Emma Holly is known for her erotic stories in the Secrets anthologies and her erotic novels for the Black Lace publishing company. With Beyond Innocence she turns her hand to historical romance and gives us a very good story with hotter than average love scenes. However, if you are looking for erotic scenes that push…
In the mood for a nice, comfortable, light read? Better save Forbidden for another day. But if you’re in the mood for a spellbinding story that burns with passions both emotional and physical, the kind that grabs your heart and kicks it around like a plane in turbulence for a few hours before bringing you…
Earthy. If I were to quantify Fever in just one word, it would be earthy. I finished reading this book days ago and have been considering how to approach the review ever since. Parts of are really good; parts are not. Some characters are well drawn; others are stereotypes. The plot works, mostly, but also…
I assigned The Proper Wife to myself because Julia Justiss has gotten two really positive reviews from AAR: one for A Scandalous Proposal, and another for her novella in The Officer’s Bride anthology. I haven’t read either of her other books, but my curiosity had been whetted. When I picked up this book, it was…
I’ve enjoyed books by this author (under her pseudonym Linda Lael Miller) in the past, namely her vampire series. I haven’t read any recent titles of hers, and if this book is any indication, apparently I haven’t missed anything. Gabriella Redclift has spent most of her nineteen years in St. Swithin’s Abbey with her sisters,…
I’ve said it before: I’m a sucker for Cinderella stories. An Offer From a Gentleman definitely takes its inspiration from Cinderella. Sophie Beckett is the bastard daughter of the Earl of Penwood. She knows it, and she lives in his home as his “ward.” He marries the wicked stepmother, Araminta, who comes with two daughters,…
Jacqueline Navin’s latest novel hovered on the very brink of DIK-dom for me. It was well-written, full of likable characters, a standard plot with a few new twists, and the sort of gripping emotional power that drew me in completely. A few minor character problems aside, this is one of the best new books I’ve…
After finishing My Lord Conqueror, I began hunting down more Samantha James medievals. Yes, this book has its weak points, but it also holds enough promise and enjoyment to recommend its siblings. My Lord Conqueror also wins the prize for best recovery, ever. At page 25 I violently hurled the book to the floor so…
The hero of Always a Princess by Alice Chambers muses, “Lots of words came to mind when he thought of Eve Stanhope, but stupid wasn’t one of them.” Unfortunately, that was not my experience: I frequently found the word “stupid” coming to mind as I read this book. Eve Stanhope lives in a London slum,…
The first time I read Bliss, I was absolutely intoxicated by it. It absorbed me and kept me completely in its power. For a whole two days all I did was eat, sleep, dream, breathe Bliss. I read it over and over, wondering each time that it should so affect me. Because by any measure…
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