Does the editorial department talk to the art department anymore? Check out the cover of Kristina Cook’s new book Undressed. There’s a pretty slip dress on a bright yellow cover. To me this screams This Book Is Chick Lit. However, the book is an historical romance – a pretty good historical romance, but a casual…
I have yet to be disappointed in one of Julia London’s historical romances and, though her latest is not among my absolute favorites, it’s a strong read nonetheless. There are no original plot elements within its pages that I could discern, but I decided early on to sit back and enjoy an historical romance, London…
Midnight Secrets is a gothic tale that takes place on the Cornwall coast in an atmospheric castle inhabited by a very mysterious and elusive master. Too elusive a master for my tastes, for, as the story is told in the first person by the heroine, we don’t get to know the hero very well at…
Edith Layton’s How to Seduce A Bride is burdened with a cheesy title, but on the whole is a well-written book with a very pleasant hero and heroine. I enjoyed it very much, although it got off to a terrible start. It’s not too often that I stop reading and run to the library, but…
I look forward to spring, for besides bringing May flowers it also brings the latest Amanda Quick novel. I particularly looked forward to Second Sight as it begins a new series and the cover blurb made it sound especially intriguing. I also loved the idea of a photographer heroine in the late Victorian Age. Alas,…
I thought I was never going to finish this book. I picked it up because I just can’t resist a Revolutionary War story, though I probably should have been warned by the cheesy tag line: Midnight Blue… was the color of desire. As the days stretched into weeks, I crawled through the book at a…
I’m a sucker for tortured heroes and heroines, as well as rich, even intense, historicals, so Mary Reed McCall’s latest novel was a must-read for me. Her tale of love and healing set against the violent dissolution of the Templars is absolutely beautiful. There were a few minor irritants that kept it from being a…
A gothic tale set in Regency England? I have not seen that plotline before, and it intrigued me enough to pick up Anne Mallory’s The Viscount’s Wicked Ways. Shadows cloak an imposing estate. Menacing birds swoop overhead. Grotesque carvings adorn entry doors. Lightning and thunder punctuate the air. These sights and sounds greet Patience Harrington…
The good news is that Laura Lee Guhrke’s new book is a satisfying one. The… well, less good news is that the heroine is a 22 year-old whose main motivation is to choose her own husband, damn it! Whether it was the Avon Powers That Be or Ms. Guhrke’s choice herself, I have to admit…
Tracy Anne Warren’s The Husband Trap was a light and charming book. Its sequel, The Wife Trap is light as well, but the charm isn’t there. The heroine is the spoiled sister from The Husband Trap, and in my review of that book, I said she’d have to undergo a lot of rehabilitation in order…
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