There is something about spring that is always warm and exciting and full of promise to me. But summer can go in any direction – it can be a warm and delightful season full of lazy heat, trips to the swimming pool, ice cream and baseball games. Or it can be ominously hot, full of…
I really enjoy stories set during World War I and afterward, and am always looking for new ones. One day at the library, I saw a book on display titled Maisie Dobbs. The cover picture featured a young woman wearing a cloche hat, and the blurb promised an interesting story. I checked it out and…
For those who read Jade Lee’s last novel, Her Wicked Surrender, you will probably be surprised at the transformation in Kit Frazier. The once affable young man can easily be 2011’s Most Tortured Hero. Seven years ago, Kit’s rigidly proper cousin, an earl, essentially kidnapped him and put him on a ship bound for the colonies,…
Anne Mallory’s One Night is Never Enough is as close to perfect as any love story I’ve read in recent memory. I bet it’s the best historical romance I’ll read this year and, yes, I know it’s only March. Ms. Mallory gets better and better with each novel she pens. Her last work, The Seven…
In some ways, this review is superfluous. I’m not denigrating the importance of a reviewer, but, well, things are different with J. D. Robb. If you read her, you’ll probably read this one. And if you don’t, you sure as heck ain’t gonna start with the 32nd hardcover episode of the adventures of Eve Dallas…
Five years ago, if someone had told me that I’d become a passionate fan of a fantasy romance series featuring flying cats and evil, soul-stealing mages, I’d have scoffed. Then I read C.L. Wilson’s debut novel Lord of the Fading Lands and I was hooked. If you’re used to reading more realistic fare, you’ll have…
Monica Burns’ latest is an excellent read about two characters with problems that have been intensified by the cruelty of those around them. I greatly enjoyed this character and dialogue-driven novel and was certainly able to sympathize with the main characters as well as share in their triumph of finally accepting themselves. Pleasure Me has…
Recently, whenever I run out of books to read, I reach for Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn. This is the third book in the Twelve Houses series and while I liked the others, this book is almost a perfect book for me. The setting is the country of Gillengaria ruled by King Baryn. Gillengaria…
The Pink Carnation series is one that I have been following with great pleasure for a number of years, but, as much as I have been enjoying the protagonists’ adventures in England, Ireland, and India, I was somewhat disappointed that after the first volume the action never returned to Napoleon’s home turf. I was thrilled…
I have read almost every single word that Robin McKinley has published, and I used to feel guilty that I didn’t enjoy all her books. I stopped worrying about this transgression when I understood that I have the right to dislike, even as it is her right to write whatever she so chooses. Having now…
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