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…
Emma Greyson is a young woman living in Regency England working as a lady’s companion in order to support herself and her sister, who is attending a school for young girls. She is tired of the impoverished, underappreciated life that comes with working for the wealthy of London and waits for an investment she made…
Should a reviewer judge a book against the marketplace or against an author’s previous works? It would be impossible to eliminate the impressions left by earlier books, and yet, if an author has achieved greatness in the past, it’s unfair to make her achieve greatness every time. Such is the conundrum facing this reviewer at…
The Sound of Snow is as lovely a story as its name. It is a timeless tale of the miracle of true love which conquers all, heals all, and makes all new again. Add interesting characters, unexpected plot twists, and a touch of the supernatural, and the result is a memorable, feel-good read. Joanna Carew…
Julia Quinn’s How to Marry a Marquis is marvelous entertainment. I haven’t read this author for a couple of years now, and as someone who gave her debut romance, Splendid, DIK status, I’ve shied away from her most recent releases for fear of being disappointed. In the interim, she’s obviously learned more about her craft….
I tried to like this book more than I actually did, truly. I enjoyed the first two books in the Bar Cynster series and expected a good read from this one. I was disappointed. For days I kept putting the book down, and forcing myself to pick it back up, in the hope that it…
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