I was really tempted to give this book an A. I really wanted to – still want to – but I am truly trying to be much pickier. I feel that with almost everything I read now, I need to consider certain points for reviewing. As a result, I’m honestly compelled to give this book…
The first book I read by Jo Beverley was The Shattered Rose. I loved it, and was hoping Lord of Midnight would be as good. I was not disappointed, and you won’t be either; this is a first-class read. Ms. Beverley really knows how to tell a story, how to keep a reader interested, and…
Although I have several favorite romance novels by writers ranging, alphabetically, from Mary Balogh to Joan Wolf, I’ve chosen one by Eva Ibbotson as my all-time desert isle “keeper” because she seems to be a writer often overlooked by many romance readers — and one that they very well might enjoy as much as I…
When I think of Ireland, I think of a land full of history and magic. I think of centuries full of tradition and folk tales. Magic is a book that brings all of these things to life. Ireland is overrun by wealthy English landowners that want nothing more of their Irish land dwellers than more…
I like an author that knows her audience is intelligent. Judith Ivory writes elegantly and is not afraid to use larger words. She writes like she knows we can understand the more complicated phrases, like she knows we can hold an idea in our heads for longer than a page. Sleeping Beauty, although slightly complicated…
Splendor wasn’t bad. I hadn’t heard of Brenda Joyce before picking up the book, so I didn’t have any particular expectations (like I do before starting a Julie Garwood). Although the characters and the situation were not entirely believable, the book was packed with lots of conflict, action, and interesting historical facts. I can say…
Hostage Bride is the first in a trilogy by Jane Feather. Set during the English Civil War, each of these stories is linked by their heroines, Portia, Olivia, and Phoebe, who become “blood” sisters at a wedding attended by all three. Each young woman is unique, yet are united in their wish to never marry….
When I picked up this book, I thought there was no way it could be as humorous as the back cover implied. Well, I was right, but it wasn’t lack of humor that subtracted from Dear Stranger’s many delightful qualities. In many ways, Dear Stranger is a gentle, somewhat humorous look at the developing romance…
It was a dark and stormy book. That phrase kept running through my mind when I read The Bride Finder, Susan Carroll’s new paranormal romance. The Bride Finder comes with glowing recommendations from seven romance writers. Is it as good as the cover blurbs? No – it’s a fair book, but I was not bowled…
Mary Balogh’s new book Thief of Dreams is an historical novel set in the Georgian period. When the book begins, Cassandra Havelock is preparing to celebrate her twenty-first birthday, come out of mourning for her father, take her place as mistress of Kedelston, and assume the title, Countess of Worthing. She has no pressing need…
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