The holiday season is a stressful time for women. We plan elaborate celebrations and extravagant gifts and then work ourselves like crazy to make it all festive. That is why I love Thanksgiving. Even though it too can be a ludicrous amount of work, if you let the purpose of the holiday sink in at…
One of the things that attracted me to historicals when I first began reading romance was the amount of history I learned. Sometimes I knew more at the end of a novel than I knew at the end of a college course about the exact same subject. While those days are gone now in terms…
There’s nothing more deflating than reading a series and getting to the book with a favorite character who has peeked in and out of the previous books and have the book not live up to your expectations. That’s how I felt when I finished The Survivor. In the first book in the series, The Caregiver,…
I think confidence is the new feisty. It is okay to doubt yourself to an extent, to not be so confident you come across as obnoxiously full of yourself, but a woman is expected to have faith in her own self-worth these days. The whole confidence game snuck up on me; I wasn’t aware of…
This novel should have had all the elements of a success. The author, well known and very experienced, has written several books that are favorites of mine. I often love what she does with words. And the biblical story of Esther has room for plenty of romance and adventure. Yet, even with all of this,…
Syrup is wonderful on pancakes and waffles, but when it seeps into a romance, it doesn’t take much for it to become cloying. Andrews’ newest reeks of sweetness to the point that readers may feel as if they are drowning in syrup. This feeling begins with the cover which completely fits the book’s content. After…
Sir Walter Scott said it best when he told us: Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. It is especially tangled when we practice a near impossible deception. And when the deception can carry ruin for all involved if it is ever leaked. All Lady Nicole Beaumont wants is…
At the end of this book, I reread the title and wondered why anyone would call Kit, the main male character, a rogue. He might be many things, but there isn’t an ounce of roguishness in him. Instead, the title of this Christian Regency should be something akin to Saving the Spy because Chase explores…
I enjoyed reading Heart of Stone, so I very much looked forward to reading the next book in Jill Marie Landis’ trilogy about sisters separated in childhood finding love and possibly reuniting. However, as I read Heart of Lies, it just didn’t grab me. Stylistically, the writing was strong as ever, but something about this…
If you had asked me which book was my most hotly anticipated of the year I would probably have answered this one. No other author has done such an outstanding job of combining the feel of the 1940’s, the heroism of our fighting men, and the courage of the women on the home front with…
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