Knight’s Prize stands as proof that an enjoyable hero and heroine alone do not a good book make. Rand la Nuit is a thoroughly engaging hero and sweet, bright Meriel of Rivenloch a perfect match for him. Unfortunately, the rest of the story is such a trainwreck that the romance becomes quite difficult to savor….
Every so often a book holds a reader in thrall to the point that they can’t even think of putting it down. Then there are those books you wish you’d never read because even though you’re trying your hardest to slog through, all you can think of is that you’ll be three hours older by…
As historical fiction, I really liked this book. As a historical romance, however, I was somewhat disappointed. Notorious is set at the time of the turbulent reign of Edward II, a period of great political strife and intrigue, and revolves around the relationship that develops between Brianna de Beauchamp and Wolf Mortimer. To set the…
One of the major topics surrounding romance lately – and one of the challenges facing the historical genre – has been the heat factor. When dealing with strict societal rules, how does one sex up a story? Kresley Cole chose to do so by making the heroine of If You Desire a hellion, part of…
Greer Fairchild and her two cousins are the Desperate Debutantes of London’s current trilogy. The girls are desperate because Greer’s aunt, who raised them all, has died and her second husband, who is no blood relation to any of the girls, is ready to marry them off to the first men who ask. Greer hies…
Before starting I should come clean and say that I have an enormous affection for Geralyn Dawson’s books. The Bad Luck Wedding Cake was one of the first romance novels I read and I’ve enjoyed checking up on the McBride family featured in so many of her books ever since. That being said, while I…
Along with many others in the romance community, I anxiously awaited the last installment of Adele Ashworth’s Duke’s Trilogy. Both of the earlier books in this series garnered B+ grades for me personally. Knowing that Colin’s book was yet to come meant things could only get better – or so I thought. Probably failing in…
I wanted to like The Art of Seduction. I really, really did. I mean, it’s Paris, it’s 1889, and it’s burning. This would normally be right up my alley. Sadly, I thought the heroine came a bit too close TSTL and truly began to believe the hero was psychotic by the time I’d slogged two-thirds…
For a lot of us, Leslie LaFoy consistently delivers pleasurable books. And the good news is that, even though it’s not without flaws, The Duke’s Proposal is another in her string of well-written European Historical Romances. The last in her trilogy of books featuring the illegitimate daughters of a duke, this one tells the story…
I wanted to do something special for my 50th review for AAR. After reading Susan Carroll’s magnificent Winterbourne (originally published in 1987), I knew this was that something. The Medieval Romance is one of my favorite sub-genres, and they are few and far between. Good ones are hard to find…great ones even more rare. Susan…
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