In all fairness to Linda Howard, this book was written in 1982. In all fairness to the reader, this book stinks. I love Linda Howard, but apparently she wrote this before she “got good.” Jessica Stanton is a 23-year-old widowed virgin (that’s right) who owns stock in Greek billionaire playboy Nikolas Constantinos’ company. She votes…
Reading a Leigh Greenwood is like reading a play, almost straight dialogue. He’s a storyteller, and that’s fine, the characters all have their say, but the reader is left to fill in most of the details. While Ward’s story was okay, it left me feeling like I was missing something. By comparison, Jake was a…
Jake Maxwell has just returned from the Civil War to find his family’s land stolen and his cattle scattered all over Texas. While Jake was off fighting for what he believed in, mean-spirited and greedy farmers have destroyed what he had set out to build. Now they want Jake to pay reparations for the damage…
Jake is the first book in Leigh’s new series The Cowboys. I liked Jake Maxwell a lot and I liked the heroine, Isabelle Davenport, equally as much. I also liked how these two took on eleven orphans, whether Jake wanted to or not, and gave them a purpose in life, a reason to live, and…
Well, let me introduce you to Sue Civil-Brown, better known as Rachel Lee. Rachel Lee is a particular favorite of mine, and has been for several months since I discovered her writing in An Officer And A Gentleman. While I still have four more books from the Conard County Series to read and I’m taking…
Have you ever watched a school play? The kind where inexperienced but passionate actors tromp from one set spot to another, and then stop and give exaggerated speeches, only to move on to the next spot? I never before thought that this could be done in a book, and then I read The Nightingale’s Song….
Well, I have to say that I liked Ward better than I liked Jake, but this series still lacks the spark of the Seven Brides series. I feel like I’m going to harp here but again, Ward lacks tension; it lacks some real interest to get things going, and this does not bode well for…
I just finished The Bequest and, well, you’ll have to excuse me now, but I have to go take a long, hot bath. Soak in the water. Wash away all that whorehouse grime. Yuck. Candice Proctor’s first book, Night in Eden, examined the horrific conditions women faced as convicts in Regency-era England. The Bequest deals…
I know I’m going to be in the minority, but here it is: The Last Hellion was a disappointing read for me. I cannot recommend it unconditionally, and that loud crack you just heard was the sound of my heart, breaking. The plot revolves around Lydia Grenville and Vere Mallory, the Duke of Ainswood. She’s…
Endicott, Indiana is like a living episode of Leave it to Beaver. All the moms and dads there are like June and Ward Cleaver and nobody bothers to lock their cars or doors. The only exciting thing that happens in the town is the visit of Comet Bob who appears in the skies over Endicott…
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