The particular combination of mystery and romance in Sins of Midnight is unfortunately an uneasy one, and the book is filled with characters who aren’t especially memorable. Ultimately, this one’s not worth the trip. Jillian Daventry is the daughter of a marquis, but she has a rather shady past. Her mother lived a rather wild…
After reading a string of light romances, it was a definite turn in the opposite direction to read The Code of Love, a somber story of intrigue set in both France and England. The Napoleonic conflict is its central theme, with Napoleon as an actual character and the unease and misery of the French as…
One Perfect Rose is the final book in Mary Jo Putney’s Fallen Angels series and features Stephen Kenyon, the Duke of Ashburton and older brother of Michael Kenyon from Shattered Rainbows. I was surprised to find that there was no AAR review for One Perfect Rose for it has always been special to me. This…
On the Way to the Wedding, the final entry in Julia Quinn’s popular Bridgerton series, started off with a great attention-grabbing scene and settled in to an enjoyable, solid B read. But something went terribly wrong on the way to the ending. Gregory Bridgerton has always believed in love, has always known that he would…
European Historicals are what hooked me on romance reading in the first place, but it’s getting to the point where I am afraid to try a new author. I guess I’ve just read one too many by authors who seemed to be trying (and failing) to be Julia Quinn. Relative newcomer Tracy Anne Warren seemed…
All through my reading Burning Tigress I shook my head at this missed opportunity. Author Jade Lee is a good writer with a strong knowledge of 19th century Shanghai. When she’s describing the Chinese scolding each other and struggling with life among English people whom they detest, she is marvelous. In this fourth book in…
Her Officer and Gentleman is the second book in Karen Hawkins’ duet about the aging Earl of Rochester who, after a lifetime of servitude to his title and position in society, reaches his deathbed without a legitimate heir. Having failed at his most important duty, the Earl makes a bold and unexpected move. He bribes…
I hate writing C reviews. Truly, I do. But when the book I’m assigned is your classic, screamingly average wallpaper romance, a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. You’ve got your impoverished young heroine who takes a job as a governess to a spunky (yet adorable) little boy. You’ve got the remote master…
Lately the Viking romance seems to be enjoying a renaissance of sorts and I, for one, could not be happier. While I would not want a steady diet of this time period (or a steady diet of any single time period for that matter), it is one that I enjoy and am glad to see…
Faith Merridew left the safety of London society to elope with the love of her life. Months later, though, when they are married and living in Paris, she discovers her husband is a bigamist. She flees Paris intending to return home, with little money, no resources, and with only the clothes on her back. People…
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