Shirl Henke kicks off a new trilogy by introducing Jason Beaumont, an American set to become both English and his grandfather’s heir. Said grandfather, however, also has plans to marry Jason Beaumont off to his dear friend’s sharp-tongued spinster daughter Rachel Fairchild. And, of course, this all takes place in Regency England. Rachel and Jason…
The year is 1120, and Sabin FitzSimon is in trouble again. The bastard son of a noble English family, Sabin is a wild and reckless young man whose latest escapade has resulted in the death of an innocent. Since his bad reputation is about to affect the fortunes of his legitimate half-siblings, his family hastily…
If you haven’t tried any of this author’s books yet, you just might want to get to it because The Pirate Next Door is, quite simply, a lot of fun. Watching proper widow Alexandra Alastair learn to let down her guard and actually enjoy falling for her rather unorthodox (to say the least) neighbor was…
When I first started reading romances, they all featured young heroines with older heroes. My reading tastes have changed over the years, and I don’t enjoy young heroines as much anymore. They inevitably seem, well, immature and naïve. Although the heroine of this book isn’t terrible, she did set my teeth on edge at times….
When I finish a book and can’t remember the main characters, it’s bad. When I finish a book and remember the main characters, but that’s all, it’s average. When I finish a book and remember the main characters, plus all the secondary characters, and wish there was a 24/7 bookstore so I could go out…
I had a hard time getting through Cheryl Howe’s The Pirate and the Puritan. It has an interesting pre-Revolutionary setting and a lot of action, but a pair of aggravating protagonists and some historical inaccuracies ruined it for me. The year is 1721. Felicity Kendall is a 29-year-old spinster who flees to the British West…
Writing a trilogy can be a tricky proposition. Some authors seem to start very strongly and then lose steam – and, unfortunately, that seems to be the case with A Wedding Story, the conclusion to Susan Kay Law’s Marrying Miss Bright trilogy. While I enjoyed the thoroughly charming The Bad Man’s Bride very much, this…
As widowed Alexandra Alastair compiles a listing of possible second husbands, she wonders whether she should add the new Viscount Stoke to her list. When she hears, through a connecting wall, a villain attempting to hang him, Alexandra races to the rescue and begins an adventure that will turn her staid life upside down. Alex…
You’ve read this story before. Older, more experienced hero exploits innocent young woman, using her as an unknowing pawn in a ruthless quest for vengeance. But even though the plot holds few surprises, in Madeline Hunter’s hands, a familiar story gains an altogether unexpected depth and dimension. Ms. Hunter, fellow readers, is good. Very good….
The back cover blurb for Laurens’ latest has a list of bold print Headings: The Author, The Series, The Hero, The Heroine, and The Outcome, each followed by a brief, supposedly descriptive sentence. Though I’m sure the author and publisher intended the bullet points to grab their audience quickly, what it actually did was define…
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