This book was okay – The heroine was okay, the hero was okay, the secondary characters were okay, the story was okay. Did it touch this reviewer’s soul? No. Amelia Ralston has been in love with her neighbor, Crispin Merrick, for most of her life. Their families have been neighbors since they were children. As…
Are you familiar with the children’s book Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan? In it, Sarah answers an ad to become the wife of a widower and mother to his two children. She asks for a trial period and will make her decision whether or not to marry him after that time. It is…
When I first finished reading this book, I decided I’d give it no lower a grade than C. But reflection leads me to concede that this book worked hard for the D I’m finally awarding it. Grayson St. Cyre, Baron Cliffe, is invaded by his two dotty aunts and their “valet” Jack, who turns out…
I had completely given up on Catherine Coulter’s recent books, but I couldn’t resist a book bringing back my favorite Coulter family, the Sherbrookes. I really should have known better. Screechy women, rapid-fire dialogue and a very thin plot made this difficult to get through. Winifrede Levering Bascombe (Freddie) begins her story tied to a…
Only With You is not really a story about two people who fall in love. Rather, it’s a story about a heroine who thinks she’s in love with her best friend’s fiance‚ until the second to last chapter, and a hero who finally tells the heroine he loves her on the last line of the…
Eagle is a fast-paced page-turner with a willful heroine who truly meets her match in hero Gold Eagle. Although the bad guys are under developed, the strong plot, dramatic tension, and truly black final climax make Eagle an exciting read. Privileged Mallory Tompkins is determined to overcome the sexism that prevents her from being taken…
There are two reviews of this book. I’m not really sure why this anthology was published. All of these stories have appeared in anthologies before. If you have read A Regency Valentine, Dashing and Dangerous, or Rakes and Rogues, then you have already read one or more of these stories. That being said, three of…
There’s something about Scottish historicals that just seems to take hold of the imagination, and the heart. Maybe it’s the men and women, or the brogue we can hear in our heads while we’re reading. Maybe it’s Scotland’s rich history that casts a spell over the reader. Whatever it is, Tanya Anne Crosby’s book, On…
There are two reviews of this book. Let the reader beware! All the stories in Captured Hearts have been printed in earlier anthologies. So if you are a reader of anthologies, you might want to check the fine print at the beginning. That said, the stories in Captured Hearts were all new to me and…
Beginning with a scene in which Claire DePeche is accused of being a witch by her mother-in-law, then turned out of her home by her conniving brother-in-law after the death of her husband, Lord of Compton Castle, Dangerous Gifts begins with a wallop. In order to save the life of her young son, Claire relinquishes…
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