I happily devoured Lord of Ice in one gulp. Only after I had turned the last page did I realize that it made a rather unsatisfying meal. Damien Knight, earl of Winterley, was a war hero on the Peninsula. Now that Napoleon is imprisoned on Elba Damien is experiencing what we recognize as post traumatic…
I may not have read this actual book until this week, but I’ve read at least fifty just like it. If anyone ever asks for an example of a paint by numbers romance, I am going to wave a copy of Pride and Prudence at them. Hero with an identity crisis? Check. Spunky heroine who…
The ladies of Lucy Lavender Enterprises have fallen on hard times and are desperate need of cash, so they decide to catch notorious highwayman Dandy Dan for the five hundred pounds reward. Lady Miranda, founder of Lucy Lavender, pretends to be stranded along a stretch of road that Dandy Dan frequents and Miss Desdamona Quiggly,…
Everyone in So Wild A Heart assures the heroine that the hero is not as bad as is generally believed. Sure, there’s the 15-year affair with a married woman, the drinking, the ancient scandals. There’s the fact that he has little money, just a title and a crumbling old mansion to preserve for which he…
So I’m in this thrift shop, looking at the shelves of dilapidated, abandoned paperbacks, their pages yellow and acid-brittle, reading the titles on the spines with numbed curiosity – so many books, so many stories, so many of them forgotten and forgettable – when I see the name “Laura London.” My eyes widen: I know…
I love those angst-y stories in which dark, tortured heroes and heroines burdened with equally dark secrets grimly battle genuine adversity. Definitely, count me in. But there is also a real pleasure to be found in another type of novel – one featuring bright, cheerful, nice people who, while facing their own genuine adversity, manage…
A True And Perfect Knight features poorly developed characters in a swiss-cheese plot, with the added bonus of several historical inaccuracies – or rather, historical events that the author has moved around in time to suit the needs of her storyline. While a touch of mystery toward the end adds some suspense, the resolution is…
Are you weary of all those “perfect” heroines – the ones with intelligence, common sense, compassion, and maturity? Are sick of all those heroic heroes that possess intellect, honor, and integrity? And how about all those plots that always seem to be credible, and, even more irritatingly, make sense? If so, have I got the…
Luscious Corinna Huntington is the youngest and prettiest of all the ladies at Queen Elizabeth’s court. Elizabeth is a great statesman, a hardened ruler with nerves of steel – but she is also an embittered, lonely woman. Proud Elizabeth knows all about lying men. As a result, the queen is strict and watchful, always keeping…
Readers who loved Isolde Martyn’s The Maiden and the Unicorn have been waiting (patiently or not) for the stateside publication of her next book. Here it is, and it takes the reader for an exciting ride as it follows the story of a forced, false marriage and how the two parties involved eventually make it…
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