After reading and enjoying the previous book in this series, A Bride for Lord Wickton, I was looking forward to its sequel. Although I wished for a little more depth in the other book, I did find it charming and enjoyable. Not so with the third installment. Phillip Marrow, Lord Brasleigh, is the least sympathetic…
When you read a book like The Spanish Bride you realize how essential a good conflict is to a romance. Everyone wants the hero and heroine to love each other, but if there is no realistic threat to them or any particular reason for them to be apart, then there’s no story. Spanish condesa Carmen…
I was rather intrigued by the premise of The Daring Miss Lassiter. I thought that there was a fair bit of possibility in this impersonation story, and was looking forward to discovering how Stewart would tell her tale. Unfortunately, some very unlikely plot twists and a lack of chemistry between the lead characters made this…
Try this on for an opening sentence: “I should have known there was something wrong the day we arrived at Bryce House and all the servants left the premises at dusk.” I just love it. You know exactly where you stand, with an opening like that – right in the middle of a true-blue Gothic….
You know, I finished this anthology a few days ago and I can barely recall a thing about any of the three stories. In a way that’s good, because it means none of them was so horrible that it stands out in my mind. But it also means that none of them was special enough…
After reading The Demon’s Mistress I knew I wanted to read the next two stories in this series about three friends named George. In this book, we’re introduced to a man in a desperate situation and the woman he believes is the solution to his problems. He soon realizes, however, that things are not all…
Blessing in Disguise is Jenna Mindel’s debut book, and any time I read a debut I always hope I am discovering the next star in the Regency sky. Well, not this time. This book starts poorly, and though it makes up some ground in the middle, it basically descends into kitchen sink plotting by the…
Having enjoyed Barbara Metzger’s Cupboard Kisses, I was eager to try The Painted Lady. Sadly, despite an utterly wonderful beginning, it lacks nearly all of its predecessor’s charm and substitutes in its place implausible situations and kitchen-sink plotting. The Duke of Caswell has a deep, dark secret. He likes to paint – especially ladies in…
Some time ago I pulled a box of my old romances – mostly Regencies – out of storage. I have been sorting through them, reading some, skimming others, trying to decide what was worth holding onto. Unfortunately, it appears that my taste has changed rather drastically in the past fifteen years. Many of these old…
A Season For Scandal is a reissue of two of Stephanie Laurens’ regency romances from early 90s. Sensually, they are much tamer than her later full-length historicals, but her prose is already polished and very readable. I have the feeling that these books make it or break it depending on your taste in heroes. If…
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