In Ireland in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell’s army is spreading terror throughout the land. It makes no difference if you are a descendant of the Normans or are pure Irish, if you have an estate you stand a good chance of losing it to Cromwell’s profiteers. This possibility terrifies Eleanor Archebold. Eleanor is the…
It is very rare to have a hero win you over within the first few pages of a book, but Gossamer‘s James Cameron Craig manages to do just that. From the moment he gets up in the middle of the night to check on a weeping woman next door, James starts to win the heart…
Susan Johnson is the only romance writer I’ve read who uses footnotes in her books. These are usually helpful and they were in this book too: they showed where this author must have made a wrong turn in writing this story. In the footnotes, one reads that Johnson discovered a real couple, a young man…
Well, I’ve made my first discovery of 1999, and I’m very happy about it (okay, technically I read the book in 1998, but it’s got a 1999 publication date so I’m fudging a little). Strong characters and a sweet love story make this novel a winner. Samantha Northrup, the vicar’s daughter, is awakened in the…
The Rancher and the Amnesiac Bride hits three “wall-banger” buttons from my list – cowboys, heroines with amnesia, and babies. Each of these plot devices have been overdone in series romance in the past few years, and having all three together in one book is simply too much to take. When three overdone plot devices…
As a gawky teenager, Lily D’Artiers Copeland was in love with Webb Dryden. Webb was handsome, dashing, and well-traveled (thanks to his work as a spy) and basically it for Lily. Unfortunately, Webb saw Lily as an irritant and acted cruelly towards her. The thing about gawky teenagers is that they grow up, and the…
Quiet, like a meandering herd through a sunlit meadow – pretty, but slow-moving – The Last True Cowboy is a very p-a-c-e-d read. It’s my first Kathleen Eagle, so I have no personal frame of reference on her other works, but having heard such wonderful things about the author, I was anxious to read this…
“Women and horses were K.C.’s favorite kind of folks. He had superb instincts about both. Give him five minutes with a sullen woman or a skittish filly and he’d know exactly what she needed. He also had good instincts about fullfilling those needs, and he had turned his instincts into an art form. It wasn’t…
One characteristic that I’ve always enjoyed about the Regency Romance is its wit and light-heartedness – those same characteristics that make Jane Austen’s books such a delight to read. A Regency Romance lacking these qualities is not half so fun to read, and that is the problem with A Clandestine Courtship by Allison Lane. James…
I’ve always been in awe of an author who can write one excellent book, but to follow it with yet another recommended read is a feat indeed. Elizabeth Boyle has achieved this feat with her newest novel, Brazen Heiress. Set almost a decade after Brazen Angel, this romance centers around Lily D’Artiers, who appeared as…
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