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…
I understand the challenges facing authors of English Historicals today and the need to make their latest book different without modifying the setting so many of us adore. But in an attempt to offer yet another variation in theme or feature an even more unconventional character, many of these historicals slip beyond the implausible and…
Apart from being incredibly annoyed back when I first read Reading the Romance, Janice Radway’s iconic look at romance novels and their readers, I was quite struck by the sheer number of readers who stated that they read romance because of the things they learned. Now, this is not one of the reasons I read…
What a Gentleman Wants has a good, interesting premise and an exciting finish. However, it suffers from the dreaded Sagging Middle. This one sags so much it’s scraping the floorboards. Marcus Reece, the Duke of Exeter, is always bailing out of trouble his twin brother David. He longs for his sister’s debut next year –…
Something Sinful is the third book in a series. Somehow I’ve missed the other two books, Sin and Sensibility and An Invitation to Sin, so the family members involved were a tad confusing at first. However, after the initial who’s who, I figured it all out, then sat back and enjoyed myself. Charlemagne (Shay) Griffin…
I loved Margo Maguire’s novels when she wrote for Harlequin and when I heard she was going over to Avon, I was curious to see how she would do with the longer historicals. I enjoyed her first Avon release and this one was also a fun read. I wish that Maguire would use the extended…
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