Although I’ve enjoyed the characters Karyn Monk created for this series, the execution of their stories falls a little flat. I looked forward to this story, as the heroine, Charlotte, is one of the most interesting of the recurring characters. But one of my least favorite plot devices (a blackmail plot) ruined what could have…
An Affair Most Wicked is an average read, written in a style reminiscent of many other recent Avon releases. If you’ve been enjoying the offerings of Jeffries, Hawkins, and company, you might enjoy this; it’s kind of in that vein. Clara Wilson has come to London to catch a titled husband, just as her sister…
Many books feature characters who remind us of ourselves or of people we know. They think like us (even if they are, in fact, wearing the garb of another era) and they act much like us. Every now and again, though, an author does a truly excellent job of creating a different world and filling…
No matter how many Regency-set historical novels you’ve read, you haven’t yet met two characters exactly like the protagonists in this story. So refreshing are Scott military hero Liam Lockhart and young mother Ellen Farnsworth that the breath of invigorating air they bring with them is more than enough to overcome their occasionally (okay, more…
Surrender is the tale of Victoria Huntington, a 24-year-old spinster determined to fend off fortune hunters. Lucas Colebrook, Earl of Stonevale, is one such fortune hunter, and he wastes no time in doing everything he can to ensure that Victoria and her fortune become his so that the crumbling estate of Stonevale in Yorkshire can…
The Souvenir Countess is half a great book. In this case, the great half is the first half. It’s been awhile since I was excited by a debut author, so I got really excited during the first half of this book, only to be quite disappointed as it abruptly dwindled into mediocrity. The book begins…
A man set on nothing less than complete revenge and women caught in the middle take center stage in the ninth title of Susan Edwards’ White series of Indian romances. Rather than the usual mix of a full-Caucasian character falling in love with a full or “half-breed” Indian, Edwards instead offers up the romance bewteen…
I wasn’t sure what to expect from No Ordinary Groom since my past experience with Ms. Callen’s work was mixed. Even after finishing the novel, I’m still not sure what to think, because while there are some extremely enjoyable elements to this book, they are, unfortunately, packaged in a fluffy plot crammed with Big Misunderstandings…
The Briar and the Rose tells the story of a beautiful young maiden who, found near death and having lost her memory, is named Raven and taken in as a maid at an Irish estate, where she soon comes to the notice of the owner. Devan, Marquess of Castlereagh, has come to his Irish estate…
A Will of Her Own reinforced something that I’ve just come to realize about my reading preferences: I read more for characters than for plot. Unhappily, the reinforcement was of the negative sort – even though I liked and admired the heroine, I just couldn’t warm up to the hero. William Trevaron broke his engagement…
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