Lords of the White Castle is Elizabeth Chadwick’s eleventh book. Set in late twelfth and early thirteenth century England, it recounts the true tale of the outlaw Fulke FitzWarin, a proud man who dared to stand against King John in order to reclaim his family castle. It also follows the life of Maude le Vavasour,…
When I am cleaning up the kitchen for what seems like the millionth time or coaxing a reluctant child to do her homework, I remind myself that parenting has its perks. Topping the list for me is the joy of introducing my children to books I loved as a little girl. Over twenty years ago…
1861, Yorkshire. In the night and the pouring rain, dogs are hunting Bonnie Eden. She is weak and hurt, but nothing deters her; she is escaping the brutality of a workhouse and a future as a whore. She finally seeks refuge at Damon Warwick’s estate, whereupon she coerces him into rendering her aid through blackmail….
I selected this book by Catherine Anderson for review, not because I’m a fan, but because I’ve never read her. Before I was halfway through Sweet Nothings, I was down at my local UBS picking up as many of her backlist as they had on their shelves. Other than a teensy little quibble at the…
Fortune hunters abound in traditional Regency Romance and, for the most part, they are not heroine material. They sidle up to the heroes at Almack’s. They gossip about the heroine. They dress in vulgar, albeit expensive, clothing and never get a husband unless he is old and depraved. At first glance it may seem surprising…
In her second contemporary romance, Mary Jo Putney tells the tale of a memorable tortured hero and the woman who refuses to give up on him. While this sounds like a conventional love story, the special characters prove that, as always, Putney can be relied on to deliver something different. The result is a book…
Juliet Marillier’s second novel Son Of Shadows is not only the perfect sequel to the first novel in her Sevenwaters trilogy, Daughter Of The Forest, but the perfect complement to it as well. It’s less gloomy, but more dangerous in atmosphere, and focuses less on family and more on romance this time. In fact, the…
A good Regency Romance offers sparkling conversation, delicate humor, genuine emotion, and flashes of sensual allure. What is sometimes missing is the romance of history, the beauty of nature, the color and humor of local characters, and perhaps a certain warmth and dash in the hero’s personality. All those elements are present in Dawn Lindsey’s…
Carla Kelly’s One Good Turn features Benedict Nesbitt, Duke of Knaresborough (Nez), who first appeared in Libby’s London Merchant There are also small guest appearances by Jane and Scipio Butterworth from Miss Milton Speaks Her Mind. Nez stops his coach one rainy day to pick up a woman and a young boy. Nez assumes that…
Antony diTalora, the crown prince of San Rimini, has a problem. At 34 he is getting a lot of pressure from his father and his nation to marry and produce a male heir. He’s been coerced into meeting and dating a lot of women in search of the perfect bride, hence the media has dubbed…
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