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…
His Mistress by Morning had an interesting premise: what if you made a wish that would alter your entire life and woke up the next morning to find it had come true? While this unique premise made for a pleasant read, it was not exploited to its full potential. Charlotte Wilmont is the mousey, poor,…
I’m a sucker for a saga. That is what drew me to Gretchen Craig’s debut – Always and Forever. Taking into consideration that this is her first novel, I would say we should look forward to great things from Ms. Craig. My one issue is a big one, and that is what warranted the lower…
Too Wicked to Wed is one of those “innocent woman’s virtue lost in a card game by male family member” books. Why, oh why are these books still being written? It’s long past time to put this clichéd setup out to pasture. But apparently Holt didn’t get that memo, for this book is chock-full of…
Well, I’m on the fence about this one. While Lucy Monroe has a nice enough style and feel for the period, nothing much seems to happen in this book. And, since I didn’t get all that caught up in the characters either, Take Me is a book I ultimately can take or leave. I haven’t…
The Company of Rogues is finally complete. I’ve been waiting for Dare’s story for a while, along with every other fan of this series, I’m sure. Dare lived up to my expectations completely, although I had to warm up to his heroine, partly because she’s very young. Mara does mature (thankfully) and puts her TSTL…
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