For fans who yearn for a medieval book in which the characters do historically accurate things like believe in God, Candice Proctor’s The Last Knight could be the answer to a prayer. In a refreshing change of pace, heroine Attica d’Alerion seems to be a product of her times rather than a transplanted Valley girl….
“What’s in a name?” asked Shakespeare. A lot, as it turns out. What we call each other, what we allow others to call us, sets the parameters of our relationships. But sometimes a relationship bursts past the limits of names and descriptions, and redefines the people involved. This is the heart of the matter in…
this review originally ran on August 5, 2000 I know an author is really talented when she makes me enjoy a book with a premise that I basically dislike. By Possession is a medieval romance about a knight and a woman who was born a serf, bound to his lands. Though her status as a…
Back in the Gilded Age, American Society gathered to meet, show off, and choose their mates at a place that was as exclusive and rule-bound as Almacks in the regency period. That place was Newport, Rhode Island. A Perfect Wife is set in Newport and several historical figures play roles in this fascinating novel. Anne…
An historical romance set in Cleveland?! Well yes, and it’s a refreshing change of pace from the old west settings of most American historical romances. For that reason alone, I was intrigued when I picked it up. In Name Only turned out to be not only intriguing but excellent – it’s one of the best…
Crooked Hearts begins exceptionally well, with a gorgeous step-back cover illustration. The two lovers are sexy, they’re good-looking, and they match their text descriptions pretty well. Best best of all they both look like they’re having fun. The step-back sets the tone for the book perfectly – this is a high-spirited, sexy romp; one look…
I don’t require pinpoint historical accuracy, but I have a hard time getting into a book if people keep doing and saying things that are completely out of character for a period. A 15th-century legendary Robin Hood-like figure with a 1930s radio serial name like the Midnight Shadow? A heroine named Bria, a future noblewoman,…
“You must lose something you can’t afford to lose, trust someone you have no reason to trust, and love someone with no hope of him ever loving you in return.” These are the words that eerily greet Cassie Bowen as she enters her Aunt Flora’s home in Lyman’s Gap, Pennsylvania. Quite an auspicious beginning and…
Manon starts out with an oft-used premise: the heroine disguised as a boy. It manages to plod along in predictable fashion for about a third of the book – until the hero discovers the heroine’s gender. At this point the book goes from ho-hum to bad, descending into incomprehensible writing and plotting that is alternately…
I have been glomming Ruth Wind/Barbara Samuel for a while. The results have been quite successful, but locating her full-length historicals as written under her real name has been difficult. I searched longest for A Bed of Spices, the book I had been most eager to lay my hands on, since it is one of…
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