One of the things that got me this gig was my observation to Laurie concerning the honesty of the reviews at AAR: I admired the fact that the reviewers were not afraid to call a dog a dog. Well, Patterns of Love has every canine earmark I can think of in a romance. These include…
Since I like “sob stories,” this is one book that plucked at my heartstrings. I’m a sucker for tales about maltreated heroines, in which the hero spends the rest of the book groveling to make amends. Yes, there are the usual problems that are inherent in every one of the romances by Ms. Dodd that…
Quick – find me Candace Camp’s backlist! If all her other books are as good as this one is, I’ve got a real treat waiting for me. This one has it all: smooth writing, an intelligent story, engaging characters, and sexual tension that positively sizzles. Julia Armiger needs to rehabilitate her brother Selby’s memory. After…
This is the second book of the Wyckerley trilogy, and features Sebastian, the new Viscount D’Aubrey, the son and heir of an extremely wealthy earl. Sebastian is a much better lord of the manor than his predecessor, Geoffrey, because he is smarter, knows his place in society and how to execute his duties. The book…
What do you get when you pair an arrogant lord with an independent spinster, add some romantic suspense and throw in a meddling ghost along with a bird named Pecker? You get a book that is sometimes maddening, but never dull. Finch More is 29 years old, a confirmed spinster and bluestocking who helps her…
In the third of her Wyckerly trilogy, Gaffney has crafted another true keeper. As she had in To Have and to Hold and To Love and to Cherish, the author makes this story stand out by creating two highly unusual protagonists – Sophie and Connor. Sophie, for instance, is of a higher social class than…
To Love and To Cherish is the first volume of Patricia Gaffney’s justly renowned Wyckerley trilogy. The books are set during the Victorian era in the English village of Wyckerley. Wyckerley’s physical terrain is similar to Cornwall – mining and agricultural country, and one of the charms of the trilogy is how Ms Gaffney has…
If you want to read a book that comes as close to perfection as any historical romance, then pick up Flowers from the Storm. The story, the language, the emotional intensity: this book has everything. It’s Laura Kinsale at the top of her game – or anybody else’s, for that matter. Archimedea Timms is a…
Hummingbird was LaVyrle Spencer’s second novel, first published in 1982. It’s a western historical romance featuring a bad boy hero and a prim spinster who bicker and fight and fight and bicker and finally become friends and lovers. Abigail MacKenzie is the town spinster. She is 33 and has spent the past 13 years nursing…
When sitting down to write this review, I sincerely wished someone else could have done it in my place. I’m terribly sensitive regarding Viking romances, and the book just might have fared a little better in the hands of another reviewer, someone not Scandinavian. The King of Meath has captured Brand, a Viking spy. For…
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