This is the Teresa Medeiros that I love. This book has my favorite element in a romance, internal conflict, and a bond between the characters based on emotion, not a bunch of annoying external circumstances. There is no distracting subplot to remove focus from Gabriel and Samantha, the supporting cast plays an integral, yet secondary…
In Devil’s Bargain, Jade Lee (aka Kathy Greyle) explores the darker side of the Regency world beloved by so many readers, when her heroine, an impoverished parson’s daughter, enters the home of the scandalous Viscount Marlock for some rather unorthodox tutelage in the art of ensnaring a husband. Though submitting herself to Marlock’s tutelage certainly…
Kitty Robertson, the daughter abandoned by Jessye from Never Love a Cowboy, is the heroine of An Invitation To Seduction and, though Jessye is not exactly in the book, fans will surely be interested in reading about Kitty’s life as an American heiress in Victorian England. Although the book features little action and isn’t exactly…
I’m definitely getting on the Leslie LaFoy bandwagon. This follow-up to The Perfect Seduction features what worked well about the last book – interesting characters and a unique premise – and goes that earlier novel one better by picking up the pace of the central couple’s developing relationship. The result is a solid recommendation for…
One Wicked Night is something of a mixed bag. Although I enjoyed Robins’ latest at times, it never truly came alive for me. There was also a forcible seduction scene in the book that left me feeling a little uncomfortable because were the situation was reversed, it could be considered rape. Despite that shocking scene,…
I’m not sure exactly which romances I would grab if the house was on fire and I could only save ten, but I know one of them would be Mary Jo Putney’s Shattered Rainbows. I love all the books in her Fallen Angels series, but this one is easily my favorite. Not only is it…
Scandal, the newest novel by Pamela Britton, is a delightful Cinderella story with oftentimes smooth and fun writing and characters who possess the perfect blend of qualities readers want in a hero and heroine, with a touch of self-centered humanness that often made me chuckle. Near the end, though, her witty writing gives way to…
Since I am normally a fan of Medievals and the tumultuous period immediately following the Norman Conquest has always been a favorite of mine, I was excited about reading Sara Bennett’s latest romance. Unfortunately, while Bennett is generally a very good wordsmith, her main characters never quite came alive for me, ultimately resulting in a…
Julia Quinn delivers another winner in the sixth addition to the Bridgerton series. Francesca and Michael’s story is interesting and definitely not typical. Michael Stirling meets Francesca Bridgerton and falls head over heels in love with her days before she is to marry his cousin, John Stirling, the Earl of Kilmartin. Michael loves his cousin…
We romance readers have come a long way, baby, but, sadly, you¹d never know it from picking up this book. To be honest, there’s a lot I remember fondly about the good old days of romance, and there’s a lot I don’t – with pathetic, waifish heroines and heroes who actually seem to like that…
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