Adam Hawthorne, the Earl of Blackwood, first sees Jillian Whitney during one of his early morning rides in the park. She’s busily feeding the ducks and seemingly doesn’t notice him, but in reality she knows someone is there. Both of them prefer the park in the early morning before it gets crowded; Adam suffers from…
A well-told erotic story can definitely be a good thing. However, just because a book is filled with sex acts and sex words doesn’t mean that it doesn’t still owe it to the readers to have a good plot, and most importantly, characters the reader can relate to or care about. In this case, Bliss…
In the beginning, I had high hopes for Mistress of Rossmor. The author’s writing style is nice, her words flow easily onto the page and include some vivid imagery. The story itself was intriguing and my interest was engaged. But then events began to plod along with a pace that seemed to slow as I…
Husband-and-wife writing team May McGoldrick’s latest romance, The Rebel, was a difficult one for me to grade. On the good side, it had a terrific hero and heroine. On the not-so-good side, it had a supporting cast so loathsome that I kept putting the book down in order to avoid them. After a chance encounter…
Why don’t authors who like to write characters with modern sensibilities just stick to writing contemporary romances? Someone please explain it to me. Please! If an author wants a heroine to have no qualms about premarital sex, to have little respect for the dictates of society, to have democratic, populist ideas, why not just write…
I tried to finish Anne Gracie’s An Honorable Thief while walking up a hill on the way to work this morning but couldn’t manage it. So, I did what anyone in my position would do; I sat out in front of my office building until I had finished. It couldn’t be helped, you see –…
It’s hard to put my finger on exactly why I wasn’t enthralled by this book. The writing is clean and readable, the characters easy to like, and the mystery just mysterious enough. I think the key may be in the fact that despite its assets, this book is burdened by a “been there, done that”…
Historical romances can show the hard work of the author in researching the period and its nuances, or can show that the author knows a good setting when she finds one, but isn’t overly concerned with those pesky historical details. Cathy Maxwell’s The Lady Is Tempted is the latter, but Maxwell’s ability to write real,…
The Impossible Bride is apparently a sequel to this author’s first book, The Impossible Texan. Since I didn’t read the first book, I began this one at a loss, and it took me quite a while to recover. Not only did I not know who the heroine was – since much of her background was…
Have you ever been to a party where everyone seems to know each other but nobody knows you? You meet a few people, glean a few tidbits of information about them, but end up realizing you’ve just wasted time at a boring event. If so, you have already lived through reading The Exiles. This is…
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