Sometimes, the best revolutions are done quietly, without fanfare. Laura Paquet’s Miss Scott Meets Her Match is one such quiet revolution, a traditional Regency Romance that toys with its traditional constraints, while understanding its limits. The author uses some traditional Regency set-ups, but also takes a few liberties, resulting in something that is fresh to…
Metzger’s latest is a very pleasant reading experience. Its charming protagonists are faced with an intriguing quest and are surrounded by engaging supporting players. But though I believed the hero and heroine could love each other and that somewhere along the way they are supposed to have fallen in love, I didn’t really see it…
When I got the list of books to be reviewed, I saw this title and wanted it. I have a weakness for books with an academic setting, and I love heroes who are scholars. The setting of A Scholarly Gentleman is Cambridge, where Lord Jordan DeVaux is a lecturer on astronomy. Add to this, the…
Huzzah and hooray – a really great traditional Regency Romance has arrived, and just in time! Right on the heels of Blythe Barnhill’s report on the gloomy forecast for this genre at the RWA Conference, Elizabeth Powell shows why us die-hard fans are, um, dying so hard in the face of the publishing industry’s fiscal…
While I was gathering names for the If You Like… pages, I ran across the name Diana Brown. A reader recommended Brown if you liked Carla Kelly’sstyle. Having now tried her, I can second that recommendation and would also recommend Brown if you like Joan Wolf. All three of them have written very good character-driven…
In a recent Potpourri Message Board discussion someone asked what trends we’d like to see started. Number one on my list would be something new and fresh in an historical set in the Regency. Yes, the period has been done to death, but I still pick them up and hope the author will make me…
Writing this review was problematical for me. The fact is, I wanted to enjoy The Former Fiancé. I love traditional Regencies and have enjoyed several by Teresa DesJardien in the past. Unfortunately, I did not love this book, and since I also did not hate it, or even dislike it particularly, I found myself in…
The Discarded Duke was a decent story with an interesting setting and sense of place. Butler got caught up in the most common traditional Regency trap, though. She tried to do too much in her book, and the result is several stories that don’t quite feel convincing. Ursula, Lady Roarke is a widow whose gambler…
It’s always wise to be a bit leery when a reviewer compares an author to Georgette Heyer. After all, that particular lady created an entire genre of writing, and her imitators range from the sublime to the ridiculous. But when someone mentions Clare Darcy and Heyer in the same breath, it is for all the…
Wilma Counts’ The Wagered Wife is a rare thing indeed: a big misunderstanding story that actually worked for me. The Honorable Trevor Jeffries lost his twin brother and a friend in a curricle racing accident four months ago. He blames himself bitterly and forswears all equine sports forever, while his siblings try to rouse him…
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