I had heard Coulter’s books could be a real gamble: you either win big or you lose big. Well, I should have cut my losses before I put money down on Devil’s Embrace. It’s a creepy, cruel novel, and that it was Coulter’s first full-length historical is no excuse. As her note on the back…
Johanna Lindsey’s Once A Princess is old-fashioned, fairy tale fun. The princess in question is Tatiana Janacek, the sole surviving member of the Janacek clan and heir to the Cardinian throne. Cardinia? Don’t spend too much time trying to find it on a map. Cardinia is pure invention, a vaguely Eastern European figment of the…
For about the first 100 pages of this book, I had to overcome the temptation to toss it through the roof and into orbit. I hated Eulie Toby the heroine, I hated what she had done to Moss Collier, the hero, and above it all I loathed how she kept referring to him as “the…
The front cover of The Scoundrel’s Vow reads: “She was young, beautiful, innocent. He vowed to protect her. . . from himself.” While that sounds terrific, the execution is far less scintillating – this is one of those books that just misses. Perhaps together we can discover why. Calandra Locke has returned home to Scarborough…
Morgan St. James, Viscount Barlowe, was your typical London rake until he tried to rescue his servants from their overcrowded quarters during a fire on the eve of his wedding. As a result of that fire, many of his servants and their children were burned to death. Morgan suffered severe scarring on his neck, hands,…
Lady Alice Scarcliffe, the heroine of Mystique, is exactly the kind of woman I would want for a best friend. In fact, she reminded me of my own best friend, right down to her flame-red hair and independent spirit. And, reading Mystique was much like a conversation with my best friend – fun but not…
Too Wicked To Love takes a familiar theme, gives it a fresh slant, and presents the reader with a love story that has some nice little twists and turns along the way. And that step-back cover isn’t so hard to take, either. Sour old spinster Miss Jane Mayhew steps out her front door one morning,…
When I began reading Illusion I thought I would be treated to a meeting between East and West set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. I looked forward to reading about a heroine trained in the erotic arts of India and a hero who had suffered his share of miseries. But my appreciation dissipated…
If you’re familiar with my reviews, you’ll know that I have never found the topic of adultery to be romantic and that I’ve emphasized my dislike for it as a theme several times. Having said that, it seems there is one possible exception to that rule – and I’ve found it in Lady Cat. Say…
My Sweet Folly opens with a series of charming letters from Lt. Robert Cambourne to his cousin’s wife. The correspondence begins almost by accident with Robert writing to his elderly cousin Charles Hamilton about a minor estate matter and being answered by Charles’ lonely twenty year old wife, Folie. Robert and Folie’s initial letters are…
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