I’ve read plenty of historicals with Bow Street Runners before, but Lisa Kleypas’ upcoming release, Someone to Watch Over Me, is the first I’ve read with a Runner as the hero. The novelty of this perked my interest immediately, though the hero’s initial behavior left something to be desired. Fortunately, his behavior improved. On the…
There was a lot I liked about Lisa Kleypas’s new historical romance Someone To Watch Over Me starting with the hero’s profession. He was a Bow Street Runner. These were the predecessors of the bobbies. The Bow Street Runners were more like detectives than real policemen, and they worked on a fee and reward basis….
I have enjoyed Marilyn Pappano’s series romances very much. She is a wonderful storyteller with a knack for developing characters you truly care about and who remain with you after you close the book. Her mainstream romances have those same qualities of emotional intensity and memorable characters that mark her series books. Some Enchanted Season…
Sometimes when strolling through the shelves of a favorite bookstore, you will come across an author that tweaks a memory and you think, “It seems to me I read a very good book of hers a long time ago.” Well, that’s exactly what happened to me with this book. As I began to read I…
Seven. What makes an ordinary number like seven so, well, magical? The seventh son of a seventh son was enchanted. Seven brothers wed seven brides. Seven magnificent men fought for the right. And, a lost princess was given sanctuary by seven diminutive miners. Bonded in some way – often as brothers – seven stalwart males…
Denim and Lace is a cut above the hackneyed western romances that seem to be cropping up lately. Although the author offers up the traditional feisty, red-haired heroine and an equally traditional hard-bitten, tortured hero, she injects enough humanity into them that they keep the reader interested. Denim and Lace is the story of Samantha…
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