Let me start off by saying that there are a lot of people who should avoid this book. If the thought of “wallpaper” history makes you shudder, if the repeated use of a word like “uptight” in a 19th century-set novel induces a cringe, and if you hold fast and firm to all the accepted…
Remember the Magic is an acceptable read. There’s nothing all that wrong with it, but nothing that stands out either. In the sixteenth century, Sydney Wyrrd left Scotland and the chieftain she loved in order to spare him the trouble of being associated with a witch. She lived the next five centuries alone, until the…
Judith French calls her latest novel “the book of her heart,” a sentiment that shows through in every page. While Dorchester is marketing this tale as historical romance, The Conqueror is more historical fiction than a traditional historical romance. The strong romantic element – French brings Alexander the Great and his beloved Roxane to wonderful…
If you typically enjoy romance novels featuring perfect people, Catherine Anderson’s upcoming Blue Skies is not for you. Carly Adams lived her whole life with a rare eye disease that left her blind until a recent operation gave her sight. She stands on threshold of a new life and, after having taught special education, decides…
After a somewhat rough start, the Family Secrets series is shaping up to be surprisingly decent. It doesn’t have the uniformity and solid storyline progression from one book to another that the best of these series, or ones written by a single author, do. But there have been a number of good reads that work…
The author dedicates this book to Christine Feehan, and I thought of it as the flip side of the Carpathian universe. I enjoyed this book tremendously until about three-fourths of the way through it. Then the heroine, who had been sarcastic and witty, suddenly became annoying, bordering on TSTL. What a terrible disappointment because, until…
Clearly I missed the boat by not reading Traveler, Melanie Jackson’s first book involving the lutin (goblin) empire. I plan to remedy that very quickly. My only major complaint with this new release, Outsiders, is that it’s not long enough; I needed more time with leads Thomas and Cyra. Hopefully they will show up in…
New Year’s Eve is one of my favorite occasions, and when I heard what Stroke of Midnight was about, I ordered the book before a review copy even came in. Big mistake. This anthology could be subtitled “Three impossibly perfect men pursue a trio of weepy messes.” It’s a prime example of the highly sexual…
Maybe I’ve been watching too much Newlyweds, but every time I think of the title of this book, I think tuna. It’s just too close to Chicken of the Sea. Goddess of the Sea combines lavish descriptions, modern sensibilities and mythological characters for a mildly entertaining story. Christine Canady (CC), an Air Force sergeant, decides…
To start off with a positive, Jessica Benson has what certainly seems to me to be a pitch perfect Regency voice: A discordant word never mars her dialogue. On a less positive note, there is way, way, way, w-a-a-a-y too much of it. Her heroine talks to her new husband, to her mother, to her…
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