I’ve been glomming Anne Stuart’s books the old-fashioned way for years. There are not a lot of romance writers who have such a distinctive voice and style as she does and I often dip into my stash of her books for some good edgy reading. I have multiple copies of some of my favorite titles…
Sometimes a love story is so beautifully written that it makes book a pleasure to read; at other times an author draws a setting so vividly and uses secondary characters and plots to create a book that is enjoyable even if the love story has its flaws. The Defiant Mistress, first in the City of…
My first romance novel was Karen Marie Moning’s Beyond the Highland Mist. I stumbled on it by accident and soaked it up. Maybe not the best choice for a first-timer, but it hooked me and here I am today, addicted to the romantic written word. I will always be grateful to Ms. Moning for this….
Isn’t it great to come across a really erotic book with wonderfully real characters? Even when…um, the book is essentially a fairy tale. Though Holly sets up a semi-complicated mythology involving a demon race of superior creatures living in a remote area discovered by humans during the Victorian era, the truth is that she could…
I’ve tried several previous Westerns by Jodi Thomas, but this was the first I truly enjoyed. While it isn’t perfect, it is a sweet and effective romance from start to finish. Travis McMurray is a half-Irish, half-Apache Texas Ranger. His father was killed when he was very young, and his mother died soon after giving…
After sifting through the numerous paranormal aspects of Secrets of the Highwayman, I finally determined that it is mostly a time-travel book, although it felt more like a ghost story to me – a very scary ghost story at that. The book’s premise may be romance, but the story revolves around the villain who puts…
Allie Mackay is a pseudonym for Sue-Ellen Welfonder of medieval romance fame. This first book under that name is a departure from straight historical into the paranormal realm. My advice: stick with historicals, Sue-Ellen! To describe this book I’m going to break it down into two parts – two equally horrible parts that left me…
Born in Death has a fantastic beginning, an even more fantastic ending and a middle that sags dreadfully. Eve is her usual kick ass self, but Roarke, Peabody, McNab, and the rest of the NYPSD all kind of stand around like extras. The plot involves murdered accountants, and while I know that number crunching plays…
For paranormal fans hungry for a story that doesn’t involve vampires, werewolves or psychics, Merline Lovelace’s Closer Encounters offers a wonderfully fresh alternative. The latest in her Code Name: Danger series, it’s part period mystery, part ghost story, with a dash of action and romance. It’s far from perfect, but there is much here to…
Ok, let me get my title rant out of the way, right up front. The hero of The Rake’s Proposal, Benjamin Sinclair, is the son of a viscount and is referred to as “Lord Benjamin” and “Lord Sinclair” throughout the book. He is neither. He is “Benjamin” or “Mr. Sinclair” – if he must be…
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