There’s an awful lot not to like about this book, so why did I basically like it? Lady Margaret Wentworth supports herself and her contingent of servants by working as a part-time investigative reporter for a London journal. Under the pseudonym originally created and used by her brother, she anonymously exposes corruption in the manner…
Overwrought and overwritten. How can I even begin to describe the writing style of The Duchess’ Lover? I could, I suppose mention the fact that every noun has many adjectives – many, many, many adjectives. It’s enough to make Kathleen Woodiwiss envious. Then there are the characters. They are larger than life, and never calm….
Saving Grace is probably my favorite Julie Garwood book. That being said, I thought she gave the subject of abuse a pretty light treatment. It worked for Garwood. It wouldn’t have worked for many others. Which is why I began Once Forbidden with some hope. Terri Brisbin’s heroine endures a hellish wedding night with an…
As a title The Pretender has a double meaning. Jaclyn Reding’s latest is set (for the most part) in 18th century Scotland on the Isle of Skye and involves a hero who is pretending to be something he is not. But the title also refers to the larger issue of the royal Pretender, Bonnie Prince…
I’m certain it’s not the easiest thing in the world for writers to come up with new situations and characters when writing within the conventions demanded by books set in the Regency period. But I have to hope for more than Christina Kingston managed in this predictable and pedestrian story. Michael, Viscount Kantwell is tormented…
If you like your history light, your characters amusing, and a nice story to just put a smile on your face, then you’ll enjoy the latest offering by Kinley MacGregor. Tired of watching their husbands, sons, and brothers die in a feud between their clans, the women of the MacAllisters and the MacDouglases have revolted….
I’d say it’s a pretty bad sign when a reviewer has to struggle to remember what a book was about when she only finished reading it last week. The Fire Inside will obviously not burn in my memory for all time, but it did fry me a little. Lady Kassandra Wentworth (aka Kitt), is reckless,…
Lord of Fire and Lord of Ice, both by Gaelen Foley, were published in consecutive months (January and February) and feature twin brothers as heroes. Lord Lucien Knight, Foley’s Lord of Fire, is seemingly a rogue who indulges in the worst of perversions. He blackmails virginal Alice Montague into residing at his country estate for…
There’s an energy and attention to detail that makes Ever a Princess quite fun to read, but the enjoyment is hampered by the fact that so many of the plot points have the wispy logic of a fever dream. When the king and queen of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya are murdered by a usurper, Princess Georgiana and a…
The blurb on the back of this debut novel tells the reader “fans of Kathleen Woodiwiss will love this. Fans of Stephanie Laurens will love this.” Possibly. But the two sentences are confusing. Woodiwiss’ level of tortured angst is far beyond this one and Laurens is a bit too light. If anything The Lily and…
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