You know those MC Escher prints with the flocks of birds? In one direction you see black birds and then your focus shifts and you see that the white spaces between them are also birds? Well, imagine that the black birds are carrying all the action highlights of a story – daring rescues, climactic battles,…
Victoria Alexander’s latest, The Husband List, is an enjoyable tale in the tradition of Julia Quinn and other writers of humorous historicals set in the regency period. Fans of her most recent novel, The Wedding Bargain, will want to read this one – the heroine of The Wedding Bargain even makes a brief appearance. Noted…
I found Sizzle All Day, Geralyn Dawson’s new release, to be something of a mixed bag. Dawson has created an engaging couple and some funny scenes, but at times, the humor and the quirky supporting characters felt forced to me. Fortunately, most of the overly precious scenes occur earlier in the book, which improves as…
It pays to be persistent. When I first started My Dark Prince I didn’t want to pick it up again. But I kept on reading and after the first few chapters, I didn’t want to put it down. We have all had the experience of reading a book that starts out promising but falls apart…
When reading books connected in a series, I’ve noticed a problem with consistency for a lot of authors. One of the books will be wonderful, another merely okay, and another, disappointing. I have not read On Bended Knee, the book connected to this one, but from the review of it, it sounds like it was…
Ach. When will authors learn th’ a wee bit o’ dialect goes a lang, lang wee? Ta try ta read a bluidy book where awl te dialogue is in brogue is nay ‘n easy task, ye ken. And after a wee while, ya jest want ta poot ta book dun and give’t up entirely. Ya…
For those who love Scottish romances and appreciate a fish-out-of-water story, Rebecca Hagan Lee’s A Hint of Heather is likely to please. This charming tale reverses some standard expectations of the Scottish romance. A Highland clan kidnaps a spouse for its laird – but this time the laird is a woman and the lucky victim…
I admire the ability of some writers to use a setting to great effect in their stories, to make it almost a third character. This is the second book I’ve read this year whose setting is a natural disaster, and I really got into the story, learning how the characters reacted to the forces nature…
Where Dreams Begin is the best historical romance I have read this year. This book really has it all – wonderful, vivid characters, an ambitious conflict, an engaging plot, and a tear-jerker of an ending. And it’s all written in a style that is absolutely flawless. Lady Holly Taylor is a widow just coming out…
I’ve not read this author before, but my understanding is that she writes a more mainstream style romance – stories that have a lot more going on than just the relationship between the hero and heroine. In this manner, Painted by the Sun is no exception. Irish emigrant Shea Waterston is a lady photographer. Her…
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