This story is a departure from Ms. Stuart’s previous works. The hero was not as tortured, and there was almost a light-hearted tone throughout the story. Maybe the term would be dim, not dark, but not truly light either. Nicholas Strangefellow is not what he seems. The King’s Fool is anything but, and his surname…
I was never much of a history student. Dry textbooks just didn’t hold my interest. Because of my love for adventure, intrigue and romance, much of what I’ve learned about medieval England has been gleaned from historical romances. I believe Roberta Gellis is one of the best at producing vivid and accurate portrayals of history….
I love Christmas anthologies. When done well, each story gives me a little bit of Christmas cheer, a little love and laughter, the warm fuzzies, if you will. There’s nothing sweeter than falling in love at Christmas, even if it’s only vicariously.
The Black Knight is like a window to the past. Not to medieval times, but to the 1970s – when the prose dripped with purple, and the hero and heroine vowed to hate each other forever but hopped into bed two sentences later. Romance has long since moved past these conventions, but someone forgot to…
The Baron is an ambitious project, based on an idea that’s so good I don’t know why no one ever thought of it before. Tré Devaux is the Norman baron of Brayeton. The avaricious King John seizes his lands on a pretext because he (rightly) doubts Tré’s loyalty. The King appoints Tré to the lesser…
I love nothing more than what people call a “hidden treasure” – a book, movie, singer, actor, what have you, that not many people know about but that I cherish. This author’s Gather the Stars, is one such book for me – one of those perfect, tortured love stories that makes me cheer at the…
She’s come a long way, baby! That’s the first thought I had when I began reading His Wicked Ways. I first read and reviewed Samantha James in 1996. The book was Just One Kiss and while it featured some deft characterizations, it also featured angry, manipulative sex, as well as very cruel behavior toward the…
The conquering dark Norman warrior marrying the fair Saxon maiden by order of the King is not a new story, and despite a plot that could have come alive, this book sinks under leaden characters and much predictability. The story opens with William the Conqueror plotting to marry one of his knights to the heiress…
Claire Delacroix built her Bride Quest trilogy around three brothers and their individual attempts to find brides. In the third of these books, The Heiress, Rowan, the last unmarried of the three, attempts to win his brothers’ dare and marry the wealthiest heiress in Ireland before the Yule. The fact that Rowan lives in France…
Dawnflight tells the story of how Guinevere and Arthur met. Only this isn’t the Guinevere of legend. She is Gyanhumara (Gyan), the chieftainess of a fierce Pictish clan. Unlike the Brytoni women, Gyan wears clan tattoos and knows how to use a sword. To fulfill a treaty, Gyan must marry Urien, the son of a…
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