Untamed is the second book in Merline Lovelace’s series about the history of Oklahoma. It takes place in the early 1800s, back when the territory was still known as Indian Country. It certainly has a distinct sense of place. It’s also a flat, uninvolving and often annoying read. Lady Barbara Chamberlain comes to Indian Country…
The word these days is that publishers of romance are rather leery of putting out books that occur in uncommon periods or places. Since The Barbarian takes place in ancient Alexandria, one can only conclude that Leisure either likes to take risks or Judith French is good enough to merit one. I’m not particularly familiar…
There’s nothing quite like reading those first few pages of a book and knowing immediately that you’re in good hands. That’s what my experience reading Connie Brockway’s latest was like. With a few pages I knew My Pleasure was going to be an exceptionally good read. It was precisely that. Helena Nash is a great…
The year is 1882. Michael “Mick” McCann is a New York City policeman, not long off the boat from Ireland. He sees a street gang tormenting a boy and rescues him, only to discover that his waif is a woman in boy’s clothing. Her name is Timona Calverson, and she says she was kidnapped and…
The Runaway Duke is set in England at the end of the Regency period and features a tortured hero and the spunky heroine with whom he falls in love. “But I’ve read that story and seen these characters a hundred times this year!” the romance reader wails. “Can’t we have something new?” Well, don’t dismiss…
Many historical romance readers complain that some books simply take modern-day characters and have them act out a story in fancy dress, making the time period irrelevant. Nothing could be farther from the truth with Claudia Dain, an author with a reputation for creating characters who are creatures of their time and place in history….
A long-time fan of Karen Ranney’s romances, I looked forward to reading this latest offering (the last in The Highland Lords series.) It didn’t disappoint, with as well portrayed a hero and heroine as I have read in a long time, a memorably original plot and exquisite prose. Although a powerfully written novel, some problems…
I always welcome the chance to read a good, meaty historical – complex characters, intricate plotting, and lots of historical detail all have their appeal – but, unfortunately, there seem to be all too few of these on the shelves. Blood Moon Over Bengal certainly holds the promise to be a good and interesting historical,…
Coming straight from a reread of Mary Jo Putney’s incomparably romantic Uncommon Vows, I couldn’t help but think that the earlier Dearly Beloved could have been written by another, less skilled writer. Though it contains the attention to historical detail and well-fleshed characters for which the author’s work is known, there is a twisted, dark…
A wonderful, lush, intelligently written novel that came this close to DIK status for me, His Every Kiss is an absolutely not-to-be-missed treat for those less than pleased with the vast majority of today’s European Historical Romances. There is life out there, people, and Laura Lee Guhrke’s latest is proof of it. Readers of Guilty…
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