Truth to tell, I’ve only been reading Romance for about eighteen months, so what’s old hat to some is probably new stuff to me. If you’re a longtime Medieval Romancer, you’ve probably read variations on the William the Conqueror theme countless times; if you’re new to medievals, as I am, this subject is still pretty…
Jayne Ann Krentz has been a favorite author of mine for years, both as Jayne, and as her historical alter ego, Amanda Quick. I love her heroes . They like to think they’re alpha but the heroines always know they’re putty in their dainty little hands. Affair wasn’t necessarily disappointing because an Amanda Quick book…
I read this book a few days ago, and have been struggling with how I felt about it ever since. Did I like it? Did I hate it? I wavered and wiggled and wrote a review that waffled as well. So here’s how I outsmarted my own subconscious. I asked myself, if you were my…
Seven. What makes an ordinary number like seven so, well, magical? The seventh son of a seventh son was enchanted. Seven brothers wed seven brides. Seven magnificent men fought for the right. And, a lost princess was given sanctuary by seven diminutive miners. Bonded in some way – often as brothers – seven stalwart males…
If you want a fast paced novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat, don’t bother with this one. But if you enjoy a leisurely book that captures the life of a bygone time, you will probably enjoy Then Came Heaven. This is LaVyrle Spencer’s last novel and I am going to miss…
Unforgiven is the second in a series about four friends from the army. The first book in this series was Indiscreet, which I enjoyed very much. I bought this one with a feeling of pleasant anticipation since Mary Balogh is one of my favorite authors. I was very disappointed. Unforgiven begins with Kenneth Woodfall, Earl…
The first chapters of A Rose in Winter held a lot of promise. The foundation was laid for a very interesting tale and I began to feel I had really found something. But as the story unfolded, the promise went unfulfilled. The final result is a good story that is flawed for three reasons: an…
My Darling Kate is one big misunderstanding on top of itself, and yet it is a thoroughly engaging read. It all begins when Katherine Shaw arrives at Chesapeake Bay to marry Nicholas Talbot. Unfortunately, Nicholas thinks it is his sweet Alyssa who will be arriving – Katherine is her older sister. While the reality is…
The deBurgh Brideis a medieval romance, the sequel to Taming the Wolf, and it tells the tale of Elene Fitzhugh and Geoffrey de Burgh. Geoffrey wins Elene’s hand by being the de Burgh brother who draws the shortest straw. The fact that Elene is forced to marry by the King’s decree after murdering her first…
I’m warning you, Patterns of Love is the worst kind of Romance. What, you say? Why, you ask? To begin with, there’s not one arrogant rogue, no heaving bosoms, no dysfunctional lust-crazed step-cousins lurking in the shadows bent on ravaging our feisty heroine, no forced seductions (ok, my favorite kind), nor any characters named Quirt…
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