Stranger in My Arms starts with a wonderful premise. A not-much-beloved husband comes back from the dead, changed. His title is restored, his fortune on the mend, the only thing left is to woo his wife – a wife who does not have many fond memories of him, having married him for practical reasons and…
Now here’s a book you can’t judge by its cover, or rather, by its title. Yes, it’s about desire, more like ire and desire. . . The story starts with a beating, the one of a mother before the eyes of her daughter; the ultimate test of power of a greedy, blood thirsty 12th Century,…
Retired Air Force Colonel Merline Lovelace is quite prolific, writing full-length suspense, contemporary, series, and historical romance. Until now, my favorite book by her was the medieval, Lady’s Ransom. What struck me so much about that book was the sense of honor and responsibility the hero and heroine felt, and the fact that neither whined,…
The first book I read by Jo Beverley was The Shattered Rose. I loved it, and was hoping Lord of Midnight would be as good. I was not disappointed, and you won’t be either; this is a first-class read. Ms. Beverley really knows how to tell a story, how to keep a reader interested, and…
I was really tempted to give this book an A. I really wanted to – still want to – but I am truly trying to be much pickier. I feel that with almost everything I read now, I need to consider certain points for reviewing. As a result, I’m honestly compelled to give this book…
Although I have several favorite romance novels by writers ranging, alphabetically, from Mary Balogh to Joan Wolf, I’ve chosen one by Eva Ibbotson as my all-time desert isle “keeper” because she seems to be a writer often overlooked by many romance readers — and one that they very well might enjoy as much as I…
The Plain People are a religious group, similar to the Amish or the Mennonites. A member of their sect, “Plain” Rachel Yoder, lives peacefully on her Montana ranch, tending to her sheep and enjoying her “straight and narrow” way of life. She is not truly happy, though, and every time she looks at her ten-year-old…
(Sigh) Gosh, I don’t know…this is one of those books that’s hard to review, because there are probably many readers who will like this book a lot, probably better than I did. Not that I didn’t like it; I did. The Drifter is very well written – beautiful imagery, vivid descriptions of the Northwest and…
I like an author that knows her audience is intelligent. Judith Ivory writes elegantly and is not afraid to use larger words. She writes like she knows we can understand the more complicated phrases, like she knows we can hold an idea in our heads for longer than a page. Sleeping Beauty, although slightly complicated…
When I think of Ireland, I think of a land full of history and magic. I think of centuries full of tradition and folk tales. Magic is a book that brings all of these things to life. Ireland is overrun by wealthy English landowners that want nothing more of their Irish land dwellers than more…
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