If it’s possible for a single-title romance to “jump the shark” midstream, then Stealing the Bride unfortunately qualifies. I thought I’d like this story much better than I did, since it’s a tale of unrequited love, finally to be requited. Even when I realized that I would have to suspend disbelief more than a few…
I read the sequel to Candice Hern’s Once a Dreamer because of its heroine. As someone who’s always had her nose stuck in a book, I’m a sucker for a bluestocking. I’ll take a glance at just about any book featuring an intelligent, educated woman, but the ones that truly hold my attention are those…
Isn’t a shame when a less than appealing heroine gets in the way of what would otherwise have been a very good book? On the positive side Andrea DaRif is clearly a talented writer with a knack for dialogue, a gift for zesty love scenes, and the ability to create a sexy and appealing hero…
This book was featured in Pandora’s Box for September 2003 Even as anthologies go, this one is on the sketchy side. While the novellas included are all by talented authors, two of them ultimately feel so “lite” that anybody considering buying the book should understand that, even taken together, Where’s My Hero is far more…
Waking the Princess is a book to savor. A story in which exquisite characterization – and decidedly not plot – is the star, the book may not be for everyone, but for those who enjoy a languid, rich, and detailed love story, the second in Susan King’s Scottish Highlands trilogy is one you’ll definitely want…
Merline Lovelace has written more than 40 historical (in settings as varied as ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece) and contemporary novels. When she’s at her best, as she was in His Lady’s Ransom, The Horse Soldier, and The Captain’s Woman, her characters are honorable and engaging and her research is impeccable. But when she’s not…
Nicole Lassiter and Captain Derek Sutherland are natural enemies – he hates her father and she hates him. When Nicole’s father is imprisoned, she takes her father’s ship to sea for the Great Circle Race in hopes of saving his business. A saboteur causes the pair to be thrown together. What follows is a dance…
Lady Charlotte Quinton was a villain in an earlier book in this series, Romancing the Rogue. She stole a valuable necklace and hid it under the pillow of that book’s heroine, successfully framing the other woman as a thief. When Charlotte was caught a terrible scene ensued, and she was banished from her family to…
Though All Men Are Rogues is captivating early on, more and more problems creep in as the story progresses. Even though the heroine is immensely winning and the hero reasonably likable, the mystery sub-plot, and questions about the villain’s indentity detract too much from the romance. Evelyn Amherst lost her beloved father in service to…
Jennie Klassel describes her debut novel as a medieval comedy. Though it was a winner of the New Historical Voice Contest sponsored by Leisure Books and Romantic Times, that description was worrisome. Humor is such a subjective thing. Telling the reader a book is supposed to be funny can make or break a reading experience….
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