The Baron is an ambitious project, based on an idea that’s so good I don’t know why no one ever thought of it before. Tré Devaux is the Norman baron of Brayeton. The avaricious King John seizes his lands on a pretext because he (rightly) doubts Tré’s loyalty. The King appoints Tré to the lesser…
I love nothing more than what people call a “hidden treasure” – a book, movie, singer, actor, what have you, that not many people know about but that I cherish. This author’s Gather the Stars, is one such book for me – one of those perfect, tortured love stories that makes me cheer at the…
I have a fascination of books with cross-dressing themes that rivals my fascination with virgin heroes. I’ve also heard many, many good things about Lynsay Sands. So I was pretty excited and looking forward to a rollicking good read with The Switch. What I got instead was a poorly written book with a bad case…
I often think that a good writer can take any plot and make a good story of it. Maybe sometimes. Margery Harkness-Casares is a good writer, meaning that her narrative voice is both professional and compelling. But no one, and I mean no one could have succeeded with this preposterous plot. In Song of Innocence…
Susan Johnson’s latest historical is the sequel to Outlaw, a book I haven’t read. On page one of To Please a Lady, I was plunged into plots, intrigues, feuds, and the relationship between two lovers, Robbie Carre and Roxane Forrester, all of which were initiated in that earlier book. This could have been a bewildering…
This is one of those uneven books that is at times quite interesting, but suffers from the proverbial sagging middle. It starts well and ends well, but in between there are some boring parts that I had to force myself to get through. The result is a very average read. Gavan St. Aldan is the…
Mended Hearts is from the Quilting Romance line of books from Jove – historical romances that contain quilting as a story element. Handmade quilts have long been a symbol of home, warmth, and love. But can quilts also predict marital happiness? Some of the inhabitants of Apple Grove, Iowa believe so, and this is the…
Remember the TV show Mystery Science Theatre 3000, the one where two robots sat around with their human friend Joel and wisecracked their way through the cheesiest science-fiction movies ever made? It was the only way anybody could stand to watch those films. Reading Wings of Destiny, I kept wishing desperately that Tom Servo and…
When Stephanie Laurens wrote Devil’s Bride, she seemed to take the romance world by storm. Lots of people (including myself) loved it. Others didn’t, but it seemed like almost everyone read it. By now, most people have formed an opinion on the Bar Cynster Series. If you didn’t care for the preceding books, then you…
I first picked up Desire’s Blossom when I was ten years old. I was curious about the books with the ugly covers that my sister loved so much. I chose Desire’s Blossom because I read from the back cover blurb that it was partially set in China. I didn’t read another romance book for six…
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