The authors of the April Moon anthology have taken upon themselves a real challenge. Not only are they writing romances in short form – always a difficult feat – but each novella takes place over the course of one single night. Do you doubt that three convincing love stories can happen, all under the full…
Anybody who spends any time on AAR’s message boards knows that a leisurely paced, well written love story featuring two likable characters is more than enough for a lot of readers. So, why oh why, does the writing team known as Nicole Byrd mar a lovely story with a hastily tacked-on suspense subplot and a…
A Dark Champion is the first full-length story in Kinley MacGregor’s new Brotherhood of the Sword series. It looks like the series technically began with the novella Midsummer Knight in the Where’s My Hero? anthology, although several characters from some of the author’s other earlier books are mentioned in this one too. However this book…
Once A Gentleman is third in a series of historical romances written by Candice Hern and set in England in the early 1800s. The focus of this installment is Nic (brother of Edwina from Once A Scoundrel) and his relationship with coworker, Pru. There is no edge-of-your-seat suspense, and we do have to wait a…
Harlequin Historicals has recently published a number of books quite different in setting and voice from the current run of Regency-set romances filling the rosters of most publishers. Margo Maguire’s latest historical romance fits the Harlequin bill nicely: It’s a refreshingly different, creative, and touching romance with enjoyable characters and a whimsical – but still…
Moon in the Water is an uncommonly lush and lovely historical romance. Most of the story takes place aboard a steamer on the Mississippi River, a very nice setting for the gentle love story that unfolds there. Owning a riverboat seemed like an impossible dream for a steersman like Chase Hardesty. Then James Rossiter, owner…
Laura Gardeyne is a wealthy young widow with a beloved three-year-old boy, Harry. She is also a terrified mother struggling to maintain a semblance of normal behavior. She suspects that her late husband’s brother, the Reverend Jack Gardeyne, is planning to kill her son for his inheritance. She has no proof and no friends to…
“A gentleman caller” evokes a myriad of subtle undertones and hidden meanings, but mainly it brings to mind one of the old rites of passage for a well-bred Southern lady. Not only that, it brings to mind all sorts of pleasant connotations of the good ol’ South; magnolia trees, antebellum mansions, delicate ladies who are…
Have you ever read a novel in which the author creates the past world so vividly that you feel transported you to another time and place? On the other side of the coin, in some historical novels the author keeps her feet so firmly planted in the modern world that it’s impossible to be moved….
With My Seduction, Connie Brockway kicks off her Rose Hunters trilogy, a series that promises great adventure, beautiful romance, and characters more interesting than many seen recently. Though not a DIK for me, this book did remind me of all the reasons why I like Brockway so much. As the book opens, we learn that…
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