Believe in Me picks up soon after the first book leaves off. This second volume’s plot is similar to the first an alliance is to be formed between the Saxons and the Norse Vikings. Again paranormal elements are utilized, but they continue to be less then fully realized. Lord Hawk is the hero of this…
I’ve had bad luck with paranormals in the past. I always hope for the best but often find the stories being too cute. Not so with Danegeld. Susan Squires does an admirable job of portraying life in the middle ages accurately, and there wasn’t a talking animal or cloudy crystal ball in sight. Britta lives…
Danegeld. Hmm, odd title – clinch cover – the man looks a bit like John D’Salvo with blonde hair. As for the woman – nice jewelry – elegant dress – I didn’t know the one shoulder style was popular back then – looks like she’s going to an awards show. Let’s check out the back…
Shana Abé tends to write a kind of romance that I generally avoid like the plague, what I like to call the “Adversarial Romance.” When she writes them, I don’t seem to be bothered by the “I hate you but want to bonk you” interactions, big misunderstandings, and revenge and/or established enmity that typifies her…
According to an ancient royal decree, the prosperous land of Alderich will be passed from the Rune family to their rivals, the Leonhart clan, in the year 999. Serath, the last direct descendant of Jozua Rune, lord of Alderich, is abducted two of months prior to the beginning of the new millenium while she is…
We’ve come a long way since the Middle Ages, thankfully. Part of what made this plot work, as well as what I disliked, was the historical male perspective about women. Faith, daughter of Lord Terra, has been shamed and outcast from her home. She was attacked by a man and left scarred on her face,…
Dawnflight tells the story of how Guinevere and Arthur met. Only this isn’t the Guinevere of legend. She is Gyanhumara (Gyan), the chieftainess of a fierce Pictish clan. Unlike the Brytoni women, Gyan wears clan tattoos and knows how to use a sword. To fulfill a treaty, Gyan must marry Urien, the son of a…
To work well, a time travel romance needs both a compelling fantasy story with a plausible reason and device for the time travel to occur, and a compelling romance, with all the usual ingredients that requires – likable hero and heroine, believable conflicts, and a reasonable expectation of a happy-ever-after ending. Janeen O’Kerry’s Mistress of…
When sitting down to write this review, I sincerely wished someone else could have done it in my place. I’m terribly sensitive regarding Viking romances, and the book just might have fared a little better in the hands of another reviewer, someone not Scandinavian. The King of Meath has captured Brand, a Viking spy. For…
The Silver Wolf is a dark fantasy with a romantic happily ever after ending. I enjoyed it immensely but it’s not a book for everyone. It contains huge amounts of explicit violence and a teensy bit of untraditional sex. But if you’re like me and are willing to venture into the unusual to satisfy the…
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