Do you like your heroes dark, dangerous and difficult to know? Does your dream of love include an intense relationship between two people, one in which there is no room for another, into which the world dare not intrude? If so, this novel may just be what you have been looking for. Sahara Kyriakus, of…
Never Too Late was one of those books where what could have been a decent premise was ruined by poor execution. I was initially intrigued by the fact that the more usual gender/age roles were reversed, with the heroine being forty and the hero twenty-six. Even now, a couple in which the woman is considerably…
The best historical romances are those that draw you into another world and make you see, smell and touch what is going on, sharing the emotions and the mindset of characters who are thousands of miles and hundreds of years removed from your own experience. This is what happened to me when I read (in…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Life’s most urgent question is what are you doing for others?” The heroine of this novel takes that advice to heart, giving everything that she has for those around her. Just like in real life this doesn’t turn her into a doormat; instead it turns her into someone admirable,…
I’ve long had a soft spot for Beverly Jenkins’ historicals. She tends to put a lot more history into the romance than many authors, and one could never accuse her of writing wallpaper. With Destiny’s Embrace, she starts a new series in 19th century California with a romance between two very strong-minded people who have…
Reflected in You is a follow up to the author’s breakout hit Bared to You, which rose to the top of many bestseller lists in 2012. This review may contain slight spoilers for the previous novel, and indeed the stories are very intertwined; you won’t want to read the second book without reading the first…
I definitely enjoyed A Kiss for Midwinter. Courtney Milan definitely seems to have adopted the trend of publishing e-novellas between full-length novels, and I appreciate the bite-sized stories that are coming out. Early in his medical training, Jonas Grantham remained silent, and has regretted it ever since. The doctor he was observing prescribed poison to a…
It’s not uncommon for me to take some time to get around to reading an author everyone else has been enjoying for some time. Our reviewers request their books early, and rather than pulling rank I tend to let others go ahead. So no, I haven’t been living under a rock, but yes, this is…
After you read romance books for a while, some of the books run together, so I suspect all of us look for uniqueness, whether in the plot or characters. This book easily fit that qualification with its Chinese-American heroine. However, when you can’t relate to the characters or their actions, then even that distinction can’t…
When I was in Junior High my parents renovated a one hundred-plus year old house in the heart of our small town. It could be inconvenient living in a home whose walls were constantly being torn down and rebuilt or whose flooring would be yanked out and replaced over the course of a grueling day’s…
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