It’s hard to jump into a series at the end. Some authors make it easier than others, but there’s always a bit of confusion, at least in the beginning. Becket’s Last Stand is the last of a seven-book series, none of which I’d read prior to this one, so I felt somewhat disorientated throughout the…
How much you enjoy Lessons of Desire by Madeline Hunter will depend very much on how you relate to her heroine, Phaedra Blair. I found her slightly annoying at first, but step by step grew to like her hugely. The masterful way in which Madeline Hunter changes the reader’s perception of this character is one…
The Art of Temptation is the final book in a trilogy, and, unfortunately, it reads like it. Couple this with an historically inaccurate premise and plodding writing, and you have a mess that took me more than a week to get through. Sean Delaney is an Irish self-made millionaire whose sister Dierdre has long been…
You know those books that, even though there’s nothing overtly wrong, just never take off? The Dangers of Deceiving a Viscount is a perfect example of this lackluster group. Perhaps the cutesy-poo series title – The Desperate Debutantes, no less – should have been a clue, but I have too many fond memories of a…
I’m not sure how I’ve managed to miss Mary Brendan. I picked up A Practical Mistress at the bookstore, thinking that the plot sounded interesting – but not really daring to hope that it would actually be good. My Regency reads of late have nearly all been disappointing. Happily, this one was a nice surprise,…
Although I’m a relatively new reviewer, I understand that “C” reviews are among the toughest to write. I can attest to that. This novel is not the worst thing ever written nor is it absolutely fabulous. No, the work is quite likable, but suffers from a major flaw. A flaw that leaves me ambiguous as…
Despite an intriguing setting and a unique plot, The Harlot’s Daughter lacked one element that I find essential to any romance – romance. I s-o-o-o-o long for an intriguing Medieval and, while Gifford’s book is interesting, it fell short of that aspiration. Lady Joan of Weston, otherwise known as Solay, is the daughter of the…
The Return of the Prodigal is the sixth book in Kasey Michaels’ Romney March series. I have not read any of the previous books, but I will be reading the next one. Rian Becket was gravely injured at Waterloo, losing his left hand and forearm. In the four months since he has been recuperating at…
Despite its horrible title (Sin and Scandal in England) and cover (a shirtless man and a dress-falling-off-her-bare-back woman standing in the snow!) this is a good historical romantic suspense novel. Bethany Munroe is a science teacher’s assistant at the London Conservatory for Young Ladies. While women are still barred from attending University, this higher education…
When I was a ninth grader, I liked reading Rosemary Rogers books for the Forceful Heroes, the Feisty Heroines, and the s-e-x. Ninth graders everywhere are just going to love A Daring Passion. Frankly, the plot of this book is so clichéd and the prose so phenomenally purple I almost felt as if I should…
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