We first meet Eve Dearing as a child. She is sleeping in a hotel and her mother calls to her in her dreams. When she wakes up, her mother’s dog is beside her bed, soaked with rain. Through her mother’s side of the family (the Claverleys), Eve inherited mystical gifts. Eve can read her mother’s…
I love romances set during the Restoration – the bawdy court of Charles II, The Plague, The Great London Fire – there is lots of scope for the imagination in this too-rarely used historical period, and Westin has obviously done her research. However, she also has improbable and annoying leads interacting with all that history….
Heroes and heroines face a lot of obstacles in romance novels, but failing sanity is not one that could be considered run-of-the-mill. In The Perfect Bride, Lady Blanche Harrington faces just that. This book is also somewhat unique in that the romance is based more on mutual respect than physical attraction, which is a lovely…
About the best thing I can say about Tempted at Every Turn is that it starts out badly and gets better. Improving from uber-lame to just average is not exactly something to write home about, but it’s better than the alternative – staring out as average and then taking a spectacular nosedive. Willow Mabsen is…
For those who think “meaty” and “historical romance” have become mutually exclusive, I offer up Never Deceive a Duke. Liz Carlyle returns to form here in what to my mind is her best book in several years. The story is a simple one, but her characters are so very complex and multi-layered that I think…
Even though I enjoy Scottish romances, this was my first Amanda Scott romance and I will certainly say that she knows her Scottish history. Although a novice about this period of Medieval Scottish history, after reading King of Storms, I no longer am. Though I’m grateful to the author for this introduction, as strong as…
It’s pretty sad when you finish a book and all you can think about is how boring it was. Such is the case with What Isabella Desires. I am a fan of unrequited love stories, but the affection Isabella had for her childhood friend Marcus was simply not believable. Their love affair was beyond dull…
Lady Be Bad is the story of a very, very bad boy and a very, very good girl that I found to be an entertaining read, albeit one with a few slight problems. This is the third installment of Hern’s Merry Widows series and is the story of the Widow Marlow and London’s most infamous…
Jacquie D’Alessandro is an author who is fast becoming a Buried Treasure. She flies under most people’s radar, and while she’s yet to have, in my opinion, that fabulous, not to be missed breakout novel, she writes consistently enjoyable characters and stories. Sleepless at Midnight begins a new series with one of my favorite premises:…
The Marsh Hawk is a Regency-set historical romance that features a Cornish setting, highwaymen, a Robin Hood hero, a feisty heroine, and an evil ex-fiancé villain. Add not one, but two big secrets, some hot love scenes and you have the ingredients for what should have been a fun read. If it wasn’t for just…
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