The Chester Charade takes place at a house party. The roads were not safe nor reliable during the regency period and large house parties lasting for weeks were a way for people to get together with their friends and relatives for visits and parties. There is a large cast of characters in this book, with…
I’ve read many Regency period romance novels in which at least one character worries about being carted off to Bedlam, but in The Reckless Barrister by April Kihlstrom, it actually happens. The heroine is carted off to the mental asylum after accosting the hero’s brother outside his club. Unfortunately, we are given only a brief…
I have heard comments from some readers who say that while they enjoy Regencies, they sometimes get a little tired of the same old setting. You know the one – Lords and Ladies at play in London during the Season. One aspect in favor of A Touch of Magic is that it’s not typical –…
Lord Ragsdale is an intelligent and witty man who is bored. He squanders his talents on careless amusements, and surrounds himself with people who have not one half of his insight and wit. His accounts are a mess. His estate is neglected. This fascinating man has no one with whom to hold a worthwhile conversation…
The Second Lady Emilyis a Regency Romance with a twist – it is also a time travel/mystery/ghost story that kept me up reading till I finished it. While this could have been a totally satisfying read, there were enough flaws to make it simply somewhat better than average. Still, while I enjoy Regencies, I enjoy…
I have decided that Allison Lane’s books are an acquired taste – one I’m quickly acquiring. I have read three of her books so far, and I have liked each one better than the last. Her books are not characterized by quick passion or instant sexual tension. Rather, the action and the love relationship tend…
It’s no secret that I consider Carla Kelly to be The Greatest Regency Writer in the World. I gave a copy of Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand to my sister, Anne who is the Pickiest Reader in the World. She was enthralled. I was pleased with her good taste, otherwise I would have been forced…
This could have been a decent Regency read, but it suffered from more children than a day care center, and a heroine with very limited common sense. To top things off, there was also a transparent mystery to be solved. Where is Baron Selwyn Mordaunt? His sister, Constance, who is in charge of his children,…
Readers of Regency romances expect a dashing hero, preferably a member of the nobility, although a heroic military man will do in a pinch. In The Reluctant Cavalier, Karen Harbaugh, that wonderful breaker of Regency novel rules gives us a hero who is not dashing at all. Indeed, Parsifal Wentworth is almost the antithesis of…
This is an average read that does not suffer from a sagging middle. Instead, the middle is sprightly and what makes this read at all likable. I wouldn’t describe the beginning and the end as sagging, so much as they are so abrupt the reader is left with a feeling that several chapters were cut…
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