Mischief is the kind of humorous, sexy, light, and romantic novel fans of Amanda Quick have come to cherish. Better than Mystique, her last effort, this book is more on a par with Rendezvous, Scandal, and Mistress. Amanda Quick, the pen name used by Jayne Ann Krentz when writing historicals, does not write “important” romances….
Denim and Lace is a cut above the hackneyed western romances that seem to be cropping up lately. Although the author offers up the traditional feisty, red-haired heroine and an equally traditional hard-bitten, tortured hero, she injects enough humanity into them that they keep the reader interested. Denim and Lace is the story of Samantha…
A Hidden Magic could have been a very good book. But the author, guided one suspects by her editor and publisher, padded the book with a convoluted storyline when it wasn’t necessary, rendering this a very an average read. She also appears to have been swayed by the p.c. police in the manner in which…
Catherine Archer, author of this reviewer’s favorite medieval, Velvet Bond, has written a dreamy sequel. The oddest sensation enveloped me when reading this book – it was as though I was in a dream-state, wrapped in a velvet-smooth, creamy cocoon. A minor character in her previous work, Sir Stephen Clayburn, emerges boldly in Velvet Touch….
Winter Heart is the mail-order bride story of handsome half-Native American rancher Tristan Fletcher and provocative poseur Dinah Odell. Their story is as uncompromising as the wild and harshly beautiful California mountain frontier of the 1870’s. Somewhat reminiscent of Sharon Ihle’s delightful The Bride Wore Spurs, Dinah masquerades as a nurse (for Tristan’s sister) rather…
Is it damning with faint praise to say that the last forty percent of this book is relatively intriguing while the first sixty percent is basically plodding and stereotypical? After spending three days trying to get past the first few pages of this book, I gritted my teeth and steeled myself for utter boredom. Ms….
Passion’s Kiss is a delightful romp set in the mid-19th century England. The hero is Miles Wellesley, a first-generation American visiting his noble English grandmother while scouting out horses for his family ranch. The heroine is Lady Victoria Pembroke, a beautiful, intelligent, spirited and hoydenish spinster. Their clash, of culture, of wills, and of the…
In Knights, Linda Lael Miller has mashed together two stories that would have been better left separate, as perhaps two books or one book and a novella. Instead, everything is crammed into 300 pages and neither story gets the treatment it deserves. The medieval romance is short-changed, as is the time-travel plot-line. As a result,…
Captive is guaranteed to hold you in its thrall. The characters in this Regency-set historical are strongly written, from the leads through the third-tier characters. While written in the traditional mold, these characters and this story are anything but stale and stereotypical. The author’s talent brings everything to vivid life. If you enjoy Guardian/Ward Romances, you…
I’m a sucker for a good fairy tale – two of my favorite books are Bewitching and A Basket of Wishes. Perhaps those tales were special because the enchanted characters were the heroines. In Once Upon a Time, the fairy is the hero. I’m not sexist, but this book simply did not enchant. To give…
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