Second in Sarah McCarty’s Hell’s Eight historical western series about a group of Texas Rangers in the pre-Civil War era, Sam’s Creed achieves what Caine’s Reckoning managed to do. Once again using an erotic backdrop, she creates a mythic western hero, protective, dominant, and emotionally distant – but never cruel – who believes he is…
The Loner is the first book in the Good Luck Grooms series. The Bad Luck Brides make appearances, but this book features Lucky Logan Grey, the luckiest man in Texas. Lucky’s luck as a detective has earned him fame, although he’s also well-known for helping Dair MacRae (Her Outlaw) find the Bad Luck Treasure. Now…
There are some books that just sound like they shouldn’t work. At first blush, The Devil’s Daughter appeared to be one of these. A plot involving not a figure of speech, but the Devil’s actual daughter – and one described as a “love and laughter romance” to boot – sounded like it could end up…
Jenna Kernan’s Outlaw Bride is a tough book to grade. It has many truly likable aspects, but there are others that distracted me. As in others of her stories, Kernan writes about characters who’ve been hit hard. Three years ago, when coming to California, Cole Ellis’s wagon train got trapped in the early snows on…
Historical Western romance novels are usually not my cup of tea. I bristle at the simpering women, I’m bewildered by the norms, and the purple prose gives me the vapers. <g> However, Kalen Barrett, heroine of To the Edge of the Stars, is as strong as they come, with the courage and tenacity of most…
With all the praise for Cheryl St. John’s The Preacher’s Daughter earlier this year, I got curious about this author and took the opportunity to review short stories by her and two other authors. I read very few Western romances and wanted to know if this was a genre I should include more often in…
For the most part, Texas Princess is a very average story, with somewhat likable characters and a decent enough plot. The story wasn’t bad, but it didn’t grab me, and I had enough negative feelings about the writing style that it pushed the book into the minus category. Tobin McMurray is a very quiet man,…
When I started Klondike Wedding, I thought I was in for a treat. I’ve enjoyed this author’s books before, and her tale of a marriage-by-proxy gone terribly wrong started off quite well. However, as unbelievable circumstances built up and an improbable suspense plot cluttered things up, I found myself unable to summon up much more…
In A Reason to Believe, Maureen McKade takes a gritty story and somehow manages to make her characters’ rough world beautiful. I am a sucker for stories of love overcoming despair, and this tale of two tortured souls learning to love and trust again drew me in completely. Though uneven in spots, McKade’s latest is…
Diane Whiteside can be a hit or miss author. She does have a talent for writing unusual, creative, and sensual love scenes and scenarios. That’s not the case with The Northern Devil, though – the love scenes are boring and overused. The book also misses the mark with over-the-top villains. Rachel Davis is a widow…
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