Ever picked up a book you just could not get into? No matter how hard you tried, no matter how many efforts you made, it just never happened? Well, this is the problem I had with Til There Was You. If I hadn’t made the personal commitment to read this book in order to review…
Celeste De Blasis was ahead of her time in her portrayal of strong romantic heroines who took control of their own lives and demanded equal footing with their men. Give Heather from (Kathleen Woodiwiss’) The Flame & the Flower her due, but she would have been knocked on her butt by any of De Blasis’…
At the age of four, Decker Thorne was separated from his two brothers when he was adopted from a London orphanage by a pair of engaging pickpockets. Handsome and charming, roguish Decker has learned his con-artist tricks well, and because of these talents is inadvertently reunited with his long-lost older brother. (Colin’s story, My Steadfast…
I have read, and loved, almost everything Jo Goodman has written. As far as I’m concerned, My Steadfast Heart is her best yet. The handsome Thorne brothers, Colin, Decker, and baby Greydon, are orphaned one dark night when the carriage in which their family is traveling is set upon by thieves. Their parents are murdered….
I wanted to like Texas Lucky by Maggie James. The cover of the book alone is sublime. Also, it sounded like my kind of story. Cowboy romances are among my favorites, and this one seemed to fit the bill. Set in the Southwest and Texas sometime vaguely after the Civil War, it is about a…
The first book I ever read by Julie Garwood was The Bride. Well, I loved it so much that subsequent couples paled when compared to Jamie and Alec. Until now . . . It’s England, 1066, and by now you know what that means. Lady Nicholaa, a Saxon, is defending her home against Baron Royce,…
I don’t get a chance to eat out at elegant restaurants much, so when I go, I invariably choose a dish I’ve had before. I don’t want to waste my time, dollars, and calories on a meal I’ve never tried and that I might not like. Then I’d be disappointed and wish I hadn’t experimented….
Have you ever wished for something to be true so much that you convinced yourself it was, even though all signs pointed to the contrary? This is what happens to the heroine in Julia London’s The Devil’s Love. Abbey Carrington has convinced herself that Michael Ingram, Marquis of Darfield, has been waiting years to marry…
If I could distill what it is that makes some heroines come across as warm, lovable and kind while others with very similar characteristics come across as fluffy girls, I’d bottle and sell it. Abigail Carrington in The Devil’s Love is the kind of heroine I love and she is the best thing in the…
Raised in the Colonies, Caroline Richmond’s first significant act upon her return to England is to single-handedly come to the rescue of a dandy who has been set upon by thugs. She shoots two of the bandits while the injured gentleman whimpers and whines inside his carriage – he has been wounded in an anatomically…
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