After having read and reviewed From Boardwalk With Love, the first novel in the new B.L.I.S.S. series (and giving it an F), I was a bit hesitant when asked to review this one as well. Luckily a change of author made all the difference, and I found myself enjoying this installment much more than the…
Well, it underwent a title change, and its publication was delayed, postponed, delayed. Meanwhile, rumors flew across the Internet: it was a contemporary – no, it was a time-travel – no, it was an historical – then it was a time-travel contemporary romantic suspense. Some readers lost patience, but others hung in there, sure they’d…
Most European Historicals begin in medias res, with some dramatic moment playing out throughout the rest of the book. Dance of Seduction seemingly starts out with such a scene, but what is revealed there is ultimately of little importance to the rest of the book. It’s as if Jeffries’s characters ran away with the action,…
A recent ATBF discussion centered around “books that were popular when you came of age.” One of those books that seemed to be on everyone’s night stand when I was in college was Rosamunde Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers, a British novel set partly during World War II and partly in the present (then the late…
I am easily bored by politics. It doesn’t seem to matter if it’s present-day Congressional wrangling or the more direct and often brutal politics of other eras – at a certain point I just begin to lose interest. This, unfortunately, is exactly what happened when I read Lady Robyn, the second book in a…
In Pamela’s Second Season Donna Simpson ties up loose ends from A Country Courtship, gives us the main story, a romance between Pamela Neville and Malcolm Bercombe, the Earl of Strongwycke, and introduces us to Pamela’s sister Rachel, who will be the subject of the next book. Gerry, Lord Haven, is in London with his…
Messing with Mac is the final installment in the South Village Singles mini-series. I did not read the previous books, Tangling with Ty and Roughing It With Ryan, but I will be seeking them out because the heroines seem like interesting people. Too bad I can’t say the same for the couple featured in Messing…
I had really high hopes going into this book. I’d heard it was kind of James Bond-meets-contemporary-romance, and, liking both of those things quite a bit, I was excited. I’m also a fan of a good parody – emphasis on good. What I found in From Boardwalk With Love was something that strove for the…
I think the Congress of Vienna of 1814-185 is really interesting. The fates of millions of people were decided amongst serious partying, and it was interrupted by Napoleon’s escape and the events leading up to the Battle of Waterloo. Any romance placed in this setting should be fascinating. A Foreign Affair, alas, is far from…
Remember the TV series Moonlighting? I loved it. All that witty banter and repartee between Dave and Maddie, and the the best sexual tension ever. But you can’t have a TV series on witty banter alone, so they’d add a bit of plot to move things along. Confessions Of A Scoundrel was like a book…
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