Reading this romance wasn’t a hardship, but in the end I never felt it was anything special or memorable. The notorious Madame Aphrodite, owner of one of London’s most infamous brothels, hires Sebastian Thorne to track down an enemy who stole her three daughters away when they were just little girls. (This is the third…
This is the fourth in the Riley Jensen Guardian novels. I’m just giving fair warning right away, if you haven’t read the first three books, don’t even bother picking this one up until you do. These books happen in direct succession to each other, and starting at this point will frustrate you. Which would be…
Bedding the Heiress is a cliché-ridden mess. Here is the synopsis: Feisty heroine Angry hero Chick-in-pants housebreaker Whore! Was that a maidenhead? Special license That tells you everything you need to know, doesn’t it? You can all connect those dots, I’m sure. What, I have to write more? Okay, fine, if you insist… The book…
Back when Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was published, my parents picked up a copy from the library and set about integrating its wisdom into our daily lives. Of course, with three daughters, Mars was somewhat outnumbered. While most of the book has faded from memory, some parts have stuck. Like the…
A warrior heroine in historical romance is one plot element that makes me look the other way when choosing my next read. That doesn’t mean I haven’t enjoyed a few of those heroines in the past but after reading Gwen Rowley’s latest featuring one very appealing fighting woman who can match, if not defeat, her…
Historical romances have always seemed more incredibly romantic to me than any other subgenre because there is just something about a big meaty historical saga that fires my imagination. However, a good historical must have not only a well-told story but also must have characters who capture the reader’s heart. If one of these elements…
The Flower Shop mystery series is written by a former romance writer and deliciously mixes a fun on-going romance with a cozy mystery and more than a mere soupçon of humor. Abby Knight owns a flower shop and fancies herself an amateur detective. After being accosted and threatened by Snuggles the Clown during the Annual…
Mala lives a life of perfection on her planet of Nerak. Everyone is healthy, wealthy, and perfectly balanced. Technology provides quick fixes for everything – hormonal imbalances, illness, hunger, even sexual desire. Nerak is perfectly peaceful, having phased men out completely and thus the main instigators of war. Perfection, however, gets boring, and Mala has…
Temperance Challinor is a tradeswoman who inherited her linen draper business from her father. The Plague has been bad for business, but in 1666, things are beginning to look up. Just in time for the Great London Fire. Temperance meets John Bow, a poet and troubadour, who is singing in a tavern where she has…
An angel as a protagonist fascinates me, but there was such a lack of world building in Warrior Angel that the angel might just as well have been an ordinary human male. Sir Derek de Molay, a Templar Knight, died under the torture methods of the Inquisition. His spirit traveled to Purgatory, and there he…
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