Reviews by Jessica Grogan
I became a fan of Lotte R. James’ historical romances after reading her début, The Housekeeper of Thornhallow Hall but I’m afraid The Viscount’s Daring Miss, her latest standalone title, reads as though it was written by a completely different author. The plot is paper-thin, the romance is ...
First in Elizabeth Blake’s Hands of Fate series, A Brush with Death has a most unusual premise in that its romantic hero is Death himself, who is in love with Isabel Vanderton, a wealthy heiress in failing health.Isabel is suffering from a disease that occasionally renders her unable to us ...
Lorraine Heath’s The Counterfeit Scoundrel is the first in her new The Chessmen: Masters of Seduction series centering around three heroes “who play to win at any cost.” Marguerite Townsend – Daisy - is a private investigator hired to prove David Blackwood – aka Bishop - is having an affai ...
A Season of Flirtation is the first book in Julia Justiss’ Least Likely to Wed series. It features Lady Laura Pomeroy, a woman who has just offered to give her friend lessons in society etiquette, and is shocked when her friend’s brother wants to join in! He is at first convinced Laura is nothi ...
Beguiling Her Enemy Warrior is the third and final installment in Lucy Morris’ Shieldmaiden Sisters series following three Viking sisters as they find love while fighting against the same enemy. This is the youngest sister Helga’s story, which takes place at the same time as the events of book ...
Laura Martin’s A Match to Fool Society is the third in her Matchmade Marriages series. It features Jane Ashworth, an aspiring author, and Tom Stewart, a rake who has just become guardian to his young nephew. They form an alliance: Jane will assist Tom in caring for his nephew and in exchange he ...
Lady Meets Earl is the second title in Christy Carlyle’s Love on Holiday series. It features James Pembroke, a man who was down on his luck when he unexpectedly inherited an earldom, and Lucy Westmont, a woman who has always put helping everyone around her above her own wants and is eager for a ...
Lotte R James’ The Gentleman of Holly Street is the third installment in her Gentlemen of Mystery miniseries. After enjoying the first two titles in this series, I found this one was a chore to get through; there’s too much telling and too little showing, too much repetitive internal monolog ...
Tempted by Her Outcast Viking is the second book in Lucy Morris’ Shieldmaiden Sisters series and features shieldmaiden Brynhild and former thrall Erik. Long ago Erik and Brynhild were friends, until Erik viciously rejected Brynhild in order to protect her from his father and owner, Ulf. When Brynh ...
Sophie Jordan’s The Scoundrel Falls Hard is the third title in her The Duke Hunt series, and although it references characters from the previous two books it can be read as a standalone. It features Gwen Cully, a down on her luck village blacksmith, and Kellan Fox, the son of a con artist whom Gwe ...