The Colonial Period and the Revolutionary War are favorite settings of mine, but books set during these times are very hard to come by. I suspect this is because this time period is not really familiar to a lot of people; writing a book set in the 1700s requires some research. I’m pleased to report…
According to an ancient royal decree, the prosperous land of Alderich will be passed from the Rune family to their rivals, the Leonhart clan, in the year 999. Serath, the last direct descendant of Jozua Rune, lord of Alderich, is abducted two of months prior to the beginning of the new millenium while she is…
The Hostage is a wonderful book for folks who like a romance to develop slowly. It’s the story of two people who not only fall in love, but grow and change from the experience of knowing each other. The American characters are the best I’ve read in ages, because they are complex and insightful individuals,…
Every once in a while you come across a book where the hero and heroine are brave and gorgeous but somehow you don’t quite believe in them. That’s the way My One And Only hit me. The hero and heroine should have been compelling but are not, perhaps because neither one is completely convincing. The…
In too many historical romances, the authors take great pains to get the period details correct. However, they often forget to have their characters act in period as well. The clothing may be described accurately, actual events may be incorporated into the plot, but the people in the story are nothing more than our contemporaries…
I have to hand it to Candace Camp: she’s a terrific writer. It was only after I’d finished reading A Stolen Heart that I realized it was based on a preposterous premise and contained a couple of elements that would have caused me to roll my eyeballs in exasperation if a writer with lesser skills…
We’ve come a long way since the Middle Ages, thankfully. Part of what made this plot work, as well as what I disliked, was the historical male perspective about women. Faith, daughter of Lord Terra, has been shamed and outcast from her home. She was attacked by a man and left scarred on her face,…
Devil’s Wager is the third in a trilogy by Mary Spencer (following Dark Wager and Lady’s Wager). Set in England during the Regency period, Devil’s Wager is Lad’s story, who was introduced to us in the earlier books. Lad, an American who has his own prosperous property in Tennessee, has inherited an impoverished English earldom…
How To Kiss A Hero opens when two old friends, Mrs. Treadwell and the Countess d’Oliveri, meet for lunch. The Countess left England under a scandal and has lived more than 20 years on the Continent. She has been the mistress of a man whom she loved but was unable to marry. On her lover’s…
The Scotland of Lynsay Sands’ Sweet Revenge bears about as much relation to real Scottish geography, history, and dialect as the Greece of Xena, the Warrior Princess does to actual ancient Greece. Like Xena, when this setting and the characters within it are used for laughs and very light entertainment, it can work. Unfortunately, the…
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