I know I’m going to be in the minority, but here it is: The Last Hellion was a disappointing read for me. I cannot recommend it unconditionally, and that loud crack you just heard was the sound of my heart, breaking. The plot revolves around Lydia Grenville and Vere Mallory, the Duke of Ainswood. She’s…
Imagine yourself a young boy trapped in a wretched existence. A demon appears and offers you a hideous choice. A choice so vile that if you did what you knew was morally right, you would be left behind to surely decay and die. But, if you sold your soul and chose your own life over…
Since Mary Balogh is no longer going to write traditional regency novels, Carla Kelly is now the regency author whose books I am going to prowl the stores for. Whenever I hear anyone sat that romance novels are nothing but tripe, I feel like giving them a copy of With This Ring and saying, “Read…
Wow, what a great read! If you’re looking for a spellbinding, entertaining, top-notch medieval that not only focuses of the love between a knight and his lady, but rushes headlong into battle against the forces of evil as well, look no further! Vivian of Amesbury (yes, she’s a Saxon) is Merlin’s daughter and, unlike her…
There aren’t too many perfect reads in this world. I feel blessed that I have had the opportunity to read This Is All I Ask, and I envy those of you who have yet to read it, because you are in for a treat. Lynn Kurland took two people – one who was horribly abused…
Delightful, simply delightful! This charming tale is what Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice would have been like if Miss Lizzy and Mr. Darcy had decided to defy convention and touch each other, alllll over. The storyline is a favorite: A stuffed-shirt gentleman fights falling for a nice, but poor, country girl. She may just be…
Nobody can write nicer heroes than Mary Jo Putney. Sure, they’re flawed. They often have mammoth hurdles to overcome, and they don’t always know how to say “I love you” even when they feel it to the depths of their souls. But most of Ms. Putney’s heroes are, at their core, right-thinking, stalwart, warm, generous,…
We’re in England in 1067 AD and, as romance readers, we all know what happens all over the English countryside around that time. Yes, this is yet another book of Norman conqueror meets defiant Saxon lady. It’s a pretty good one at that, but doesn’t exactly break new ground. Jobert de Brevrienne is given the…
Truth to tell, I’ve only been reading Romance for about eighteen months, so what’s old hat to some is probably new stuff to me. If you’re a longtime Medieval Romancer, you’ve probably read variations on the William the Conqueror theme countless times; if you’re new to medievals, as I am, this subject is still pretty…
During my reading marathon in this month of January (I’m making up for my lost reading time during the busy month of December!), I paused in between new books to revisit some of my favorite novels by Julie Garwood. The stories were as refreshing and funny as the first (and even second and third times)…
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