A warrior heroine in historical romance is one plot element that makes me look the other way when choosing my next read. That doesn’t mean I haven’t enjoyed a few of those heroines in the past but after reading Gwen Rowley’s latest featuring one very appealing fighting woman who can match, if not defeat, her…
Historical romances have always seemed more incredibly romantic to me than any other subgenre because there is just something about a big meaty historical saga that fires my imagination. However, a good historical must have not only a well-told story but also must have characters who capture the reader’s heart. If one of these elements…
Temperance Challinor is a tradeswoman who inherited her linen draper business from her father. The Plague has been bad for business, but in 1666, things are beginning to look up. Just in time for the Great London Fire. Temperance meets John Bow, a poet and troubadour, who is singing in a tavern where she has…
Poor Juliette Garrison. She has been saddled with one of the worst heroes I’ve had the displeasure of reading. Thomas Jameson flat out ruined this book. The Bare Truth would have been a quite a nice read had the romance been left out. Juliette has been poor all her life. With her mother dying, she…
Reading Simply Magic brought to mind an excellent ATBF column about Regencies in Disguise, books that are European Historicals in length and sensuality, but Trad Regencies in tone and societal mores. So many historicals set in the Regency are completely modern in voice and character behavior. Not so with Mary Balogh, and for this Traditional…
One thing I love about Jane Feather’s books is her ability to evoke particular places and times in her work. She is one of the few authors who sets her books in a variety of times and places and in each, the reader truly feels transported. This time around, she has returned to Regency England…
Fans of tortured heroes will love Simon Blackwell. Fans of independent heroines will love Lady Annabel McBride. Fans of pleasant, but formulaic romances will love The Secret Passion of Simon Blackwell. Me – I just hope the next book I read has a bit of originality and and a few surprises. Lady Annabel (Anne) McBride…
Have you ever wanted to read a version of Pride and Prejudice with Lydia as the heroine? Me neither. But with its Austen-esque title and amazingly oblivious heroine, that’s precisely what Innocence and Impropriety calls to mind. Since I’ve read and enjoyed other books by this author in the past, this experience disappointed me. Jameson…
First of all, there is no way for me to write this review without offering up major spoilers, so consider this fair warning. Based on this book, apparently the Powers That Be at Avon think we’re ready for a return to the bodice rippers of old, complete with a mean hero, a powerless heroine, and…
Last year Elizabeth Hoyt made a splash with her debut novel The Raven Prince. It earned DIK status here at AAR and gained more than one honor on our 11th Annual Reader Poll. The Leopard Prince is her second offering, loosely tied to The Raven Prince, but in no way a sequel. Sophomore books are…
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