Sophie Jordan gives Too Wicked to Tame a strong opening. While the author has a smooth and enjoyable writing style, it’s unfortunately not enough to make this book a success. Lady Portia Derring is on her way to meet a wealthy earl whom her family hopes will make a suitable match for her. Portia has…
Candace Camp is known for her usually reliable, entertaining Regency and Victorian-set historicals. A Dangerous Man is no exception, providing a pleasant and engrossing read. Eleanor, a strong, independent American who likes nothing better than organizing others’ lives for them, married Sir Edmund Scarbrough, a consumptive musical genius with a domineering and manipulative mother. Eleanor…
Sweeping is a word I often use to describe the last few Brenda Joyce romances I have read. As the storyline of A Lady at Last sweeps from one country to another (with some pirate adventure thrown in along the way), the one thing that remained utmost in my mind as the plot swerved here…
Miranda Jarrett is an author I’d forgotten about. Years ago, I read a few of her books and then glommed a bunch more, but they got lost in the bottomless tbr pile. Then I came across The Adventurous Bride and thought I’d give it a go. It’s a road romance full of unusual settings (like…
Barbara Metzger jumps aboard the paranormal bandwagon, but in a subtle, very Traditional Regency way. The results are mostly fun for this Metzger fan. Sir Coryn of Ardsley, a knight of the Crusades, has, since his death, acted as Death. For centuries he eased people into death all the while longing to make amends, to…
The title is a bit goofy and the cover is cheesy, but none of that matters in light of the fact that the story is downright awful. Myles Donal, powerful warrior and eldest son of the laird of the Donal clan, is reluctantly making his way through a snowstorm to marry the heiress of Eschoncan…
I’ve heard some good things about Nicole Byrd, but if A Lady of Scandal is any indication, she is not for me. The book was full of improbable – yet strangely boring – circumstances. Ophelia Applegate of Yorkshire longs to be an actress – not just an actress, but the “Toast of London” – and…
Twelfth century England has always been one of my favorite historical time periods, so when I saw that Twilight Magic was set in 1145 during the civil war between Empress Matilda and King Stephen, I thought it was probably worth a shot. Fortunately, Anton’s latest is a good romance, as well as an historical novel…
What a Lady Wants has a strong beginning and a likable heroine, but, unfortunately, it’s weakened by a shallow hero and an unexciting second half. Nigel Cavendish is one of a group of four men who originally bet a shilling and a bottle of cognac on who would remain unmarried the longest. One has already…
The Warrior Trainer is the 2006 winner of the American Title Contest, a kind of romance novel American Idol competition sponsored by Dorchester Books and Romantic Times Magazine. While Russell shows some promise, there were some fundamental writing problems that really pulled me out of the story. The premise is an interesting one. Legend has…
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