The third book in Elizabeth Lowell’s Disputed Lands series, Enchanted rounds out the series with a story as gripping and enjoyable as its prequels, Untamed and Forbidden. Like the other two, I’ve been reading and re-reading this book for several years, yet it never fails to keep me eagerly turning pages to rediscover the beautiful…
Having read and enjoyed Juliana Garnett in the past, I requested this book and looked forward to reading it. This is one author who knows her medieval history, does her homework, and is capable of creating complex characters and interesting plots. A few chapters into The Knight, however, I began to suspect this particular effort…
Irish Hope is the story of a young woman’s search for true love. It would have been nice had the author made better use of the promising setting, but she seemed to settle instead for oft-used plot devices and plenty of predictibility. The Hope in the title is Lady Hope, who, as the book begins,…
I’ve read only one other book by Tamara Leigh and that was Saxon Bride, which I thought was excellent. Her latest effort, Blackheart, is also excellent. Having said that, this book is not for the faint of heart or readers looking for a light and frothy medieval romp. The author poses an impossible and romantically…
Last year I reviewed A Memory of Love by Bertrice Small. While I didn’t recommend it, I was sufficiently intrigued by it that I volunteered to review this one as well. I’m now sorry I did that – I was deeply disappointed by this book. The innocent of the title is Eleanore “Elf” de Montfort,…
Although I can’t quite recommend The Holding, I look forward to checking back on Claudia Dain in a book or two – however long it takes for her to hit on a combination that plays to her considerable strengths as a writer while mitigating the few striking flaws that this book never quite overcame. For…
While reading Susan King’s 2000 release, The Stone Maiden, I fell in love with her lyrical writing and her historical intricacy, and eagerly awaited The Swan Maiden, the next in the series. Fans won’t be disappointed – King’s trademark style and beautifully realized settings are back. However, most will find the heroine a bit difficult…
Silver Wind by Linda Cook sets a rather nice romance against the backdrop of political intrigue and danger in twelfth-century Wales. Although I liked the setting and both protagonists, the serpentine and confusing story ultimately left me a little cold. Adeline is the daughter of a Welsh chieftain, Caerdoc, who has been known to cause…
A Man of Steel is a medieval romance set in northern England in the fourteenth century. Camilla is a widow indebted to the sheriff Godric and she’s promised to marry Godric’s son Risby – sight unseen. Risby is expected to arrive any time, but before he arrives, Godric’s castle gets another visitor, Sir Stevyn Strongbow….
Suzanne Robinson’s latest novel, The Legend, re-introduces us to some familiar characters, namely The Hero Who Can’t Let Himself Love Again and The Heroine Who Is Supposed To Be Intelligent But Is Really A Nitwit, here played by Galen de Marlowe and Honor Jennings. There are admittedly some new twists: He’s clairvoyant and she’s a…
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