In my opinion, reading cannot be all angst, deeply emotional or riveting stories; the equivalent of meat and potatoes in a diet. Once in a while it is nice to pick up the book equivalent of a chocolate bar. The Man Tamer falls into that group of light romances with some humor that are satisfying…
Carla Kelly’s 1993 trad Regency features a most unlikely romance hero: Henry Tewskbury-Hampton, Fifth Marquis of Grayson, has thinning hair and an expanding waistline. Since leaving the army after fighting in the Peninsular War, he has become lazy, bored, and afraid that he is no longer likable. Traveling north to a houseparty he is not…
I seem to be on a roll lately with books that can easily be summed up in one word. Derivative will do the job nicely for this one. See if this sounds familiar: A group of extra large vampire warriors are engaged in a struggle against evil on an epic level. These extra large vampire…
The setting of this romance is unusual, and highly attractive. The island of Corfu, in northern Greece just this side of the Albanian border, is described well, and its landscape makes a splendid backdrop to the story and serves as far more than wallpaper. The time is 1817, and the British control the island. Benedict…
Julie Kenner’s previous two books in the Play. Survive. Win trilogy were non-stop action rides through New York City’s shopping district on a deadly scavenger hunt. I wondered how the author would wrap up this series without repeating herself, but never doubt a good writer. In a case of “art imitating life” – or in…
Set in Medieval Cornwall, Midnight Marriage takes place against the backdrop of the final years of the power struggle between between King Stephen and Henry FitzEmpress (later to be King Henry II). After the evil Sir Hugh de Noirville manages to drive the Earl of Liskeard out of Cornwall, he marries the earl’s younger daughter…
Debut author Cindy Miles pens an engaging romance between a living person and a ghost, and I would have recommended it more if Spirited Away didn’t remind me so much of another writer’s style. Dreadmoor Castle has always fascinated forensic archaeologist Andi Monroe because of the mystery surrounding its original owner; the lord known as…
Becky Bloomwood and I have always had a Love/Hate relationship. Since we were first introduced in Confessions of a Shopaholic, I can’t seem to shake the urge to call her up and see what life has thrown at her, even though we disagree on many different levels. So over the years, as someone would invite…
Knight’s Prize stands as proof that an enjoyable hero and heroine alone do not a good book make. Rand la Nuit is a thoroughly engaging hero and sweet, bright Meriel of Rivenloch a perfect match for him. Unfortunately, the rest of the story is such a trainwreck that the romance becomes quite difficult to savor….
Anna DeStefano has written an overwhelming story about two people suffering in their own unique ways. The heroine suffers from post traumatic stress over a death of a close friend and the hero from a job that is slowly killing him. Neither will allow the chance to let the other into their hearts so they…
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