Where does Medallion Press find its debut authors? This is the second time in a fortnight I have read a debut novel published by this house, and each time I have been overwhelmed by the quality of the writing, by the fascinating characters, and by the authors’ happy disregard of the usual formulas of historical…
Though I have not read the earlier books in the League of the Blade series, I had no problem sinking right into the author’s (who was previously published as Gayle Callen) Secrets of the Knight. This tale of a Bladeswoman determined to prove her worth and find a place for herself entertains quite well. Historical…
A Sinful Alliance is set in the too-little used Renaissance period, featuring intrigue at Henry VIII’s court between two non-English leads, one an assassin charged with killing the other. Fun! Marguerite Dumas is The Emerald Lily, a spy and assassin who has worked for the French crown since she was a teenager. She is remarkably…
Return of the Rogue had potential, yet nagging details continued to add up and left me with many unanswered questions. Usually, historical details don’t bother me too much. I understand how hard historical research can be – yet sometimes details, big and small, can’t be ignored. For example, I can’t seem to recall any barbarians…
There are very few things I won’t finish – books, movies, and, unfortunately, food. Yet there have been some rare instances in which I will lay a book down or walk out of a movie (food – usually never). However, if I had not been reading One Knight Only for review purposes, it would have…
Shannon Drake’s The Queen’s Lady begins in 1561, a tumultuous time for Scotland, as Mary, Queen of Scots, makes her way back to her homeland for the first time in decades, following the death of her husband, the King of France. She is accompanied by the fictional Lady Gwyneth Macleod, who functions as the Queen’s…
A Notorious Woman begins in grand fashion. Set during Carnival in 16th century Venice, it is obvious from the outset that this story will be full of intrigue, and that readers will have to pay attention to the various twists and turns of the plot. Perfumer Julietta Bassano has been summoned to the home of…
The saga continues! For those of you who sighed and lamented the conclusion of the Faire Isle trilogy, get ready for more. The legend of the Silver Rose, the Book of Shadows, the Dark Queen, and more return in The Huntress. After Catriona O’Hanlon’s step-father exiled her from her Irish clan, she met Ariane Deauville…
Patricia Potter has all of her Ts crossed and Is dotted in the final installment of her Beloved series. There can be no argument that she can write well, with wonderful description, good pacing, and three demensional characters. However, in romance, if there isn’t a spark between the leads, and the plot is of the…
The longest 384 pages of my life. What more is there to say? We start with Lady Elizabeth Hutton, a newly orphaned heiress changing places with her equally beautiful lady’s maid in order to give Elizabeth free roam of her castle while her maid is locked away by the evil Viscount Bannaster. Bannaster covets Elizabeth’s…
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