Could you tell from the title that Bowie Stone is a bigamist? Well, he is, to put it bluntly, but don’t let that put you off. While I’m not much for men with more than one wife, after reading The Wives of Bowie Stone I will be happy to become Bowie’s third wife and not…
My love for romance reading is based on many things, but I must admit that alluring heroes top that list. It seems that I seldom find one of those perfectly desirable heroes these days, but Jennifer St. Giles serves up such a delectable one in her latest release that I fear most other heroes will…
While not technically one of Mary Jo Putney’s Fallen Angels, Lord Robert Andreville played a pivotal role in Petals in the Storm; he was that heroine’s former lover and fellow spy. Now that the war is finally over, Robin has come home to England a man on the brink, exhausted physically, emotionally, and psychically from…
A Lady’s Pleasure is a mix of Ye Olde Victorian Melodrama and Ye Olde Victorian Erotica. It’s kind of silly in spots, but darned if I didn’t find myself guiltily enjoying it. Merriam Everett’s father called her “Merriam the Mouse”. Her late husband mostly ignored her, and concentrated on seducing the maids. Merriam is now…
In The Earl of Her Dreams, Anne Mallory doesn’t deliver a well-rounded historical romance. While the lead characters were likable, their characterization lacked dimension. And the mystery sub-plot is not interesting enough to make up for the tepid romance they share. Christian Black, also known as the Earl of Canley, disguises himself as a commoner…
The Rogue’s Bride is the second book in LaFoy’s trilogy about the three illegitimate daughters of a deceased duke who had arranged for the girls to be ennobled by the Queen and made wards of his heir. The eldest daughter married the new duke in Her Scandalous Marriage, so this book tells the story of…
Sometimes first impressions can be deceiving. Because Juliana Chase does not favor dark-haired men and longs for a husband who will “love her to distraction”, she immediately writes off James Trevor, the Earl of Stafford, when she meets him. Not only is he dark, but he practices medicine and actually takes his position in the…
With its title alone, The Wicked One may bring more than one curious reader around looking for a deliciously wicked hero as the title infers. But it’s best you understand upfront that it is only a name given to the hero for past wrongs he never committed. Though he’s seen his share of wild living,…
A guardian/ward relationship isn’t one of my favorite romance themes and a story of a young woman who swears she will never marry is even less so. But if anyone could persuade me not to avoid this type of book, it would be the author Julia Justiss, whom I can count on to be a…
Wolf’s Temptation is part of a spy series set in Georgian England whose hero spends his time trying to keep arms shipments from falling into the hands of those treasonous colonial Americans. Well, that’s different at least, I thought, but I finished the book thinking that this was a book full of missed opportunities. Ethan…
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