I’ve not read the first two books in this series, but I applaud Jade Lee for writing Desperate Tigress, a book far removed from the typical romantic ideal and setting. The book’s unique quality alone makes it worth reading, and I plan to pick up the series’ earlier titles to make this a more complete…
It says a great deal about my reading year that Two Little Lies is the best romance novel I’ve read in 2005, and it’s a 2006 release. No matter what its official publication date is, this is still a very good read containing the elements too often missing in the genre these days. Viviana Alessandri…
I discovered Margo Maguire last year when I read her two Victorian-set historicals. I enjoyed them enough to search for her backlist, but she wrote for Harlequin, which has notoriously low print runs, and so have had difficulty finding them. The Bride Hunt, a very good Beauty and the Beast story, is her first book…
There is so much . . .well, bad writing out there that it’s hard not to appreciate the sheer craft of Miranda Jarrett’s prose. Unfortunately, this talented author lends her skills here to telling a story without a hint of nuance or a shade of grey. This, fellow readers, is one simplistic – and dare…
Though An Unlikely Governess is a satisfying enough gothic-tinged romance, the truth is that it’s a lot more satisfying before the reader is subjected to incredibly annoying TSTL behavior by the heroine in the book’s final pages. As a word of warning, if you’re as creeped out as I am by extremely desperate heroines –…
If we graded debut novels on a curve, this one would rate a B. Frankly, the author’s clear voice and smooth prose are enough to compensate to some degree for a plot I didn’t even come close to buying and some distressingly one-note characterizations. Sadly, though, these two positives are only enough to land A…
Four years ago I began reading romance and my first year of non-stop romances was by far the most fun I have ever had reading. The Pirate Prince was one of my favorites that year and when I reread it recently, I found myself once again mesmerized by its swashbuckling hero and fairy tale quality….
Readers craving for a less common historical period need wait no longer. Judith E. French’s The Warrior, the final book in her Alexander the Great series, satisfies that craving and shows the Ancient World in an exciting, vibrant light. Alexander, son of the Alexander the Great, supposedly makes it to adulthood and becomes a great…
Like many average books, This Rake of Mine is a little hard to sum up. Overall it was enjoyable, if not exactly breathtaking. I never truly felt drawn into the characters and felt the circumstances surrounding their relationship were a bit silly. In addition, Miranda’s heart/mind battle grew wearing toward the end. All of this…
Ms. Logan’s sophomore effort is a sequel to her debut novel, A Kiss in the Dark, and A Kiss Before Dawn leans heavily upon it. Too heavily for someone who has not read the first book. Tristan Knight, the Earl of Ellington (I found myself mentally changing his title to “Duke”), and his wife Deirdre…
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