Once a Mistress by Rebecca Hagan Lee seems to be the first book in a series about the children – legitimate and otherwise – of the Marquess of Templeston. Judging by this book, the series should be worth reading. Four years ago, Drew Ramsay, son of the Marquess, intended to marry Kathryn Markinson, an old…
The latest Susan Elizabeth Phillips release, Just Imagine is a revision of her first solo effort, originally titled Risen Glory. And for anyone who is wondering whether Ms. Phillips is as adept at writing historicals as she is at her many contemporary successes, this book answers – with a resounding yes. Katherine Louise Weston is…
No Man’s Mistress the sequel to Balogh’s More Than a Mistress, features Viola Thornhill, an independent woman with a mysterious past, and Ferdinand Dudley. Ferdinand wins Viola’s home in a card game and when he arrives to take possession, Viola swears the home is rightfully hers and should never have been wagered in the first…
I would call myself a tentative Balogh fan. One of my favorite romances is Heartless. I read that book and then, in a frenzy of excitement, snapped up a good deal of her backlist. Unfortunately, I have not found another Balogh that I felt equalled Heartless, and there have been three of her books that…
Love Comes Softly is an important book. If Kathleen Woodiwiss’ The Flame and the Flower changed the romance fiction market forever in 1972, in 1979 Love Comes Softly did something of the same thing for the Christian romance market which had been stagnating since the death of Grace Livingston Hill in 1947. A simple, sweet…
After a somewhat shaky start, My Wicked Earl evolved into a pretty strong romance, interspersed with a few “so what?” moments. Setting and character echo this pattern. The setting is Regency period, but the author thankfully leaves out many of the hoary staples and instead concentrates on the protagonists. The protagonists are introduced as an…
In her latest novel, Betrice Small – long known for her seemingly gleeful tendency toward shocking readers with highly erotic and often kinky (and always very purple) love scenes, in romances usually set in exotic locales and time periods – has done perhaps the most shocking thing of all: she has written a Georgian novel,…
It all started with a sexy painting. . . Jaw droppingly handsome Samuel Lennox, Viscount Ranelagh is heir to a fortune and stinking rich in his own right. He’s also a widower. But don’t cry for him because she was a major time hussy. Disenchanted with marriage, he has become a womanizer of the first…
The Conquest is one of those books that has some good ideas and interesting characters, but somehow falls short when it comes to engaging the reader’s interest. Although I had nothing against any of the characters, I found it difficult to warm up to them or get interested in their lives. It made for a…
After reading The Demon’s Mistress I knew I wanted to read the next two stories in this series about three friends named George. In this book, we’re introduced to a man in a desperate situation and the woman he believes is the solution to his problems. He soon realizes, however, that things are not all…
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