If I had to choose one word to describe Saving Lord Verwood, that word would be “odd.” It’s odd at the beginning, blissfully normal in the middle, and terribly, terribly odd at the end. Because I enjoyed parts of it, I found it more difficult to assign a grade than to summarize the book in…
The stories in Wedding Belles all end with a marriage – not exactly the most original romance anthology theme, but I love Regency anthologies, and opened this one with pleasure and anticipation that for the most part was fulfulled.
Donna Simpson is one Regency author I try to keep up with. Most of her books are still in my tbr pile, but I keep glomming because I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve read. Her latest release, Lord Pierson Reforms, wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t truly inspiring either. The heroine is intriguing, but the hero is…
This book isn’t perfect, but it’s different. I picked it up after reading the back cover because it sounded interesting. It’s actually nothing like the back cover, which makes the book sound like a single love story. There are actually two romances for the price of one here, and both get equal weight and time….
As any fan of the Regency period (or at least of Regency novels) knows, an unattached young woman with a fortune is a tempting lady indeed. More than aware of this appeal and firm in the belief that Lady Emily can’t be trusted to find her own husband without being taken in by fortune hunters,…
The Reluctant Husband features some wonderful characters and an interesting story. Several plot points seem to lead to a conflict, but they peter out. Rather than conflict and resolution, the book simply drifts to its ending. As Mr. Marchmont plays cards with his good friend the Marquess of Dacre, he listens to his worries about…
A Secret Passion is one of the better Regency debuts I’ve read recently. I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece or proclaim Sophia Nash to be the next diamond of the first water, but it’s a solidly interesting read. Jane Lovering arrives on her aunt’s doorstep in Pembroke with little more than her mare and the…
Having read a couple of Stephanie Laurens’ novels a while back, I figured I knew what to expect with her most recent release, The Ideal Bride. So I was surprised to find such a slow-moving and uncompelling novel from such a well-known and experienced, if predictable, author. Michael Anstruther-Weatherby (an in-law of Laurens’ infamous Cynsters)…
Seeing a Regency Romance with the title The Madcap Marriage, one might logically expect a light and funny farce like those Barbara Metzger writes so well. But if a reader buys Lane’s latest thinking to settle down and laugh, she’ll be very disappointed. This is a dark and often violent book with characters who are…
Over the course of a long career, the late Elizabeth Mansfield wrote over thirty books, some of which could be characterized as great. Unfortunately, An Encounter With Venus doesn’t touch greatness. With a hero and heroine who never really come alive to the reader, as well as a plot that sags in the middle, the…
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