In my mind, Madeline Hunter stands for excellence in Medieval romance first and foremost. I faithfully (and a bit unenthusiastically) followed her through her subsequent Regency-set Seducer series, all the while debating if she should remain on my auto-buy list. Then along came the Rothwell series and from its first installment, Rules of Seduction to…
I love baseball and haven’t read a Harlequin American Romance in years, so when I saw Man of the Year on the list of books to be reviewed, I asked for it. Lisa Ruff’s debut novel turned out to be a pleasant read indeed. The Seattle Rainiers baseball team is not popular at all. Scandals…
I picked up The Tea Rose on a whim a couple of years ago. I’d never heard of the author, but the cover was beautiful and the summary sounded promising. After several days of smiling, laughing, and crying my way through the book, I was so glad for that whim, because the story immediately became…
Liz Carlyle begins her new trilogy with Never Lie to a Lady, a somewhat uneven book in terms of momentum, but one that I ultimately enjoyed due to the interesting characters – both old and new. Xanthia Neville and her brother Kieran, the new Baron Rothewell, have recently arrived in London from the West Indies…
Cathy Yardley is one Blaze author I make a point to read. Even when her books don’t entirely work for me (as was the case with her last release, Jack & Jilted), they’re still a cut above the norm, mostly because they feature a strong story at their core. Her Blazes feel like stories with…
Susan Elizabeth Phillips easily rates as one of my top three favorite romance authors. I mourned the ending of her Chicago Stars/Bonner Brothers series in 2001, and was therefore delighted to discover that Match Me If You Can not only provides us with a fascinating new twosome, but also features one of my all time…
Laura Leone’s Fever Dreams is an expanded and updated version of a hard-to-find romance originally published in 1997. It reminds me strongly of some of Sandra Brown’s steamy and adventurous series novels. I don’t mean that in a backhanded way: when Brown is good, she’s very good. And so Leone, and so is this book….
If you’re not familiar with Emma Holly’s name, you should be aware that her books are a bit different from other romance novels. Before moving into the historical romance arena, she wrote straight erotica for Black Lace, among other publishers. Classifying this book is difficult as it is more sexually explicit than just about anything…
I love Jayne Ann Krentz books from the 1990s. Her earliest books don’t work for me because they seem a bit dated now, and her most recent books seem to have lost the spark that characterizes her best work. But my hardback keeper shelf is heavily weighted down with books like Trust Me, Absolutely, Positively,…
Sometimes, the best revolutions are done quietly, without fanfare. Laura Paquet’s Miss Scott Meets Her Match is one such quiet revolution, a traditional Regency Romance that toys with its traditional constraints, while understanding its limits. The author uses some traditional Regency set-ups, but also takes a few liberties, resulting in something that is fresh to…
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