Sometimes a book is just plain average. Neither good nor bad. It’s just sort of there, you read the story and then move on. Reilly’s Gold is definitely one of those books. Devin Reilly has come to America to seek his fortune in the gold mines of California. Unfortunately he gets waylaid just off the…
Married By Mistake is funny – but not farcial – and features a hero and heroine whom I bonded with immediately. The dialogue is witty, the characters are engaging and I was happily engrossed in this book for several hours. After I finished it, I wanted to open it up and start all over again….
His Lordship’s Mistress is a marvelous book. I had a copy several years ago and lent it my sister Anne, who true to her title as The Pickiest Reader In The World did not like it. Then she lent it to someone else who lost it. Thank goodness it has been reprinted. I read it…
Margaret Evans Porter has written many enjoyable, intelligent Regency Romances before she began writing “full-length” titles for Avon. However, her latest historical, The Seducer, comes across as a mediocre book. Part of this is probably due to Porter’s dry, cerebral style, which may be better suited to the shorter and more formal Regency rather than…
I’ve been wanting to try Elizabeth Thornton’s books for some time, and now that I’ve read Princess Charming I’m trying to figure out what I was waiting for. This is a compelling, engrossing read, with one of the best mystery/suspense plots I’ve seen in an historical romance. Princess Charming begins with a nameless woman who…
I have been looking forward to this story ever since I closed the cover on The Duke last year. Of course it’s tough for a book to live up to those heady expectations. Fortunately I was not disappointed by Lord of Fire, though there was a brief moment of panic at the beginning because of…
In By Design, the sequel to By Possession, Madeline Hunter tells the story of the freemason, Rhys and an indentured servant, Joan. Their story is set amidst the turmoil of Medieval England’s political wars, where the sides can change quickly. Rhys and Joan are quickly caught in webs spun by others. Rhys takes Joan into…
Hope Tarr makes an impressive debut with A Rogue’s Pleasure. Normally I am not at all fond of the romping and feisty heroine who dresses up as a boy, but I couldn’t help but like Chelsea Bellamy. She doesn’t romp and posture because she is a little Miss Spitfire; she has a reason for her…
Some books may look ordinary, but hold special surprises. If you love Westerns, you really ought to do yourself a favor and check out The Colonel’s Widow. Amanda Green, a nurse for the Union, was widowed in the Civil War, and soon after her husband’s death she is confronted by angry townspeople. Amanda’s late husband,…
When Elspeth Murray was nine, she discovered a bleeding teenager hiding on her family’s Scottish holdings, fleeing from a crime he didn’t commit. Elspeth has never forgotten handsome young Cormac Armstrong, the young man her family nursed back to health. Ten years later, Cormac returns the favor by saving Elspeth, now a stunning young healer,…
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