Midnight Sun is a book of squandered possibilities. The Alaskan turn of the century setting isn’t made vivid, a mostly interesting cast of characters fails to engage the reader, and a plot-line full of promise falls flat. There’s an enervating lack of excitement in this romance between an idealistic woman doctor and the wealthy mine…
Wicked Angel is author London’s second book; the hero and heroine of her first novel, The Devil’s Love, appear as secondaries here. I am very much impressed by the writing in Wicked Angel, the complex characterizations, and the emotion the author was able to convey through the characters’ words and deeds. For many pages into…
One of the best things about discovering an author with their debut book is that as a reader you get to watch that author grow and tune their craft. Such is the case with Julia London. I first discovered this new talent with her first book The Devil’s Love. Her newest release, Wicked Angel shows…
Taming Rafe starts with a bang, and ends with a fizzle. The opening scenes promise intriguing characters, witty dialogue, and sizzling sexual tension. By the end I still liked the characters, but the witty banter had become more like bickering, and the sexual tension had taken a nose-dive. When these problems are added to a…
It’s not unusual for a girl to have a crush on her older sister’s suitor. What is unusual is for that older sister to choose her little sister’s crush to be her next husband. But marrying the wrong sister is the least of Bryce Falconer’s problems in Never Say Never, the third installment in the…
Silk and Shadows is one of the books in Mary Jo Putney’s Silk trilogy. These books are set in London during the early Victorian era, a time that is not often used in a romance novel. One reason I love Mary Jo Putney is that her heroes, Reggie in The Rake, Michael in Shattered Rainbows…
Nothing pleases me quite like a good Western. I’m not sure what it is: maybe the lure, for this city-dweller, of wide-open spaces, maybe the idea that living in the 19th-century West was not for the faint of heart. More than a few of the books on my keeper shelf are Westerns. Unhappily, Texas Proud…
The Key refers to the key to a chastity belt donned by English Iliana Wildwood upon wedding Highlander Duncan, son of the Laird of the Clan Dunbar. While intelligent, handsome and ambitious, he only bathes twice a year. The wedding is in June, you see, and he’s not due for another bath until July. Lady…
There was a lot I liked about Lisa Kleypas’s new historical romance Someone To Watch Over Me starting with the hero’s profession. He was a Bow Street Runner. These were the predecessors of the bobbies. The Bow Street Runners were more like detectives than real policemen, and they worked on a fee and reward basis….
I’ve read plenty of historicals with Bow Street Runners before, but Lisa Kleypas’ upcoming release, Someone to Watch Over Me, is the first I’ve read with a Runner as the hero. The novelty of this perked my interest immediately, though the hero’s initial behavior left something to be desired. Fortunately, his behavior improved. On the…
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