I’ve heard good things about Kathryn Smith’s historicals, so when I saw she’d returned to them after a paranormal sojourn I thought, why not? Here is why not. Picture this: You’re a gently bred 23-year-old Victorian maiden re-entering the ton after mourning to make a suitable marriage. You’ve been in love with your family friend…
Normally I love a good romance rekindled theme. I’m big on second chances and I like seeing lovers have another go at working out their relationship. In the case of The Earl Claims his Wife, though, the compromises seemed a bit one-sided and I had a hard time wanting to see this couple get back…
Once upon a time, it seemed like pirate romances were all the rage, but then they practically disappeared. When I picked up this one, I hoped for a warm reunion with a swashbuckling, daring romance. Much to my disappointment, the book started out incredibly strong, but fizzled completely toward the end. Alicia Davidson can only…
I love adventure, and I love Medievals, so To Tempt a Knight was a winner for me in many ways. Though not for those who like their history strictly realistic, this book entertains and tells a very action-packed and romantic story. Following the dissolution and killing of the Templars in continental Europe, Sir William Keith…
I’m not a huge fan of American historical romance, but every now and again I get a hankering to read one. Luckily, For the Love of Murphy came close to satisfying the craving. Katie Thomas left scandal and Chicago behind to join her doctor brother in Victor City, Colorado. Once she arrives, she awakens to…
Lord Jack Byron lost a great deal of money in a card game and the only way he can pay up is to marry his creditor’s spinster daughter, Grace Danvers. The father (a mega-rich tradesman) wants the best for his girl, and demands that Jack court her and make her fall in love with him….
Have you ever wondered how reviewers balance review-reading and books for fun? Everyone does it differently, but I’m fairly regimented; starting at the beginning of the month, I’ll read three books for review (that’s our standard reviewer commitment), then my book club book. If I have any month left over (often I don’t), I’ll read…
Kleypas is a name that I’m always willing to try. I haven’t read too many of her books, but most of those I have are still sitting on my shelf. Tempt Me at Twilight is the first of the Hathaway stories I’ve encountered (though it’s the third in the series). While this story was good…
Just to let you know: It was really, really close. Sophia Hathaway is a spoiled, selfish, pampered heiress to social-climbing parents. At the beginning of the book she has abandoned her aristocratic fiance at the altar and, with her art supplies in one trunk and four dresses in another, she boards a ship for the…
It isn’t often that I read American historical romance, much less set in the 20th century. Dorothy Garlock’s The Moon Looked Down offers a somewhat refreshing change of scenery for me, to early 1940s Illinois. Sophie Heller and her family immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1933, suspecting from the beginning that their…
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