Historical Romance

  • The Stargazer

    I truly expected to like The Stargazer. I specifically requested to review it after seeing the promos for it on Amazon. The lovely cover, hardcover packaging, and author biography (she has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature of the Renaissance from Harvard) led me to expect a well-plotted historical novel set in a largely overlooked time…

  • The Pretender by Roslyn West

    I keep meaning to pay a visit to the Buried Treasures page and submit Rosalyn West’s name, because I love her books, but I never hear anyone talking about them but me. Consider this review my annual appeal on her behalf – if you like American Historicals with complex characters and incredible conflicts, please give…

  • Breathless by Laura Lee Guhrke

    Fans of small-town stories will love Breathless for its setting, while readers who like a good mystery will enjoy the courtroom scenes. Don’t worry – Breathless also has great characters, including a hero and heroine who often match wits with each other. Lily Morgan can’t believe that Daniel Walker has the gall to return to…

  • Nothing But Velvet

    Tales of the difficulties of publishing a novel in such a competitive industry as romantic fiction are legion. A novel like Kat Martin’s Nothing But Velvet makes you wonder if they are greatly exaggerated. Surely no one would choose to print a manuscript so lacking in compelling characters, interesting plot, and believable dialogue had there…

  • Devil’s Embrace

    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…

  • The Scoundrel’s Vow

    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…

  • With this Kiss

    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,…

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