I generally don’t read ghost stories and am not much for comedy in romances. So this isn’t a book I would have normally picked up to read. But I had just finished another novel by Erin McCarthy when A Date With the Other Side was published. Her mix of romance, charming characters and the funny…
Tired of fake rakes and Sex and the City-ish young women in Regency garb? As someone who once had some degree of tolerance for wallpaper romances but who’s now had it up to here with the endless supply of “historicals” (air quotes intended) littering the ground these days, this sexy, smart, and somehow appealingly vintage…
In the Thrill of the Night is the first in a series about friends, all well to do widows. They are happy in their single state and independence and keep busy running The Benevolent Widows Fund. One day as they plan their latest charity ball, Lady Gosford announces that she has taken a lover and…
The Johnstown flood of 1889 – when a dam created to make a lake for a wealthy country club burst, sending a wall of water through the poor mining town downstream – sets the scene for Waiting for the Rainbow. Nearly three thousand people died in the flood. It was hard to pick this book…
Jill Shalvis is a versatile author who’s written many different types of romances. Personally I’ve found the quality of her books varies as much as the stories themselves, so I didn’t know quite what to expect when I picked up Room Service, the final book in Harlequin Blaze’s Do Not Disturb series. It turned out…
Eileen Wilks debuted the magically sensitive heroine, Lily Yu, and her would-be werewolf lover, Rule Turner, in the short story anthology, Lover Beware. I found this short story very enjoyable and looked forward to Lily’s future adventures. However, in expanding her stories from the shorter format to full-length novel, Wilks added a great deal of…
Wylie’s new Harlequin release delivers exactly what it promises. It’s a sweet love story, and while it’s not particularly fast-paced, it allows the reader to get to know the characters and their stories. Abbey is on the verge of getting engaged, but she knows that before she can agree to such a serious commitment, she…
I find the 16th and 17th centuries fascinating and it’s gotten quite difficult to find a good historical romance set in these times. When I learned that this novel takes place during the Restoration, I was quite excited to try it. Though the story is way over the top and the plot doesn’t always flow…
The White Star series got off to a wobbly start in Lori Wilde’s Angels and Outlaws, which featured too much silliness and too little payoff on its mysterious premise to be a success. Carrie Alexander tones down the wackiness and provides more suspense in book two, Hidden Gems. Sadly, those improvements are undone by bland…
Love in Disguise is one of Edith Layton’s finest books. Not only romantic and entertaining, this Super Regency is sheer delight for readers who love lush and playful prose. Miss Susannah Logan is the daughter of a fishmonger whose business acumen made him a fortune. Doted on from birth by a widowed father and two…
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