Miranda is a tautly-crafted, finely-tuned Regency-era historical filled with spies, suspense, amnesia, and two men vying for the love of the heroine. There are lovely lords, ladies, lairds, and madwomen, Bedlam and the Highlands. The problem with this book is the heroine. Perhaps because she has amnesia for most of the story I had difficulty…
Fans of Julie Garwood – relax; you can let out your breath and rest easy. While The Wedding is perhaps not her finest release, is better than you feared. The misstep taken by Ms. Garwood in her disappointing For the Roses was not the start of a downward trend – it was just a one-time…
Mischief is the kind of humorous, sexy, light, and romantic novel fans of Amanda Quick have come to cherish. Better than Mystique, her last effort, this book is more on a par with Rendezvous, Scandal, and Mistress. Amanda Quick, the pen name used by Jayne Ann Krentz when writing historicals, does not write “important” romances….
A Hidden Magic could have been a very good book. But the author, guided one suspects by her editor and publisher, padded the book with a convoluted storyline when it wasn’t necessary, rendering this a very an average read. She also appears to have been swayed by the p.c. police in the manner in which…
Passion’s Kiss is a delightful romp set in the mid-19th century England. The hero is Miles Wellesley, a first-generation American visiting his noble English grandmother while scouting out horses for his family ranch. The heroine is Lady Victoria Pembroke, a beautiful, intelligent, spirited and hoydenish spinster. Their clash, of culture, of wills, and of the…
Catherine Archer, author of this reviewer’s favorite medieval, Velvet Bond, has written a dreamy sequel. The oddest sensation enveloped me when reading this book – it was as though I was in a dream-state, wrapped in a velvet-smooth, creamy cocoon. A minor character in her previous work, Sir Stephen Clayburn, emerges boldly in Velvet Touch….
Captive is guaranteed to hold you in its thrall. The characters in this Regency-set historical are strongly written, from the leads through the third-tier characters. While written in the traditional mold, these characters and this story are anything but stale and stereotypical. The author’s talent brings everything to vivid life. If you enjoy Guardian/Ward Romances, you…
Is it damning with faint praise to say that the last forty percent of this book is relatively intriguing while the first sixty percent is basically plodding and stereotypical? After spending three days trying to get past the first few pages of this book, I gritted my teeth and steeled myself for utter boredom. Ms….
Lord of Misrule is a tale of revenge and dark love set in the Elizabethan era. The heroine, Catrienne Lyly, born of noble blood, has grown up a street urchin after seeing her beloved family killed in a political plot. The hero, Nicholas D’Avenant, is a scandalous nobleman working as a spy for his Queen….
The Scottish Bride by Peggy Hanchar was just too difficult and too unpleasant a book for this reviewer to enjoy reading. Lillias McGinnis’s horrible adventure begins at age 9. Her father beheaded, her mother cowering in a convent, Lillias is married off to the son of the man she believes killed her father. Iain MacLeod,…
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