Ok, let me get my title rant out of the way, right up front. The hero of The Rake’s Proposal, Benjamin Sinclair, is the son of a viscount and is referred to as “Lord Benjamin” and “Lord Sinclair” throughout the book. He is neither. He is “Benjamin” or “Mr. Sinclair” – if he must be…
Roman Britannia is not an historical period in which I usually dabble, but I so enjoyed Joy Nash’s last two books with that setting that I thought I’d give Liberty a try. I am sorry that I did, for, while historical detail abounds and I learned more about gladiators than I really wanted to know,…
I’m of two minds about this one. On the one hand, Julia Ross is a skilled writer whose prose is always a joy to read. On the other, regretfully, the story she tells here isn’t a very interesting one. Frankly, my assessment of this one is echoed by my feelings about Games of Pleasure, the…
The Rules of Seduction takes place against the backdrop of economic panic and a growing lack of trust in England’s banks. Lord Hayden Rothwell, the younger brother of an eccentric marquess, has discovered that the bank where he kept some of his family’s money has defrauded him. The person responsible is Timothy Longwell, the younger…
The Stolen Bride is the third book in Joyce’s deWarenne Family series, a family formed when Eleanor deWarenne’s father, an Irish earl, married Sean O’Neill’s mother, the widow of a prominent Irish landowner who was killed by the British. Together they blended a large family of siblings, but Elle has never felt just a sisterly…
I picked up The Southern Devil with great optimism. It has many things that usually draw me to a book: a Western setting, steamy love scenes, a female who isn’t delicate, adventure, and a childhood connection between the hero and heroine. Sadly, each of the things I looked forward to are seriously flawed. The extremely…
Okay, I have to admit that I’m a sucker for historical romances. And, if you throw in a slight paranormal twist, you pretty much have me from the beginning. Even so, Sue-Ellen Welfonder’s Until the Knight Comes is a great read and truly lives up to the promise of her previous work. Although I liked…
The author gives this book a specific setting in time and place, but I wonder why she even bothered. She would have been better off setting this story in a mythological land since the way her characters act is in no way believable. The book opens in the year 1136 along the Scottish border. Helena…
In a romance book landscape littered with paranormals and inane Regency-set historicals, it’s nice to enjoy a Western Romance read. It’s like drinking a tall glass of cool, crisp water. Loner’s Lady turned out to be a lovely character-driven romance in which plot holes, unfortunately, mar its grade. As Bruce Springsteen belted in his memorable…
Okay, maybe it’s just me, but despite the buzz I’ve been hearing for a while now about Julie Ann Long, my first book by the author left me distinctly underwhelmed. Yes, I agree that she has a strong and true voice and a way with words that I admired, but this book relies too much…
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