Medieval Ireland — castles, princesses, and knights! I can never resist medieval romance novels, so I had high hopes for Claire Delacroix’s The Princess, first of the Bride Quest Trilogy. And I wasn’t disappointed! Delacroix combines interesting dialogue, engaging characters, and a new twist on a classic “forced- marriage” plot into a story reminiscent of…
For those of you who, like me, were disappointed in Remember When, Judith McNaught’s last book, you’ll be glad to know she is back in form again with Night Whispers. Sloan Reynolds is a detective on the Bell Harbor Police Force. Suddenly, she gets a call from the father she hasn’t seen in 30 years…
What this book has going for it is great historical detail. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things about Kissing a Stranger that aren’t so great. Such as the hero’s falling prey to the old “She wants to marry for money, so she must be greedy and shallow” routine. And that the heroine never shared…
If you want to hearken back to a time of knights and damsels, of chivalry and bards and tales of true love, The Princess is the book to take you there. Ms. Delacroix spins a lyrical, whimsical story worthy of a bard’s tale. It’s a wonderfully fun read and it simply made me smile. When…
Saint’s Temptation is not a bad book, but it sure starts out that way. The entire first third is one huge prologue to the rest of the novel. It’s completely unnecessary, and irritating throughout. Once that’s over with, the rest is pretty entertaining. Unfortunately, I couldn’t quite get over the bad start. This is your…
There are some things I just don’t ever want to see in a romance novel, and two of those things appear in the first fifteen pages of The MacKenzie’s: Peter. The first no-no occurs when the heroine is having sex with someone other than the hero – in this case, the villain. The second no-no…
I have enjoyed Marilyn Pappano’s series romances very much. She is a wonderful storyteller with a knack for developing characters you truly care about and who remain with you after you close the book. Her mainstream romances have those same qualities of emotional intensity and memorable characters that mark her series books. Some Enchanted Season…
Much as I love Jayne Ann Krentz’s books, I can’t get into the whole Seattle coffee drinking thing. Coffee is something you have to learn to like and I never learned. Now chocolate is a whole other thing. I’m certain we are born loving it. Hot Chocolate is a tasty anthology of four stories all…
This book, a sequel to A Heart So Wild, started out fun despite its flaws. Unfortunately, the action started to wear thin after a while, and the ending was dragged out because of miscommunications. I hope you’ll forgive me if I call it a “mixed saddlebag.” Because of an argument with her parents, Casey Straton…
Although I have never read anything by Kay Hooper before, I have heard some good things about her over the years. After reading Haunting Rachel, I am ready to add my voice to the chorus; if you like romantic suspense, this one is not to be missed. This was almost a one-sitting read for me,…
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