English Lady Johanna was married very young to the abusive Baron Raulf, who belittled and beat her. The day she discovers she’s a widow, she falls to her knees to thank God her life in hell is finally over. Her joy is short-lived, however, when King John demands she remarry, another brute of course, to…
Jayne Ann Krentz has been a favorite author of mine for years, both as Jayne, and as her historical alter ego, Amanda Quick. I love her heroes . They like to think they’re alpha but the heroines always know they’re putty in their dainty little hands. Affair wasn’t necessarily disappointing because an Amanda Quick book…
I read this book a few days ago, and have been struggling with how I felt about it ever since. Did I like it? Did I hate it? I wavered and wiggled and wrote a review that waffled as well. So here’s how I outsmarted my own subconscious. I asked myself, if you were my…
Seven. What makes an ordinary number like seven so, well, magical? The seventh son of a seventh son was enchanted. Seven brothers wed seven brides. Seven magnificent men fought for the right. And, a lost princess was given sanctuary by seven diminutive miners. Bonded in some way – often as brothers – seven stalwart males…
Unforgiven is the second in a series about four friends from the army. The first book in this series was Indiscreet, which I enjoyed very much. I bought this one with a feeling of pleasant anticipation since Mary Balogh is one of my favorite authors. I was very disappointed. Unforgiven begins with Kenneth Woodfall, Earl…
The first chapters of A Rose in Winter held a lot of promise. The foundation was laid for a very interesting tale and I began to feel I had really found something. But as the story unfolded, the promise went unfulfilled. The final result is a good story that is flawed for three reasons: an…
The deBurgh Brideis a medieval romance, the sequel to Taming the Wolf, and it tells the tale of Elene Fitzhugh and Geoffrey de Burgh. Geoffrey wins Elene’s hand by being the de Burgh brother who draws the shortest straw. The fact that Elene is forced to marry by the King’s decree after murdering her first…
Ever picked up a book you just could not get into? No matter how hard you tried, no matter how many efforts you made, it just never happened? Well, this is the problem I had with Til There Was You. If I hadn’t made the personal commitment to read this book in order to review…
I have read, and loved, almost everything Jo Goodman has written. As far as I’m concerned, My Steadfast Heart is her best yet. The handsome Thorne brothers, Colin, Decker, and baby Greydon, are orphaned one dark night when the carriage in which their family is traveling is set upon by thieves. Their parents are murdered….
The first book I ever read by Julie Garwood was The Bride. Well, I loved it so much that subsequent couples paled when compared to Jamie and Alec. Until now . . . It’s England, 1066, and by now you know what that means. Lady Nicholaa, a Saxon, is defending her home against Baron Royce,…
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