In the opening scene of Miss Haycroft’s Suitors, Justin Fairfax, Earl of Rocheford enters an empty church. Upon spying Anne Haycroft asleep in a pew, he impulsively kisses her on the cheek. Then, to keep her from crying out, he kisses her on the mouth. Apologizing for his impulse, he introduces himself. As they converse…
Griffin Darrowby is thinks himself cold-hearted and scheming – after all, that’s what his father raised him to be. So when faced with bankruptcy, he makes a calculated decision: it’s time to woo and marry a rich widow. And that’s what might have happened, if he hadn’t stumbled over what he thought was a water…
Take a widower Earl with two young daughters; a lovely, sexy, widow Lady and her young, klutzy sister; stir in a Big Misunderstanding; pour them into a bucolic setting, and you have a recipe for another Regency Romance. Bland? Could be, but this one isn’t, due to sympathetic characters who are truly good people, and…
The Diabolical Baron was Mary Jo Putney’s first book, and while it lacks the depth and sensuality of such later novels as Shattered Rainbows and One Perfect Rose, it is still quite an achievement. Although Putney has rewritten several of her Regency Romances, The Diabolical Baron has been reissued in its original form. To me…
Miss Treadwell’s Talent is a talent for finding things and people, which is what she spends most of the book doing, under the disapproving eye of Socrates, Earl of Hyatt. On the plus side, this book has an interesting, likable heroine and is often laugh-out-loud funny. Unfortunately the behavior of the hero mars what would…
When I found out that Midnight Waltz was a Regency with Gothic overtones, I couldn’t wait to read it. Especially when I found out it was in the first person. However, the heroine suffered from a problem common to many Gothic heroines – she often distrusted the hero without good reason. While the unease created…
A hero who is older and jaded – who does not believe in love. A heroine who is a fresh out of the schoolroom innocent, who is about to get a painful lesson in life. Does this sound like anything we have heard before? Jane’s father has gambled away everything – their family home, her…
One of the great taboos in romance novels is adultery. Many readers simply refuse to bother with a book in which it is featured. While I am not fond of adultery in a book, I am loathe to tie an author’s hands – especially an author like Mary Balogh who has made a specialty of…
I can best describe Siege of Hearts as a Cinderella story without the evil stepsisters. Actually there are no real villains in this book – although there are a couple of cads. But there is a very engaging pair of lovers and a light and frothy story that is sometimes poignant and sometimes very funny…
Seth Lindow is the adopted son of the Duke of Derwent. He is a capable and intelligent man and serves the duke as his man of affairs. The duke’s biological son and heir, the Marquis of Belincourt, is a problem. Bel is not just wild, he sometimes acts as if he is insane. Sowing your…
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