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…
Everyone knows the legend of King Arthur, the once and future king, who will rise again to defend Britain. Here there is a twist. The Britain of the legend is Wales, and when Arthur returns he is reborn as a woman – or so the Welsh rebels think. Aidan de Brice, the Scourge of Wales,…
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…
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:…
Donall the Bold is the laird of the MacLean clan, which shares the island of Doon with the MacInnes clan. When his sister-in-law, Lileas MacInnes, is murdered, Donall is blamed (entirely without evidence) by the MacInnesses for her death. He is kidnapped by the MacInnesses, who intend to torture and kill him. Donall is enraged….
Have you heard the one about the big, bad lord of the castle whose name strikes fear in the heart of every man, woman or child that hears it, and has his servants avoiding him like the plague? That is, of course, until the lovely and feisty heroine shows up and realizes he’s nothing more…
Saving Grace is probably my favorite Julie Garwood book. That being said, I thought she gave the subject of abuse a pretty light treatment. It worked for Garwood. It wouldn’t have worked for many others. Which is why I began Once Forbidden with some hope. Terri Brisbin’s heroine endures a hellish wedding night with an…
If you like your history light, your characters amusing, and a nice story to just put a smile on your face, then you’ll enjoy the latest offering by Kinley MacGregor. Tired of watching their husbands, sons, and brothers die in a feud between their clans, the women of the MacAllisters and the MacDouglases have revolted….
The blurb on the back of this debut novel tells the reader “fans of Kathleen Woodiwiss will love this. Fans of Stephanie Laurens will love this.” Possibly. But the two sentences are confusing. Woodiwiss’ level of tortured angst is far beyond this one and Laurens is a bit too light. If anything The Lily and…
Heart of a Lion is a throwback of a romance, an old-fashioned book with flowery narration and a larger than life hero and heroine. Although the first half of the book is almost fatally slow, the pace picks up in the second half and brings the book to a satisfying climax. Isabeau de Lyon is…
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