I don’t how I have missed Julia Justiss’s previous novels, but it is an oversight I will have to correct soon. A Most Unconventional Match was an excellent introduction to her work – maybe too good. The hero is simply wonderful, the heroine’s growth is visible and the plot is believable. Hal is an unusual…
After writing a number of very enjoyable stand-alone titles, Louise Allen has embarked on telling the stories of the members of a large family. In her case, it’s not a set of siblings, but of cousins. A family tree is printed right at the front of the book, which is a shame, because it contains…
Those who have missed Regency trads may well embrace Julia Justiss’s latest novel. While a slight touch more sensual than many trads, its tone and plotting have much in common with some of the Regencies I used to adore. In Rogue’s Lady, Justiss tells the sweet tale of a reforming rake and a musician’s daughter,…
A guardian/ward relationship isn’t one of my favorite romance themes and a story of a young woman who swears she will never marry is even less so. But if anyone could persuade me not to avoid this type of book, it would be the author Julia Justiss, whom I can count on to be a…
It’s been a couple of years since Julia Justiss has had a new release, and reading The Courtesan reminded me why she’s on my auto-buy list. Justiss writes emotionally intense characters who have real conflicts and obstacles to overcome. Since the death of her protector, Lord Bellingham, several months ago, “Lady Belle” has been London’s…
I was a little worried when Julia Justiss introduced her main characters in the first chapter of My Lady’s Pleasure. They are very familiar types: the handsome rake and the widowed virgin. This is one of those books, though, that manages to take familiar elements and transform them into something wonderful. Valeria is the nearly-penniless…
We have all gone to movies only to discover that the trailer had all the best scenes in it. Likewise we have checked out a blurb and read the book only to find the blurb was the best part. The Devil and Miss Webster had a great blurb and a heroine who was not the…
Simply put, Lynna Banning’s Western Rose is a charming, heart-warming, tear-wrenching read that will engage the reader from the first to the last. It’s a re-make of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew with lots of western flair. The hero, Jake Bannister, needs land with access to water to save his drought-parched ranch. He is offered…
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