Give me an intelligent hero and heroine who feel like outsiders in society, and I am happy as can be. Both Lady Jane Pennington and Ethan Dumont are outsiders – in society but not of it, and I liked them both immensely. The Rogue is the fifth single title release (there’s an anthology contribution as…
A bachelor auction, contraceptive devices for sale, protection and relocation of abused women, sex education classes – sounds like the latter half of the 20th century? No, actually this is 1853, London. Add to this list – equal rights for women, the vote, London’s first ladies club, and a kidnapping investigation – and you have…
The Runaway Heiress is a Marriage of Convenience story, a plot that usually works well for me. Unfortunately this one didn’t. Undine Moore, called “Dina” by everyone, is the victim of one of those pesky Will stipulations: she must marry before her 25th birthday, in four days, or control over her inheritance will go to…
There are a lot of Regency-set historical romances that deal with war or espionage in some way. Too frequently, this takes the form of a minor suspense subplot that seems pasted into the love story to provide an artificial air of suspense to the end. The Chase by Cheryl Sawyer is unusual: it is a…
The Stratfield Ghost is haunting the countryside around the village of Chistlebury and he is definitely not your typical ghost. This handsome, virile ghost is seducing women as he roams the countryside looking for his murderer. So the story goes as it becomes larger and more fantastic with each retelling. This is the supposed ghost…
While When We Meet Again is a perfectly pleasant, perfectly readable historical romance, it’s also one that may play slightly better for readers who – unlike me – aren’t yet Effington-d out. To be honest, I hadn’t realized how tired I was of the Effington family and their circle until I began this book and,…
Connie Brockway brings her Rose Hunters trilogy to a close with My Surrender. Readers grumbling about the dearth of serious historical romances – grumble no more. This is an intense and very satisfying book. Charlotte Nash is the last of the sisters whose father gave his life in a French prison. Charlotte acts as companion…
I’m really sorry I’m not giving Beyond Temptation a better grade. The author, Mary Reed McCall, wrote a wonderful segment for a recent ATBF column. Also, she took a chance on an unusual conflict of honor between the hero and heroine. Unfortunately, that conflict didn’t work for me; it just kept me from getting engaged…
I’m going to say it right up front. Ms. Balogh’s books have always been hit or miss for me, with a few more misses than hits in the mix. So what prompted my request to review Simply Unforgettable? Can I tell you a secret? A colleague, who generally loves most of this author’s work, didn’t…
In this month’s Pandora we look a Lord of the Isles, a Medieval Scottish romance. Hector Maclean takes one look at Lady Mariota Macleod and falls like a ton of bricks. He offers for her on the spot, but Mariota’s father is a superstitious man who insists that his older daughter, Cristina, marry before any…
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