I think I’ve hit the wall. The wall built of piles and piles of European Historicals featuring plucky heroines and heroes who’ve worked for the crown. The wall of books that star Regency ingénues who are as far from Austen’s Lizzie and Jane as characters can be. Heroines who engage in sexual behavior at the…
I ended 2005 in a bit of a reading slump, but this novel pulled me right out of it. Gaston’s tale of a marriage in trouble and a plain but honorable heroine coming into her own pulled me in from the very beginning. Likable characters and the author’s gift for creating a believable world made…
Pride and Petticoats is a light Regency-set historical romance featuring an American heroine and an English hero who is a secret agent for the Crown. The cover is one of those generic, Here There Be Hanky Panky In The Past covers we’ve all seen. It’s the one with the shirtless man embracing a wind blown…
Rosemary Rogers is one of those “Old School” romance writers who have been around a long time – long enough to be proclaimed “The Queen of historical romance.” (I’ve heard this title used to describe many romance authors who have been around for a long time, but it says so, right there on the cover,…
A strong, confident heroine is a good thing – if, that is, she’s intelligent and sensible enough that the choices she makes with such conviction are sound. But there are few things more aggravating than a character who is just as confident and forthright when pursuing actions that are foolish, unthinking, and objectionable. That, in…
Deception is a Gothic-wannabe that gets some of the atmosphere right, but rarely succeeds in capturing the requisite tension and menace, Three years ago in India, Captain Foxton Tremayne was forced to take the fall for a mistake made by his superior officer which cost the lives of many of his men. Due to pressure…
Kat Martin was a favorite of mine during my first days of reading romance. Although her plots usually proved to be rather formulistic, her domineering heroes and acquiescent heroines appealed to me and I knew I could count on her for a pleasurable reading experience. However, my interest in her books has waned over the…
Medieval romances aren’t exactly crowding the shelves of bookstores nowadays, so I was happy to pick one up for review. With Heart of the Dove, Laura Adrian/Tina St. John concludes her Dragon Chalice series. Rand of Greycliff has only one purpose in life now: revenge. Two months ago, the evil knight Silas de Mortaine sent…
It has been two years since I first read Sleeping Beauty (published in 1998), and as I reread this favorite of mine recently, I found it an even greater delight the second time around. While most romances fade from my memory rather quickly, this is one I clearly hadn’t forgotten and I found myself experiencing…
I am going to have to go back and read Much Ado About You, the first book in this series about the Essex sisters. I’ll admit to being a bit lost, but only a bit. This was a sparkling book with delightful characters – both primary and secondary. There are two more Essex sisters and…
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