O.K. Ellen, remember your motto: In The World Of Romance Novels, You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover. So the man on this cover is shirtless in an inappropriate setting. Well, at least there are leaves on the trees and not snow on the ground like some I can think of, but still it…
Last year I reviewed A Memory of Love by Bertrice Small. While I didn’t recommend it, I was sufficiently intrigued by it that I volunteered to review this one as well. I’m now sorry I did that – I was deeply disappointed by this book. The innocent of the title is Eleanore “Elf” de Montfort,…
Jude Deveraux’s Twin of Ice and Twin of Fire, originally published separately in 1985, have now been reissued in one volume. The two novels have parallel, simultaneous plots and work best read together. Twin of Ice describes Houston Chandler’s relationship to her husband Kane Taggert; Twin of Fire tells some of the same events from…
A little over a hundred years ago, there was a tremendous interest in all things Egyptian. Archaeology had advanced to such a degree that important finds were being discovered on a regular basis. Who wouldn’t find fascinating a culture that had flourished on the desert five thousand years earlier which had left behind artifacts crafted…
Very Truly Yours is a pleasant book. The setting in a small village is very well done – for me it was a pleasure to get out of London. The characters were engaging, both the primary and secondary, and if the mystery was rather transparent – well, I didn’t mind too much. Jack Fairchild is…
Although I can’t quite recommend The Holding, I look forward to checking back on Claudia Dain in a book or two – however long it takes for her to hit on a combination that plays to her considerable strengths as a writer while mitigating the few striking flaws that this book never quite overcame. For…
Gayle Wilson is a RITA winner for her contemporary romantic suspense novels for Harlequin’s Intrigue line, but if you really want to see her talent shine I recommend picking up one of her historicals. A good place to start is her most recent offering, Anne’s Perfect Husband, second in the Sinclair Brides trilogy. Major Ian…
It looks like I’m going to be in the minority when it comes to this installment of Susan Wiggs’ Chicago Fire trilogy. While the heroine is an interesting and different character, I had a hard time connecting with her or the love story. On the night of the terrible Chicago Fire, suffragist Lucy Hathaway has…
For a short time I thought My Lady Pirate was going to be an out of the ordinary pirate book. It opens with a scene where pirate captain Marques is complaining about newspaper articles that portray him and his men as nasty, dirty and stinking. After all, he does bathe. But when Marques boards the…
The Mermaid of Penperro is a fun story with a lot of humor – and a dash of whimsy thrown in for good measure. Although it’s not about an actual mermaid, you do have to suspend your disbelief for this one. Fortunately, it’s worth it. Konstanze Bugg is the child of an opera singer and…
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