The Corset Diaries takes place during a reality television series set in Victorian times with our heroine playing an American duchess. I love the Victorian era, and adore the theme of American women who married for a title, so I settled down anticipating a wonderful read. Tessa Riordan is not a typical romance heroine. She’s…
Dead Aim is an interesting enough book that it’s worth noting, even though it is far from all it could have been. The first Silhouette Intimate Moments release by historical author Anne Avery, it’s a fast read, but also far too shallow to be much more than a modest diversion. Wildlife biologist Rick Dornier usually…
“A gentleman caller” evokes a myriad of subtle undertones and hidden meanings, but mainly it brings to mind one of the old rites of passage for a well-bred Southern lady. Not only that, it brings to mind all sorts of pleasant connotations of the good ol’ South; magnolia trees, antebellum mansions, delicate ladies who are…
I don’t read as many Harlequin Temptations as I used to. I usually reach for a Harlequin Blaze when I’m looking for a light, frothy kind of read. But Stolen Kisses is one book I’ve been waiting for ever since the author first mentioned it on her website. Luckily, it was worth the wait, a…
The stories in Wedding Belles all end with a marriage – not exactly the most original romance anthology theme, but I love Regency anthologies, and opened this one with pleasure and anticipation that for the most part was fulfulled.
Katie Simpson, the heroine of Mina Ford’s debut novel, somehow retains her sense of humor as she watches her life fall to bits about her. That admirable quality makes the not-so-aptly titled My Fake Wedding worth reading. While at times the humor masks a tinge of emptiness that isn’t nearly so engaging, the book earns…
Mortal Sin is one of the best books I’ve read in 2004. However, I know as I write this that not everyone will like it as much as I did. Containing a myriad of hot-button issues such as the state of the Catholic church, a priest hero undergoing a crisis of self, teen runaways, porn…
Donna Simpson is one Regency author I try to keep up with. Most of her books are still in my tbr pile, but I keep glomming because I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve read. Her latest release, Lord Pierson Reforms, wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t truly inspiring either. The heroine is intriguing, but the hero is…
Have you ever read a novel in which the author creates the past world so vividly that you feel transported you to another time and place? On the other side of the coin, in some historical novels the author keeps her feet so firmly planted in the modern world that it’s impossible to be moved….
In A Blast to the Past, Virginia Farmer combines two popular romance novel elements – Scottish history and a military hero – with a bit of slapstick humor. The result is a light but rather forgettable romance. Chief Brian Skelley is a U.S. Navy explosives expert training some British military men in the Scottish Highlands….
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