His Conquest by Diana Cosby

His Conquest by Diana Cosby

His Conquest is an ambitious novel. The setup is rife for conflict, both internal and external. Unfortunately while the premise is good and the prose is not terrible, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The year is 1297 and Seathan MacGruder has been imprisoned and tortured by Linet Dancourt’s brother and is due…

A Knight’s Enchantment

As books go, A Knight’s Enchantment is fairly typical option in the medieval genre. The plot is based on a Semi-Big Misunderstanding, the very average characters never truly caught my attention, and I left the book feeling slightly relieved that I was finally done reading it. Joanna of Glastonbury is an alchemist whose father is…

Betrayed by Claire Robyns

Betrayed was both a hard book for me to read and a hard one for me to grade. With leads who tend toward feistiness and a mind-numbing overusage of Scots dialect, I found it difficult to read at times. And, since I loved the time period and found the history here fascinating, I have to…

Breath of Heaven

When a somewhat rakish knight travels to a faraway castle to answer a summons, repay a debt of honor, rescue a damsel in distress, and fall in love in the bargain, what do you get? Well, funny you should ask. On the surface, it all sounds promising, but then I started reading. Breath of Heaven…

Desiring the Highlander

It’s tough to read a book when you feel that the story is solid and could be really, really interesting, but the storytelling just isn’t there. For me, that basically sums up Michele Sinclair’s Desiring the Highlander. The storytelling keeps what might have been a good book from being a memorable experience. Cole McTeirnay (yes,…

The Highlander’s Sword

The Highlander’s Sword started off well, but quickly spiraled down into an extremely frustrating read centered on my least favorite plot device: the Big Misunderstanding. Aila Graham has been destined for the church since she was a child and expects no more out of life. Suddenly her father, the laird of her clan, demands that…

Viking in Love by Sandra Hill

Sandra Hill may have changed publishers, but one thing certainly hasn’t altered: When you open a book by the author, you know exactly what you’re going to get.  Her books are broad, ribald jokes. And completely and totally over the top in every way possible. This one sticks entirely to the author’s formula – which…

Scoundrel’s Kiss

Ever since I read What a Scoundrel Wants, I’ve been wanting to see what happened to the heroine’s horrid sister, Ada. In Scoundrel’s Kiss, Ada, our villain, shows a more nuanced side and gets a story of her own that features a fantastic web of plot and some of the morally intriguing characters I’m starting…

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