A marriage of convenience is supposed to be beneficial to both parties. As a marriage in name only, it is supposed to provide not only security, but freedom not normally allowed within the confines of a conventional marriage. Both husband and wife are free to conduct their lives as they wish with no fear of…
This book is like eating a piece of dark chocolate when you are dieting – you know it is not good for you, but you cannot help wolfing it down with guilty pleasure. After swallowing, you feel bad because you didn’t resist the temptation. I have recently suffered through a long streak of prim Regencies,…
It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that I disliked as much as this one. Its only redeeming quality – and this is really stretching it – is that it is rife with pathetically humorous purple prose. Diana Covington, beautiful, young, and nubile, is attacked during a party at her father’s house by…
The plot of The Pretenders is not exactly new. The hero needs to marry to get his inheritance, so he engineers a sham engagement that backfires and turns into a real engagement. We may have read it before, but Joan Wolf makes it a joy to read it again. With her unique first-person style and…
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…
Carolina Rose is an impressive debut for author Tracy Sumner. The hero and heroine were believable and likable, and the circumstances which brought them together worked well for me. There were some problems with the technical aspects of the story, however, that detracted somewhat from my overall enjoyment. Adam Chase has come to the small…
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…
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