Heaven help the woman a Cynster male decides he wants for a wife. Against the Cynster charm and will she doesn’t stand a chance. Although fate plays a heavy hand in all the Cynster books, her machinations are less than subtle in Scandal’s Bride, the latest installment in the Bar Cynster series. Catriona Hennessy is…
When I was bringing my thoughts together to write this review, one word kept insisting it be included. Contrived. That one word summarizes quite neatly what I felt about the plot, the hero and heroine, and the book in general. Friends since childhood, fortuneless Drew and wealthy Harriet were married at seventeen. But Drew left…
The Damsel is the second book in the Bride Quest series, which follows the adventures of three brothers who each must search for and win brides. I have not read The Princess, the first book in the trilogy, but The Damsel stands clearly on its own and I had no problem following what most likely…
OK, so I’m a sucker for reunited lovers. I’m also a sucker for a story where the girl gets the guy she’s always wanted. Then I also love to see an arrogant rogue get what he deserves, whether that’s a comeuppance, or the heroine, or both. My Lord Strangerdelivers all that and more. Harriet, Countess…
With All My Heart is the weakest in the Thorne Brothers trilogy. Its problems permeate all three books to some extent, but they stand out more in novel for some reason. If you’ve read the first two books in this enjoyable series, you’ll want to read this one, which is frankly just slightly better than…
There is something about a romance featuring Scotland or a Scottish protagonist that makes this reviewer rub her hands together in anticipation. The Scotsman’s Bride is a thoroughly enjoyable way to spend an evening Cassandra St. John has just been dropped by her fiance and she truly does not understand why. Ramsay Forbes does; he…
“Oh, no,” I thought, when I got a copy of the uncorrected proofs for Sweeter than Wine. “Here’s a book that wasn’t good enough to be accepted by one of the mainstream publishers, and I have to slog through it.” I have rarely been more delighted to revise my initial impression. This is a marvelous…
This book was not just the king’s pleasure, but mine, too. However, while it is packed with historical detail and is too hot to handle, it is based on a silly Big Misunderstanding, which takes 350 pages to clear up. So, my pleasure was partially spoiled by intermittent grunts of frustration. In the 14th Century,…
Tracy Hill has not been blessed in love. And, during every one of her past eight lives, she has died in some freak accident. In 1320 her beloved accidentally rode her down, on the Titanic she drowned in a beer barrel before the ship even hit the iceberg; and in 1998 greasy fries caused a…
The Bridegroom is a pretty good read, but not as good as it could have been, not as good as it should have been. An intense romance between a revenge-driven hero and an ice princess suffers somewhat from a secondary romance that, while involving on its own, suffers somewhat from its own clichéd conflict. The…
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