Beloved Stranger is a wonderful cabin romance featuring a hero and heroine who are both thoroughly decent, upstanding people. I’m not the biggest fan of Scots romances (with the exception of the Outlander series), but I love books where the characters are good people trying to do the right thing. Lachlan Maclean is not a…
Ruth Wind serves up action and adventure in exotic settings in her latest, The Diamond Secret. The end product is a slick, fast-paced, and mostly forgettable read. Sylvie Montague is the daughter of a famous Formula One race car driver, which makes her both a frequent target of the tabloids and a skilled motorist in…
If You Dare is the first in a trilogy about three Scottish brothers living under a deadly family curse. Kresley Cole tries to capture the feel of those old-school historical romances, full of sweeping adventure and larger-than-life passion, but annoying characters and a shallow storyline drag the book down. Courtland McCarrick is a Scottish mercenary…
I have long considered Patricia Potter to be a buried treasure. I’ve seldom seen her books discussed at any length, but she’s been out there for years, dependably writing thoughtful, entertaining books. While none that I’ve read have been DIKs for me, nearly all have been B level reads. That said, her latest book, Beloved…
In A Blast to the Past, Virginia Farmer combines two popular romance novel elements – Scottish history and a military hero – with a bit of slapstick humor. The result is a light but rather forgettable romance. Chief Brian Skelley is a U.S. Navy explosives expert training some British military men in the Scottish Highlands….
With My Seduction, Connie Brockway kicks off her Rose Hunters trilogy, a series that promises great adventure, beautiful romance, and characters more interesting than many seen recently. Though not a DIK for me, this book did remind me of all the reasons why I like Brockway so much. As the book opens, we learn that…
Waking the Princess is a book to savor. A story in which exquisite characterization – and decidedly not plot – is the star, the book may not be for everyone, but for those who enjoy a languid, rich, and detailed love story, the second in Susan King’s Scottish Highlands trilogy is one you’ll definitely want…
When I hear the word “warrior” used to describe an historical hero, I expect certain things from him. I expect him to be arrogant, muscled, stubbornly sure of himself, intimidating, closed off from his emotions, willing/able to take on all comers in fights, able to accomplish the impossible, etc. What I don’t expect is for…
Kinley MacGregor’s latest offering, Born In Sin, is a redemption story, and quite a good one, as it happens. If there were a little more to it, it could have made the jump to DIK without much effort, but as it stands, it’s still a truly enjoyable read. Lord Sin, with his improbable (but well-explained)…
I’ll only admit this once: I read the first ten Sweet Valley High books. They came out when I was in junior high, and I couldn’t help enjoying them at first. The twin protagonists are written to appeal to young preteens, and they are everything an awkward adolescent wants to be. They’re blond, beautiful, rich…
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