Red, Red Rose is set primarily in Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars. With its rich historical and military detail, it is somewhat reminiscent of Mary Jo Putney’s Shattered Rainbows. It has an exciting sub-plot involving spies and treason, and it’s quite a good read. The only problem is that the romance too often takes a…
Wow! Who could have known that greased pig races, astronomy and romance could mix so well? Geralyn Dawson threw these seemingly unrelated subjects together and whipped up a story that sent me into fits of laughter. It’s not just a funny story, however. The Kissing Stars is a book about second chances, and the lessons…
There aren’t many books that haunt me days after I’ve finished them but Red, Red Rose did just that. It is a powerful and heart-rending story that’s not easily forgotten. I also tore my hair out trying to rate it because the beginning and end of the story are desert isle keeper material; unfortunately, the…
There were enough good things and bad things about A Fire in Heaven that balanced this book out to a perfect C for me. While some of the characterizations were well done, others weren’t. And while the book starts and ends well, there’s too much padding inbetween. Kira Scottney is the bastard child of Nicholas…
While reading Untamed Heart by Judy Veisel, something unexpected happened. I was only a few chapters in when I began to feel a friendship forming between myself and Caro, the heroine. I liked her. I cared about her. She was strong, resilient, capable of killing if necessary, but at the same time had flaws and…
Heather Graham has another winner in this, the latest chapter in the saga of the McKenzies, a Florida family whose loyalties are torn and tested during the Civil War. It came very close to being a Desert Isle Keeper for me; only the ending really spoiled it. Dr. Julian McKenzie leads his patrol of Confederate…
Heather Graham is a new-to-me author that I’ve heard much about but have never gotten around to reading. Glory is the sequel to Surrender, which I have not read. If I had, perhaps I would’ve had a better understanding of the events that took place in Glory, but, unfortunately, I was lost through most of…
Kentucky Dream is one of the inexpensive Precious Gem Romances, available only at Wal-Mart. In a sense, the old adage, you get what you pay for, applies here. It has an interesting setting, but it’s a short book – about 250 pages. The last half of the book isn’t bad, but the first half is…
At first, I rolled my eyes. Simon de Burgh seems to be cut straight from the mold of grunting alpha male. First impressions can be deceiving though, can they not? Simon may have started out as a grunting alpha male in Robber Bride, but it didn’t last long, and his change in attitude is gradual…
Before you all tar and feather me, please hear me out. I know this is a Julie Garwood Scots romance (her best sub-genre, in my mind) and we have all been waiting for this book for a long time (what was that For the Roses series about, anyway?). She can do no wrong in our…
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