After several angsty reads, I was really in the mood for a pick-me-up, and Diane Farr’s Under the Wishing Star fit the bill perfectly. This is a funny, sweet, uncomplicated, and touching love story. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1; var ZoneID = 4; var browDateTime = (new Date()).getTime(); if (browName=='Netscape') {…
I love medieval romances. A great medieval romance combines interesting historical details with a compelling romance. Since I struggled with By Starlight for over two weeks, I’d say it fell far short of great. While the author did her historical homework (for the most part), her characters drove me crazy. By the time I was…
Attention, readers in search of an exciting historical with a lush love story: have I got a book for you! Marsha Canham hits one out of the park with this gender-bending tale of pirates, spies, and love on the high seas. At the helm of her ship the Iron Rose on what’s supposed to be…
The Captain of All Pleasures is certainly an interesting title. It’s the kind of title belonging on a book you’d read while snacking on bon-bons and tossing that feather boa over your shoulder, but it’s also more distinctive than some of the generic romance titles out there. My verdict: great title. So how is the…
Though I enjoy medieval romance, I’d never read Betina Krahn before. The possibility of reading a complete unknown (to me) is an exciting prospect. A whole world of possibilities awaits. Once I had the book in hand I became a little wary. The description on the back of the book suggested a too good to…
RB: The Widow Maker is the first book of a swashbuckling pirate romance trilogy set in 1720. The story of this hero and heroine is told through the course of all three books, so this is just the first chapter. It’s got a rather Woodwissian sort of style. It also has annoying characters, a lame…
I’m torn here. On the one hand, I greatly admire the resounding ring of Regency period authenticity – at least in the Heyer sense, that is – that permeates this book. But on the other hand, I found myself frustrated again and again by the fact that the book’s primary conflict is based on an…
Though Adventures of a Scottish Heiress is the first book I’ve read by Cathy Maxwell, I’m happy to say it won’t be my last. A great read, it takes the reader on a romantic, comedic, action-filled, suspenseful ride. Ian Campion is an Irish street fighter who moved to England and must support his two widowed…
The Notorious Marriage by Nicola Cornick is a Big Misunderstanding/Big Secret story. If the hero and heroine had talked to each other at the appropriate, natural time, this book would have been under 60 pages long. So of course they couldn’t do that. Eleanor Trevithick and Kit Mostyn are attracted to one another in spite…
Connie Lane’s return to historical romance (she wrote them under the name Constance Laux) is a pretty surprising book. As I read, I tried to figure out why. Most of the elements are pretty tried and true and there isn’t a whole heck of a lot that happens. Still it caught me off guard a…
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