Several descriptors flitted through my mind as I read Stolen Promise. Overwrought is one, when it came to the emotions. Bipolar is another, particularly with the hero. But what applies most perfectly across the board is WTF. On the one hand we have spirited gypsy heroine who runs away from her encampment to escape an…
I found Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement somewhat tough to grade. It’s an original story with flawed, memorable characters, and much of the time it worked for me. Perhaps that’s why when I got to the end and discovered a common but unwelcome plot device, I was disappointed. Penelope Winthorpe is a printer’s daughter and a cit,…
The Irish Duke was my first Virginia Henley. I say this like I would say “This was my first Bertrice Small.” I have heard many love/hate stories about Henley, so what I expected was a very old-fashioned romance with oversexed people. I did not expect an awkward, quasi-factual account of a real-life couple with, frankly,…
I have only read two books by Sabrina Jeffries: Her unforgettable debut, The Pirate Lord, and another very forgettable tome that put me off until this book, when curiosity finally overcame me. The cat is still alive, but it’s not a happy camper. Hester Plumtree has had enough. She wants her grandchildren to start making…
Sometimes when I’m reading a book, there’s not one major thing that makes the book stand out, but rather lots of little details that come together to create an amazing world. That’s exactly what happens in Countess of Scandal. This book has a rarely used and well-drawn setting, good characters, and so much more working…
I have not had much success with New Year’s resolutions in recent years. I followed up a goal to “scrapbook more” with not scrapbooking at all, then failed dismally when I vowed to clean out my e-mail in-box (if you’ve been waiting for me to reply to you since August 2007, you have plenty of…
Catherine Anderson’s latest is Early Dawn, a Western historical romance featuring Eden Paxton, a secondary character from Keegan’s Bride and Summer Breeze. Even though I haven’t read these – I have only read her contemporary romances – I wasn’t a bit lost. Like Anderson’s contemporary books, this one has action, angst and a very tortured…
If not for a plodding beginning we’d have a winner on our hands. But even so Ravishing in Red is still heads above the norm and it is all due to the magic pen of Madeline Hunter. Take the plot, for instance. We’ve seen it before – no question we’ve seen it before. Audrianna Helmsleigh’s…
Narrated by Anne Flosnik I reviewed First Comes Marriage for AAR in 2009 granting it DIK status and it was my love of its story line that carried my favorable experience with the audio version. Anne Flosnik performs adequately as narrator although her sluggish delivery along with the failure to consistently distinguish voices did serve…
Sometimes I like noble spies and sometimes I don’t. Now, before you roll your eyes at the spy cliché, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed Elizabeth Boyle’s plot twists and turns in How I Met My Countess. Though the story had some minor problems, I finished it in a day because I was hooked…
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