The title of The Lady Killer can be taken literally: the novel tells the story of Nicole Beauvoire, an assassin code named Scorpion and working in France for the English. Nicole has thus far killed nine men. She is very good at what she does, though she knows she is doomed. Daniel McCurren has been…
Industrial Magic is the fourth book in Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series, and the Otherworld grows more and more complex with each installment. Paige Winterbourne, first introduced in Dime Store Magic (which LLB, btw, enjoyed), is a witch without a coven. As told in that earlier story, her ward, Savannah, a powerful witch…
There are some things Judith McNaught does better than anyone. And, if (like me) you’re a sucker for a bigger than life story in which a god-like man is humbled by love, chances are she’s one of your favorite authors. To those who’ve been waiting, I’m happy to report that her newest book is a…
Stacy Kavanaugh is just trying to get on with her life. Hopefully just days, if not hours, away from negotiating the final property settlement with her soon-to-be-ex husband Daniel, she decides to give into his latest requests – the fondue set and pasta machine. Dealing with him or his bimbo girlfriend has become too much…
Susan Petersen wrote the last series romance I gave DIK status, Emergency Contact, and the best of Harlequin Intrigue’s Eclipse gothic romances to date, Midnight Island Sanctuary. I approached her latest, Primary Suspect, with high hopes that it would break both my series romance and Eclipse slump. While it has some good points, it suffers…
Ally Carter’s debut novel is remarkable more for what it isn’t than what it is. It’s not about a young woman living a life of quiet desperation as a singleton in the city. It’s not about serial dating and depression over the lack of a man in the heroine’s life. It’s not about the heroine…
I’ve not read the first two books in this series, but I applaud Jade Lee for writing Desperate Tigress, a book far removed from the typical romantic ideal and setting. The book’s unique quality alone makes it worth reading, and I plan to pick up the series’ earlier titles to make this a more complete…
Georgiana Marland has spent the past six years in a London girl’s school, the last two as a teacher. She has had no word from her mother in years and was left at the school to support herself. Her life changes forever when she receives a letter from Lady Escott, a distant relation, who proposes…
Lady Emma’s Dilemma is what I think of as a “quiet” Regency. It’s not one of those whippet-quick tours of the ton with brisk, snappy dialogue, and neither is it a comedy of manners or pseudo-romantic suspense. Instead, it’s a quiet story about two people who get a second chance at love, and about the…
I have loved traditional Regencies ever since I was in high school. While I still love my old Regency favorites, one thing I enjoy about some of the newer Regencies is the willingness of some authors to feature more non-titled characters and to move away from the world of London and the ton. I still…
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