jack, who turns out…
I had completely given up on Catherine Coulter’s recent books, but I couldn’t resist a book bringing back my favorite Coulter family, the Sherbrookes. I really should have known better. Screechy women, rapid-fire dialogue and a very thin plot made this difficult to get through. Winifrede Levering Bascombe (Freddie) begins her story tied to a…
There’s something about Scottish historicals that just seems to take hold of the imagination, and the heart. Maybe it’s the men and women, or the brogue we can hear in our heads while we’re reading. Maybe it’s Scotland’s rich history that casts a spell over the reader. Whatever it is, Tanya Anne Crosby’s book, On…
Beginning with a scene in which Claire DePeche is accused of being a witch by her mother-in-law, then turned out of her home by her conniving brother-in-law after the death of her husband, Lord of Compton Castle, Dangerous Gifts begins with a wallop. In order to save the life of her young son, Claire relinquishes…
There are few things more frustrating than a book that promises to be wonderful and ends up being average. Such books lure the reader with the promise of an intriguing story, magnetic characters, and a fast paced plot, then dwindle into predictable mediocrity. Such is the case with Jane Feather’s newest release A Valentine Wedding….
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