A Dark Champion is the first full-length story in Kinley MacGregor’s new Brotherhood of the Sword series. It looks like the series technically began with the novella Midsummer Knight in the Where’s My Hero? anthology, although several characters from some of the author’s other earlier books are mentioned in this one too. However this book…
In Camelot’s Shadow is not a relaxing read. I was sitting on the edge of my seat for most of this book wondering how the lead characters could possibly prevail over the evil they had to overcome. I also have a confession: I really don’t know the “true” telling of Camelot. The last Camelot story…
His Bonnie Bride, originally released in 1988 under the title Amber Flame, is a good read in many respects. The plot and characters are strong and likable for the most part – particularly the heroine – and it is a very absorbing tale. The fast pace of the story ensures that boredom never sets in…
Sometimes it’s hard to predict whether any single element in a story is going to be a deal-breaker or a deal-maker; you just have to read the book to find out. The intense, almost violent, nature of the sexual relationship between the hero and heroine almost ruined this one for me, but Kinsale managed to…
The bloody Border feuds between the English and the Scots are both terrible and fascinating. But while many have written about them, few books give much consideration to the human side of the brutality marking Border life hundreds of years ago. In The Linnet, Elizabeth English brings this time and place to life, showing both…
Many books feature characters who remind us of ourselves or of people we know. They think like us (even if they are, in fact, wearing the garb of another era) and they act much like us. Every now and again, though, an author does a truly excellent job of creating a different world and filling…
It was sheer coincidence that the last book I read from my TBR pile before reading this one was A Kiss to Die For, a Western also by Claudia Dain. Reading the books back-to-back was an interesting experience, and it certainly cemented my favorable opinion of Ms. Dain’s storytelling prowess and skill for characterization. Neither…
Wicked Charms is well-titled: the first word that springs to mind to describe it is charming. It is the story of a man and a woman, both of whom are willing to marry without love in order to gain a castle. Aiden Brinlaw is one of the most lovable rogues I’ve had the pleasure to…
The year is 1120, and Sabin FitzSimon is in trouble again. The bastard son of a noble English family, Sabin is a wild and reckless young man whose latest escapade has resulted in the death of an innocent. Since his bad reputation is about to affect the fortunes of his legitimate half-siblings, his family hastily…
Don’t you love it when you pick up a book, and it turns out to be an unexpectedly delightful surprise? That was my experience with Taming the Scotsman. Eleanor (Nora) ingen Alexander is desperate. Betrothed to Ryan MacAren, a man she doesn’t love, she seeks out Ewan MacAllister, a man universally feared. When Nora finds…
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