Having read a couple of Stephanie Laurens’ novels a while back, I figured I knew what to expect with her most recent release, The Ideal Bride. So I was surprised to find such a slow-moving and uncompelling novel from such a well-known and experienced, if predictable, author. Michael Anstruther-Weatherby (an in-law of Laurens’ infamous Cynsters)…
Carnal Gift can be broken down into three parts: a stellar beginning, the dreaded sagging middle, and a good ending. Fortunately, the middle is the shortest section, making for a solid read overall. Brighid Ni Maelsechnaill’s childhood came to an end the day her beloved father, a teacher, was arrested and shipped out of Ireland…
Liz Carlyle writes in a rich style that brings to mind a nineteenth century novel. One gets the sense that her words are chosen very carefully in order to evoke the world of which she writes. In her latest novel, Carlyle rolls out a tale of murder, desperate secrets, and passion sure to please fans…
England’s Perfect Hero is my first Suzanne Enoch. Although I usually prefer my historical romances with a bit more history, and this one is more of the history wall-paper type, it’s still very enjoyable because of the likable characters. When Lucinda Barrett’s friends drew up lists for “lessons in love,” they ended up married to…
This is Loretta Chase’s first book after a long hiatus. Those of you who have been waiting with bated breath should not be disappointed: Miss Wonderful is witty, charming, and deeply romantic. The book opens with the Earl of Hargate wondering what the devil is wrong with his third son. Alistair hasn’t been the same…
Somewhere in the pages of Three Nights… there was a DIK screaming to get out. But – very, very regretfully – some beautifully written, sexy, sweet, and romantic early chapters give way to a painful mishmash of melodramatic goings-on and overwrought prose culminating in a kind of group hug straight out of a bad sitcom….
The Wicked Lover is a Georgian romance. A kick-off-your-shoes-and- sink-your-teeth-into-it Georgian romance. I read it slowly during a busy period and every time I opened the book I savored the experience. Ross’s latest opens with a terrific, attention-grabbing scene. The hero, Robert Sinclair Dovenby (known as Dove) returns home to find a giant bonfire in…
If Secrets was a movie, it most emphatically wouldn’t be Shakespeare in Love, but something more along the lines of Kate and Leopold. There are pleasures to be had, to be sure, but ultimately, there is simply nothing here that will imprint itself on either your heart or your memory. Rescued from slavery in the…
Legendary Warrior begins promisingly enough with an interesting set-up, a dark, tortured soul of a hero, and a heroine with a fascinating talent. Unfortunately, though, the journey quickly takes the main road, eschewing interesting twists for the predictable. At times, its larger-than-life drama and writing style made it seem as if it had been written…
An interesting hero and a deeply conflicted heroine barely compensated for my frustration over secrets that were kept too long in Madeline Hunter’s latest. I almost gave up caring about the heroine, because it took so long for her to reveal what motivated her thoughts and actions. A chance encounter in the middle of a…
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