Lord Sin is a captivating Victorian tale of a jaded gentleman and a vicar’s daughter. As with two of the other Catherine Archer books I have read and enjoyed (Velvet Bond being my favorite Medieval), enjoyment in this book is found in the strongly-written characterizations of the hero and heroine. Readers who like a bit…
The second book in this trilogy, Love Me Not, earned a B- from me and had one of the best endings I’d ever read. Deceive Me Not does not live up to its predecessor. There’s some good stuff going on here, but the behavior of the heroine is so difficult that the author simply lost…
In White Heather, author Jaclyn Reding has brought together many elements beloved by readers of historical romance. There is the beautiful and rugged Highlands of Scotland, peopled by simple folk who love the land. There is England during the Regency era, and those cynical, wealthy members of the ton who all too easily will believe…
When I was about sixteen, one of my sisters introduced me to Georgette Heyer’s work through Powder and Patch, a deliciously frothy Georgian. (Incidentally, I still have that copy, a PAN paperback that cost 2/6 — about a quarter. On the front, it describes the book as “A gay romance of the 18th century!)” Philip…
After my glowing review of Kat Martin’s last release, Innocence Undone, I received an email from a reader who indicated I should be careful about glomming this author. I wish I had paid more heed to the warning that Martin’s writing tends to be uneven before jumping into Nothing But Velvet with such excitement. A…
I raced through the first third of this book on a tear, totally engrossed in the tale Kim Cates was telling, thinking to myself, “Goody! This one is going to be as good as Stealing Heaven!” Then I came to a critical scene. On one hand I applauded the author for handling it in a…
With Tempting Kate, author Deborah Simmons has proven that she is a multiple personality author, capable of writing in more different styles than any other romance author this reviewer has read, In The Vicar’s Daughter, she wrote frothily, funnily, and sexily. In Taming the Wolf, she wrote dark, dank, and moody. In The Devil Earl…
Anne Stuart’s Prince of Danger is so well written that it took me awhile to determine why I didn’t enjoy it as much as I could have. This author is an expert story-teller and it is easy to become caught up in her mastery. In fact, I whipped through the first half of this book…
This book is vile. That, in a nutshell, is my review. For those whom those four words are not sufficient, I’ll expand my comments. Dream Lover is a nightmare, not a dream. This book opens with an oh-so-clever double entendre of a young woman riding a porpoise as though she were having sex with a…
Betina Krahn has written a romance that will delight the reader who enjoys a story about a demoiselle in distress. The Princess and the Barbarian is full of adventure and breathtaking love scenes. The author infuses the story with surprisingly humorous scenes, adding a fresh and invigorating appeal to the tale. Thera of Mercia is…
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