Regency Romance

  • Lady Sparrow

    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…

  • A Scholarly Gentleman

    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…

  • A Reckless Bargain

    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…

  • The Emerald Necklace

    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…

  • The Former Fiance

    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…

  • Allegra

    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…

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