While reading How to Propose to a Prince, the third in the Royle Sisters trilogy by Kathryn Caskie, I found myself cutting my lunch hour short. Since this is my prime reading time, I knew I was in trouble. This particular story didn’t hold my interest. In a word, it was boring. Even though this…
Not one character within Cheryl Holt’s Double Fantasy had any redeeming qualities, not the evil incestuous twins, the cruel hero, or the gullible heroine. When I finished reading, I felt as though I needed some sort of cleansing, something beyond that of an ordinary shower. Oh, and by the way, I don’t find the terms…
Reading Distracting the Duchess is like breathing in wonderful, fresh air. The book features well-delineated characters – both primary and secondary – and subplots that actually added to its richness. The storyline itself? When an artistic duchess hires a nude model to pose for her latest canvas, she gets more than she bargained for. And…
I have never so enjoyed a book with such an unlikely plot. Even though I had to work really hard to suspend disbelief throughout Let Sleeping Rogues Lie, it was definitely worth it. Madeline teaches mathematics and natural history, an unusual subject for young ladies, at an exclusive girls’ school. Forced into work after a…
Stephanie Laurens is a rather prolific author, so I have felt weird about never having read any of her books. I vaguely recall starting one, but never finishing, so when I got the chance to review Where the Heart Leads, I jumped on it, feeling grateful that I would finally be able to check her…
With one notable exception, I’ve been stuck lately with a review list of less than satisfactory historical romances. Not surprisingly, I found myself in desperate need of a palate-cleansing. Enter Silver Flame, a classic from Susan Johnson’s when-she-was-brilliant days and one of my favorite romances of all time. The story takes place primarily in the…
Border Wedding started out interestingly enough, with a Medieval shotgun wedding between a drop-dead gorgeous knight and the plain daughter of a minor baron, but soon turned dull, and eventually aggravating the longer I read. Sir Walter Scott (not the Sir Walter Scott, though parts of story are loosely based on some of his writings)…
I picked up Wizard’s Daughter to read as I have always been partial to Catherine Coulter’s Sherbrooke family series and was happy to see so many familiar faces well used in the outset of this book. But some of Coulter’s old magic is definitely missing in this one. At the age of eight, Rosalind de…
Compromised is a light, Victorian-set love story. It marks the debut of author Kate Noble, and for a first book, it’s not half bad. Maximillian, Viscount Fontaine, survives on his intellect. Estranged from his reclusive father and beholden to no one, Max uses his skill with languages to earn just enough to live comfortably. When…
The intriguing introduction to The Privateer held the promise of well-described settings and dynamic characters. Unfortunately, the book soon devolved into a series of clichés and wooden writing. Lark, the daughter of an earl, is thrown into debtor’s prison after her father’s suicide. She is soon rescued by Kingston, whose mother ordered him to find…
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