As I was reading Calamity Jayne, I kept checking to make sure it really was labeled “Romance.” I must have checked five times, and yep, it was. Had the label not been there, I would have guessed this author was aiming for Chick Lit/Mystery. Either way, it would have missed the mark. There’s very little…
Sisters Mathilde and Giselle are in need of a champion. Their father, Lord Ecclesford, recently died and their odious cousin Sir Roald de Sayre is on his way to take possession of the castle. After Roald’s last visit, when he seduced and then raped Mathilde, her father changed his will to cut out Roald and…
I think if I had read Tara Janzen’s first two books in this series, I’d have been more at home, but it didn’t take me too long to adjust. The premise for Crazy Wildis far-fetched, but the action is fast and furious. It’s kind of cartoony, but so is 24. Steele Street is a clandestine…
Manga is a booming business in Japan. For the uninitiated, manga is a Japanese art form that has been adopted and adapted by publishers worldwide. Manga, roughly defined, is the Japanese word for comics or drawn cartoons. In reality it’s far more than that. Manga are not just comics for kids. Subject matter can range…
I think I’ve hit the wall. The wall built of piles and piles of European Historicals featuring plucky heroines and heroes who’ve worked for the crown. The wall of books that star Regency ingénues who are as far from Austen’s Lizzie and Jane as characters can be. Heroines who engage in sexual behavior at the…
Although “everyone worth knowing” may have gotten a mention in this book, whether by name or thinly disguised pseudonym, the book isn’t necessarily on the list of “everything worth reading”. Weisberger’s second novel could reasonably be expected to improve on the flaws of her 2003 debut, The Devil Wears Prada, showing the extent of the…
I read Catherine Anderson’s Coming Up Roses back in college and really enjoyed it, but since then I became rather turned off by the extreme victimhood of many of her heroines. Therefore, it was with some trepidation that I picked up Summer Breeze. As many would expect, the heroine is a tortured one, but the…
Some of the most fun I’ve had reading romances the last few years has come from making my way through Beverly Sommers’s backlist. I haven’t liked all her books, and there’s only one I’d call a true keeper (Losing It), but her quirky characters, unconventional love stories, and beguiling voice always make for an interesting…
American historical romances hold special interest for me, particularly when the story accurately portrays a specific time and series of events. Having lived in Oklahoma most of my life, I am more aware than most of the atrocities suffered by the many Native American tribes forced to relocate to reservations in Oklahoma territory during the…
One of the worst things I could ever imagining happening to me would be to be imprisoned for a crime I didn’t commit. Being in prison is enough of a soul-killing experience without the knowledge that you’re innocent as part of the package. Maybe that’s why I’m always fascinated by characters in fiction who have…
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