Unmasked is a solid read which puts a personal face on the concept of freedom in the form of our heroine, who was born into serfdom and slavery in Russia. There are bumps in the narrative along the way, but for the most part, it is an interesting and enjoyable read. Marina Valstoya became the…
When I read a few entries in the author’s Simply series about a year or two ago, I was underwhelmed by Mary Balogh and haven’t read anything by her since. However, I very much enjoyed the reprint of this 1991 book and will be giving her backlist another look. Miles Ripley, Earl of Severn, is…
This is, sadly, another one of those books I forced myself to read. Saying that, I must add that the last third of the story saved it from a much lower grade. While the plot deals with the meaty issues of spousal abuse and childhood poverty and crime, the characters were uninspiring and the situations…
When I first began to read series romances, one of my favorite continuing series was the one Rachel Lee set in Conard County, Wyoming. I still have several of the books tucked away in my comfort read box, and I re-read them ever so often. The last book in the series was the 1999-published Involuntary…
Hellbent & Heartfirst sounded interesting since it features a heroine who works with Katrina victims. While I still think such a plot could be interesting, it wasn’t, as executed in this book. Worse yet, I didn’t care about the hero or heroine, or even like them. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1;…
One of the things I really liked about Reckless is that the author manages to avoid one of the major problems I encounter all too frequently in romantic suspense novels: One of two major plot points often gets short shrift. On the suspense side, this can lead to a sloppy ending to the mystery in…
There was a fair amount of buzz last year about the first book in Eve Kenin’s (she also writes as Eve Silver) series set in a post-Apocalyptic world, Driven, which also fared well in our annual reader poll. As a result, I checked it out. While it wasn’t a keeper for me, I felt the…
Jo Beverley’s classic Malloren series is one that I’m slowly working my way through…completely out of order. My Lady Notorious, the first in the series, is a road romance set in a delightful time period in which the author excels featuring two ladies in distress and the soldier who comes to the rescue. What more…
When Blythe offered me Sea Witch, she knew I’d jump at the chance to read and review a selkie romance. One of my two favorite romance short stories is a selkie story, and whenever I get the chance to mention John Sayles’ The Secret of Roan Inishe (like this), I do. Unfortunately, Virginia Kantra’s latest,…
Teresa Southwick continues her string of successful Silhouette Special Editions with When a Hero Comes Along. Though I didn’t find it as compelling a read as At a Millionaire’s Request or Midnight, Moonlight, and Miracles, I recommend it, albeit with qualifications. Joe Morgan and Kate Carpenter shared a passionate love affair until he broke it…
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