I picked A Moonlit Knight because it was described as having a medieval setting. If you’ve been reading our recent ATBF on historicals, just about anything that’s not set in England during the Regency has got to be better, right? Well, not so much. The back cover of Ms. Kelley’s book says it’s a medieval…
Unquestionably, Mary Jo Putney was an early pioneer in the connected books phenomenon. You can argue whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, but more than ten years past the publication of the first in the series, her Fallen Angels books pretty much remain the gold standard. Dancing on the Wind is…
After three books by this author, I’m still not sure if I like her work. Never a Lady fared better than the others and the last fifty pages, along with a beautiful ending, bumped my grade up so that this one earns a qualified recommendation. Alexandra, Madame Larchmont, is a skilled fortune teller being paraded…
Johanna Lindsey is one author I can usually enjoy if I don’t think much about all the unlikelihoods and but-what-abouts. Expecting her books to be humorous if not a bit trite, I guess you could say that I put myself in a Lindsey frame of mind and have fun riding the surface of the story….
Let’s start off with the good news: Lady Katherine’s Wild Ride does not take place in the Regency, but instead is set in Restoration England. Now for the bad: It is very melodramatic. To be fair, I’m usually not fond of over-the-top antics – well, unless they are told in a sly, tongue-in-cheek kind of…
Whispers of the Night started out with a bang – great writing with a fabulous setting and complex characters – only to become a bit of a frustrating read when a clichéd plotline was introduced. Alcyone Carter is the stunningly beautiful daughter of a wealthy industrialist who wishes his daughter to marry a peer. After…
The Bachelor Trap hasn’t quite got the unique sparkle of some of Thornton’s other novels, but I appreciated the large cast of characters and her knack for keeping things flowing. Lady Marion Dane is practically on the shelf and happy to be there while her younger sister Emily takes the spotlight. Brand Hamilton is the…
By sheerest coincidence I was just finishing Virginia Henley’s A Year and A Day when I received Infamous to review. The books were published eight years apart, and it seemed from the back cover blurb that this sequel was to have continued Marjory de Warenne’s romance with Robert Bruce after being forced (in the first…
I have all of Nicole Byrd’s books and very much enjoyed her writing previous to Seducing Sir Oliver, which I looked forward to reading. But when I went to the store to get it, I was taken aback by the terrible cover. (Note to Berkeley Sensation – get that artist a pair of decent glasses)….
The Dangerous Debutante, part of the Romney Marsh series, centers on Morgan Becket, the family’s wild child. As the book opens, Morgan is going to London to have a Season sponsored by her brother Chance ( A Gentleman By Any Other Name) and his bride Julia. The consensus of the Beckets is that Morgan’s season…
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