Border Bride

Deborah Hale’s Border Bride takes place along the border of Wales and England during the Crusades, Conwy ap Ifan is returning home after 13 years spent as a warrior in the Holy Land. Although happy to see his homeland, Con is there with another agenda. He is to speak with the Welsh lords on behalf…

My Hero

I was absolutely charmed by Glynnis Campbell’s novella in last year’s A Knight’s Vow anthology, so I was eager to try her writing in longer form. While My Hero is not the worst book I’ve ever read, it was something of a let down. It features a priest hero with whom I was never quite…

Tempt Me With Kisses

There’s nothing tempting about Tempt Me With Kisses, at least at first glance. The cover is an ugly dried-blood color with an annoying half-unclad couple on it (the man has snaps on his shirt!), and the back blurb talks about bold warriors and flame-haired Scottish lasses. Ho-hum. But if you avert your eyes from the…

Black Lion’s Bride

Timing is everything. Just ask all those television/movie producers who postponed something because of September 11. Ms. St. John might have the same concern with Black Lion’s Bride. The book is set in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1192 and involves a Middle Eastern assassin determined to kill King Richard to stop his Crusade in…

Knight Triumphant

When I was about sixteen, I had a friend who ran away from home. Life there had become unbearable, so she decided to leave. Everybody was asleep. She crept out into the night and began walking. When she got about half-a-mile from home, she stopped and looked around. She began to think. She had no…

Wild and Wicked

So, you want to be a romance writer? Here are a couple of questions to see if you have what it takes. 1) You are a young, beautiful lady of noble birth. You are in charge. You are broke. Your people are starving and very sick. You must marry, but you refuse all suitors because:…

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