C+ looks like such a tepid grade. In fact, my reactions to Silent Surrender were extremely strong. Some parts of it I loved; others annoyed the heck out of me. It is 1917, and Liana Wycliffe is a second-rate stage actress. She belongs to a theater company that is in Paris during World War I,…
It’s not easy doing justice to a book requiring two weeks to read, even if there eventually comes a time during reading when the book finally takes off. This was my experience with The Mad Marquis. Widower Henry Pelham needs a wife because he thinks his young daughter Isbeau needs a mother in her life….
Stories about the town bad boy are a staple of the series romance field. In Brenda Novak’s A Husband Of Her Own, the town bad girl and the boy-who-can-do-no-wrong find that despite their years of bickering, they make a perfect couple. Rebecca Wells lives in Dundee, Idaho. Her father is the mayor, her mother is…
Historical romances set in Scotland run a certain gamut: there’s the light and funny kind set in a fantasy Scotland, and there’s the more serious, dramatic kind set in a historically-grounded Scotland. The Destiny by Kathleen Givens is the latter kind, which is good – that’s what I like. But while the book’s history is…
I had the interesting experience of reading all three Slightly books back to back to back. Immersed in all things Bedwyn, I did at times get a little weary of Bewcastle’s quizzing glass and the abundant hauteur of the rest of the clan. But on the whole I am finding this series entertaining, and Slightly…
After having written Medieval romances for years (with a Restoration-era trilogy thrown in for good measure), Kiss Me Quick, a Regency-set historical, is a bit of a departure for Margaret Moore. Unless I miss my guess, it’s a permanent departure. Like most heroes from historicals set in the Regency, Edmond Terrington (Viscount Adderley) has a…
Did you ever read a book whose ending put the story in a new light that made it more interesting? That’s kind of the impression I had after finishing Triple Threat. When the story begins to pick up steam in its final chapters and the pieces fall into place, it becomes clearer that there was…
Robin D. Owens’ first book, HeartMate, was the 2002 RITA winner for best paranormal romance. I thought it was amusing, but no masterpiece – your basic alpha-meets-spunky romance novel, dressed up with a little telepathy and set on a minimally-realized futuristic world. I’m happy to say that in the sequel, Owens has obviously done a…
The Delaney Woman began well, slowed down in the middle and then finished fast, almost too fast. The love story wasn’t a good fit with the mystery and Tom Whelan was too passive a hero. However, the women characters were well done and the writing was smooth. It had its good points… it had its…
Virtually everyone who has ever loved Lucien St. Aubyn has met an unfortunate demise. Indeed, Lucien has inadvertently done in four governesses (one apparently died of a mere headache), a groom, his best friend (killed by a chunk of gravel thrown up by Lucien’s carriage), and both parents. Lucien is such a harbinger of doom…
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