This book was featured in Pandora’s Box for December 2005 It’s October and that means it’s time for the latest Signet Regency Christmas anthology, which is the only anthology that is an automatic buy for me. Even though the temperature was 90 degrees outside, as soon as I began to read, I was lost in…
Before writing this review, I spent some time considering my view of wastrels as heroes. Is it necessary for one to be entirely redeemed and a pillar of society by the book’s end or can a hero remain largely unchanged if he becomes immensely lovable? Well, the hero of One Little Sin challenged my definition…
I have always been a sucker for the old-fashioned “governess-finds-love-with-her employer” plot. Nothing fancy, you mind. Give me a plain governess, some kind of troubled aristocrat, a bit of forbidden love and chances are, I am a happily engaged reader (personally, I blame it all on Charlotte Brontë). Admittedly, this might not be the most…
Rules of Passion is the second in a trilogy about the Greentree sisters, who as children were kidnapped from their mother (a famous courtesan named Aphrodite), and found and adopted by Lady Greentree. Now grown, they have recently discovered the identity of their natural mother and have reestablished a relationship with her. This book tells…
Clarissa Fallon is a young woman with a traumatic past; she suffered years of misery before her older brother, Matthew, tracked her down. Now Clarissa lives in the comfortable home of her brother and his new wife, Gemma, and is about to make her debut in society. However, she is having a hard time learning…
The books in Jocelyn Kelley’s Knight series certainly have eye-catching titles. The series focuses on women raised and trained at St. Jude’s Abbey, where, in addition to the usual spiritual training, they are taught to be skilled fighters pledged in service to Queen Eleanor. As the name of the abbey would suggest, the Queen calls…
Upfront, let me say that this is my favorite type of contemporary romance – a story centered primarily on the romantic relationship between two mature individuals with little to no suspense lurking in the background. Providing some unique plot elements, Kathryn Shay’s latest features political adversaries in a moving and real life love story. Bailey…
I’ve been on an anthology kick of late, and haven’t had the best luck with them. The Night Before Christmas is more satisfying than most I’ve tried recently. As might be expected for an anthology with so many stories, the results are somewhat mixed, but overall, it’s a good collection.
When Twilight Comes is the first in a new gothic trilogy called Mists of Fernhaven, about a haunted hotel in the mountains of Washington state. It’s a tantalizing, if flawed, start for what could be a very cool series. Jenna Dante and her four-year-old daughter Lexi are on the run from her vicious ex-husband Lorenzo….
Please, please stop reading this review if you haven’t read the first book in the series, Silver’s Edge. I’m telling you right now, nothing I’m saying will make any sense. These books are not stand alone, they are more of a saga with a large cast of characters and a sweeping story line. And unfortunately,…
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