I have to admit, I am pretty new to Linda Howard. Except for one short story in a Christmas anthology, I have never read anything by her. Judging from all the positive comments I have heard about her books over the years, starting with Now You See Her may have been a mistake. It wasn’t…
This novel takes some classic standbys of the Gothic novel and transforms them. If you like the Gothic mood, you’ll find it in this book. A mansion in Louisiana, an eccentric family, a charming hero who may be insane, and a glimpse of New Orleans during Mardi Gras. This novel also has something most of…
The lair of the Devil Earl, perched precariously on a sea cliff like the castle in Dark Shadows. A night filled with tempest-tossed seas and the crackles of thunder. A tall and brooding hero, accused of murder. These sound like the perfect ingredients for a gothic novel, right? Well, those elements are in place, but…
Deborah Simmons has quickly become a must-read author for me. If you’ve not read her yet, you’re missing something good. Her books are infused with humor, a broad range of diverse personalities, and are very sexy reads, too. I just finished The Last Rogue, and while I loved it (it’s a wonderful read), in some…
Just how interested are you in boating and amber? If you don’t know now, you will after you read Amber Beach, a book in which each of these subjects are discussed in elaborate detail. I discovered I was fairly interested in the amber, but not the boating. This pretty much sunk the first half of…
One Summer first came out in 1993. When I read it, I thought that Johnny and Rachel were two of the best characters I had encountered in a long time, but I had reservations about the plot. One Summer has been re-issued in a new paperback edition and I re-read it. Johnny and Rachel are…
Suspense fans should pick this one up. Taylor Smith writes a tightly suspenseful novel that keeps you reading to the end. Romance fans, beware. The hero and heroine are not who you might think they are at first. Journalist Claire Gillespie is on the trail of a killer. Her lover, FBI agent Michael Kazarian, has…
Mountain Heather is one of those books that refuses to be pigeon-holed. According to its spine, it is fiction, but the back blurb touts a romantic angle. It was originally published last year in Great Britain under the title Grianan, which makes much more sense, since there were neither mountains nor heather anywhere to be…
Jayne Ann Krentz has just provided more fuel to the discussion about alpha heroes. Jasper Sloan, the hero of Flash is in some ways a typical alpha – a leader, more interested in business than in pleasure. At the same time, he’s a devoted family man. And when Olivia Chantry comes along, he learns to…
I may get drummed out of the sisterhood, but I must confess that I generally don’t like the heroines of screwball comedies. Too often, they are so dumb and annoying, I wonder how they have lived as long as they have (are you listening, Ally McBeal)? Kit McClellan, the heroine of Elizabeth Bevarly’s My Man…
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