Someone Irresistible was an interesting and very sensual read. I suspect that Ashworth fans will not be disappointed in this latest offering. Professor Nathan Price suffered an extremely humiliating setback to his career two and a half years ago. An up-and-coming paleontologist, Nathan expected that he would receive accolades and a cushy scientific appointment after…
Swear By The Moon is an old-fashioned romance. The villains are deep dyed and black hearted. The hero is handsome as sin, rakish as can be, and really good in bed. The heroine is beautiful as a goddess, feisty to the max, and about 30 percent TSTL yet 70 percent endearing. I’ve read some romances…
In her debut hardcover Stephanie Laurens plumbs the family history she created in her Cynster series to tell the story of Sebastian, the Duke of St. Ives and Helena, Comtesse d’Lisle. Writing a prequel to an already existing series can be a challenge. Facts about the characters that may have been simply backstory in the…
I am convinced that Carla Kelly doesn’t have it in her to write a bad book, or even a mediocre one, and her latest effort only confirms that impression for me. One Good Turn marks her return after several years’ absence from publishing, and it carries all her trademarks: complex and sympathetic characterization, an unflinching…
Based upon the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” Let Down Your Hair took what could have been a charming fairy tale retelling and absolutely ruined it. I’m lucky to have any hair left to let down after pulling out most of mine while I struggled to finish this story for review. Rachel Sommerville is a sheltered, virginal…
I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting when I picked up A Reckless Encounter by Rosemary Rogers, one of the queens of seventies-style epic romance. Certainly I didn’t expect it to be so boring. Reading this book was about as exciting as watching an undubbed foreign film: I could see what the characters are…
Sometimes it almost seems like plot ideas float around in the air. Five or six years ago, I read three separate westerns about tone-deaf heroines who wanted to be saloon singers. Last year mistress books were all the rage. And this year? It has to be love lessons. I’ve seen no less than five of…
As Major Anthony Wyclyff lies in his hospital bed dying of fever, he begs his charitable visitor Sophia Rathburn to marry him. Lady Sophia, an old hand at hospital visits, accepts his proposal. It’s her standard response, intended to give comfort when she’s certain the patient is dying. Considering that no one ever, ever succumbs…
The Perfect Princess had a plot that sounded interesting but ended up leaving me cold. It also had promising characters who proved to have little chemistry. What started as enticing, ended up being a perfectly average read. Lady Rosamund Devere, daughter of a powerful duke, is tired of her boring life. While everyone believes that…
Total amnesia from a bump on the head, while rare in real life, is fascinating enough that most of us will put up with it in a romance heroine. I will put up with it when it’s done right. I am fascinated by the thought of what it must be like to have to figure…
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