Having read and granted Desert Island Keeper status to the final chapter of Josie Litton’s Viking trilogy (Come Back to Me), I thought it only fitting that I also read and review Castles In The Mist, the third book in her Akoran series. While I found the story interesting enough, and the characters generally sympathetic,…
Ravished is an anomaly; a larger-than-life romance featuring elegiac sex, preposterous plot twists and turns, and a hero and heroine who are as close to perfect – and colorless – as those found in any 70’s or 80’s bodice-ripper. In addition, Virginia Henley peppers her story with loads of historical detail, some of which may…
I was excited to be assigned The Italian for review; I enjoyed Coffman’s historicals years ago, when I first started reading romance, and I looked forward to a pleasant reacquaintance with her work. While the book turned out to be decent, it also turned out to have a far less romantic component than an historical…
I had serious issues with this book, beginning in chapter two and continuing until it was finally over. The hero’s justification for his nasty behavior did not endear him to me, and the heroine’s idiotic tendencies didn’t do her any favors either. Alexander DeFrouchette, (the bastard son of a man accused of being a traitor…
No doubt some of you are wondering why so many of us keep buying Susan Johnson’s books year after year. For me, at any rate, Forbidden is one of the most powerful reasons. After all, anyone who could write such an intelligent, lush, erotic, and three-dimensional love story once could certainly do it again. The…
Following Once a Mistress and Ever a Princess, Always a Lady is the final installment in a trilogy featuring the multitude of mistresses and illegitimate get of the Marquess of Templeston. These ladies will be recognized only by a locket they wear (a gift from the apparently randy old gent), and their striking resemblance to…
I had pretty high hopes as I got going with this one. Though Medieval Scotland has been done almost to death in the last few years, there was a darker, sadder tone in this one that immediately grabbed my attention and drew me in. My hopes were justified, but unfortunately, not altogether fulfilled. Ms. Garnett…
Admittedly, Untie My Heart is not for everyone. But those of you who love sensuous romance tinged ever so delicately with a hint of decadence – and you know who you are – should plan right now to settle down under your favorite blanket and surrender yourself to this incredible writer. If you haven’t read…
Remember those “compare and contrast” essay questions? Frankly, I’m almost sorry I’m not in Mrs. Gordon’s English class right now because writing a cogent essay on Whirlwind Affair would be a piece of cake. A study in contrasts, the book contains some incredibly refreshing elements weighed down by some very frustrating plotting. But even though…
Maybe Sylvester the Cat said it best: “Thame old, thame old.” The heroine is an anonymous gossip columnist. There’s a thief on the loose – the Mad Ton Thief, believe it or not. The heroine cries virtue ad nauseam while kissing the hero at every turn and suddenly (and inexplicably) suggesting that they make love….
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