Lady Gallant by Suzanne Robinson very much changed the way I look at romance novels. Tautly crafted, well researched and psychologically riveting, this book knocked my socks off. Be forewarned, however; this is no hearts and flowers love story. It is tense, gritty, but ultimately a very satisfying read. Part of the reason I love…
I reviewed Lynna Banning’s debut romance, Western Rose, last year. I enjoyed it and found the author was able to interest me in a sub-genre that generally is not my forte, the Western. I also enjoyed the social issues that Ms. Banning was able to weave throughout that book without seeming at all preachy. Ms….
Reading Lyon’s Gift reminded me of the old Certs commercial – you know the one, “Certs is two, two, two mints in one”. This book is really two books in one. The one I preferred was the hilarious romp about a beautiful Highlands girl, the lamb she pretended was her grandminnie, and the Englishman who…
The Thorn and the Thistle is wonderful entertainment. If you like romances that are well-written, exciting, and set in the Highlands, I’d like to recommend this book to you. It may not be filled with hidden levels and deep meaning, but it’s a heck of a good story and I’m about to glom Julie Moffett….
Just Once tells the tale of Jemma O’Hurley, who switches identities on a rainy New Orleans night rather than enter into an arranged marriage with a man she’s never met. Wanting desperately to experience something of life, she begins her adventure by running down outdoorsman Hunter Boone, and convinces him to take her up river,…
Too much of the world figures those with special needs and challenges are of no earthly good to humanity. If we simply ignore them, they will go away. That’s how it was with Jess Best; everybody in town had written him off as simple. My best friend’s parents have adopted two Down’s Syndrome children who…
I first picked this book up at a used-book store and thought “Omigod, what a lousy cover!” I’m glad I didn’t judge the book by the cover, for this book is surely keeper material. A Rose at Midnight begins with cook Ghislaine de Lorgny planning the murder of her employer’s unscrupulous rakehell cousin, Nicholas Blackthorne….
The opening of Falcon and the Sword is one of the most powerful I have read, and the ending is one of the most poignant. What’s in-between, however, falls short of the exciting beginning and is certainly not nearly as touching as the conclusion. At the beginning, there is Bron, a Templar Knight, a warrior…
It’s at times like this that I wish The Romance Reader gave plus and minus ratings (see note at end of review), because Secret Thunder is surely more than a three, but somewhat less than a four. I am therefore giving this book a qualified 4-heart rating because the author has built in enough unique…
Wild Dream is a romantic comedy of some charm, set in a mythical New Mexico town shortly after the Civil War. Alice Duncan’s flair for slapstick and clever comedy comes on too strong for the first part of the book, but then settles down to create some delightful romance between Adelaide Blewitt (pronounce her last…
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