“Who was that masked man?” A dashing nobleman doing good for the populace while hiding his true identity behind a mask – what a romantic theme! In Jacquie D’Alessandro’s latest effort, Zorro meets Beau Brummell, but with decidedly mixed results. Having witnessed his parents’ unhappy union, and burdened with the knowledge of his sister’s miserable…
As someone who loves historical romances set in the Regency period, it’s a very bad sign when I have to force myself to pick up a book again after each time I put it down. And, since I’ve very much enjoyed Suzanne Enoch’s books in the past, my reaction to this one is especially disappointing….
The Secret Lover is my first Julia London book and I can safely say that I’ve never read a book where the protagonists drove me as crazy as these did. Strangely enough, I’d also recommend the book because of those same protagonists. Ms. London’s latest is related to her Rogues of Regent Street trilogy –…
The mother-daughter writing team of Nicole Byrd apparently received their inspiration for Lady in Waiting from the Greek myth of Circe, who, as detailed in The Odyssey, drugged and transformed most men into swine, then ate them. The resemblance to that story is very superficial; the only real similarity I could see is that the…
If you like Jayne Ann Krentz’s Amanda Quick books, I hope you share a similar affection for Lavinia Lake and Tobias March, the hero and heroine of Slightly Shady, because if you don’t, you’re clearly out of luck. With this book, the author is obviously taking a new direction, in which Lavinia and Tobias are…
The historical romances of Mary Jo Putney are usually peopled with eminently civilized and sensible characters, who know that passion is destructive if it is not governed by reason, friendship, and respect. They often find themselves in exotic locales and impossible situations, but love – and a stiff upper lip – always prevails. The Bartered…
Tracy Cozzens’ latest release kicks off a new series called American Heiresses, which is about four sisters looking for husbands in the late 19th Century. Unfortunately, it could hardly have gotten off to a worse start. Flight Of Fancy features a plot driven entirely by inconsistency and misunderstanding, peopled by not-particularly-likable characters, and set against…
We all know those writers who recycle their heroes. And our opinions of those writers are almost solely based on whether we like – or don’t like – her particular trademark guy. Lisa Kleypas is a different kind of writer, one with an amazing ability to create achingly real heroes who virtually all vary dramatically…
How many books have you read where the hero is calling the heroine “dearest” and “my love” at one point, and then a hundred pages later is swearing, “So help me God, I never want to see you again”? And how many times have you found either the deep love or deep hate hard to…
Yes, I like historical accuracy. No, there isn’t much accuracy in Miss Woodley’s Experiment. Yes, I normally would grouse about that. No, I’m not going to in this case. Why, because this is a comedy, and a darn funny one too. If a book is a comedy, a good comedy but it’s history lite, I…
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