This is the fourth installment in Mary Balogh’s Survivor’s Club series, and while I have enjoyed each of the other books, Only Enchanting is the best to date. It’s a beautifully wrought and gently moving story of two emotionally wounded people trying to navigate their way through the issues that have shaped them in order…
When a book has a shirtless guy with flowing hair on the cover, I know it’s a romance, but I also can’t quite help the urge to pass it by. The modern, giant-chested heroes who apparently hate shirts just don’t do much for me. And yet it would be a real shame to miss What…
Some authors just receive a lot of hype. Such is the case with Laura Kinsale. Often, I ignore the constant buzz, preferring to read lesser known works. However, as a lover of historical romance, I thought it long past time that I experienced Ms. Kinsale’s writing for myself. Sadly, Lessons in French did not give…
Originally published in 1990, Mrs McVinnie’s London Season tells the story of a young, Scottish war widow who, rather like a Regency Mary Poppins, joins the household of a troubled family and, with her very individual blend of kindness, practicality and backbone, improves the lot of each of its members. Widowed little more than a…
This is the final book in Ms Burrowes’ Captive Hearts trilogy, which has focused on three men who were profoundly affected by their experiences during the Napoleonic Wars. In the previous book, The Traitor, we learned that Michael Brodie, half-Scot, half-Irish, had been sent to protect Sebastian St. Clair – or Robert Girard as he…
Grace Burrowes sat just under my nose for a while before I finally discovered how great an author she was. She’s only been around for a few years, and yet she already has an impressive backlist, full of delicious reads. It comes as no surprise, then, that The Traitor should be as well-written as the…
Certain authors have a confidence of voice that comes out in their writing, and I count Kate Noble among that number. In The Game and the Governess, she takes on what could have been an overly contrived setup, delivering both a comedy of manners and a touching love story. Readers meet Phoebe Baker, the heroine,…
In All About Romance’s review of The Black Hawk in November 2011, Jean Wan wrote, “Once in a while, during every reader’s literary life, you encounter a book that reminds you why you are a reader. It renews your faith, if faith was lost; it rekindles your interest, if interest waned; and every word, every page,…
This book is another well written and compelling story by Grace Burrowes. I keep waiting for the book that indicates she is running out of steam, but I have not run across that book yet. This prolific writer just keeps scoring big in the romance department and I sincerely hope she has many stories left…
There has been a long delay between the release of the audio version of Ms. Bourne’s début novel, The Spymaster’s Lady, and audios of the other books in the series, but at last, we’re now able to enjoy this, the prequel to that book and can look forward to listening to the remaining books in…
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