I’ve always liked Whitney, My Love. But recently, it has become a very guilty pleasure – kind of like buying a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and eating it in one sitting. In the years that I have been on line, I have seen it discussed countless times, and it comes up every so often…
The first line of A Prudent Match is: “Do you William Ledbetter, take this woman for your lawful wedded wife?” You know what that means don’t you? It means a marriage of convenience. When I read the first page of a Regency Romance and find wedding vows, I can’t help smiling. Unfortunately A Prudent Match…
A Prudent Match began promisingly. It’s a marriage of convenience story (always a favorite of mine), the hero and heroine William, Baron Ledbetter and Prudence Stockworth are both nice as can be and the main problem in the book – Prudence’s terror of sex – is one that is not treated frankly in most Regency…
You say you’re a reader who doesn’t enjoy sequels with the main characters from one book playing a significant role in another? Make an exception for Brighton Honeymoon, Sheri Cobb South’s delightful follow-up to last year’s The Weaver Takes a Wife. Ethan Brundy and his bride Lady ‘elen are back, and all they want is…
The Secret Pearl is a book that grips you by the throat from the very first scene, and never lets you go until the end. The first chapter of this book is utterly shocking. A man we have barely met hires a prostitute we know nothing about for a night of his pleasure. As we…
I love history (especially social history) and I like my historical and Regency romances to be accurate. If a book uses too-modern phrases or if a character’s title is given wrong, I have been known to brood as I read the book. But given the choice between a book that is historically accurate but shallow…
How do you feel about romance novels where one of the parties is in disguise? Stephanie Lauren’s A Secret Love has two distinct parts. In the first part, which lasts for about two hundred pages, hero, Gabriel Bar Cynster falls in love with a mysterious disguised woman, who is, in reality, an old friend, Lady…
Edith Wharton once said that people want a sad story with a happy ending. I love these kinds of stories which explains why I enjoyed this book. The Major’s Mistake is nothing short of gut-wrenching and I mean that in the best way possible. The book opens with an awful scene of sexual molestation. Newly…
Barbara Metzger is a hit-or-miss author. At best, her Regencies are sparkling little gems full of sly humor and fun wordplay. At worst, they’re silly and contrived, with tiresome puns and labored jokes. This book falls somewhere in between. Galen Woodrow, Lord Woodbridge, has been dumped unceremoniously at the altar by the beautiful but flighty…
Buried Secrets is close to being a really good read, but its promising beginning makes the disappointing end all the more frusterating. The hero is a somewhat tormented man who changes in a believable way during the course of the book, and he shares some great chemistry with the heroine. There is also a fun…
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