Captive is guaranteed to hold you in its thrall. The characters in this Regency-set historical are strongly written, from the leads through the third-tier characters. While written in the traditional mold, these characters and this story are anything but stale and stereotypical. The author’s talent brings everything to vivid life. If you enjoy Guardian/Ward Romances,…
Scoundrel is a rip-roaring romance set in Regency England. Lady Lily Walters must hide her identity as a master cryptographer and so acts the flirtatious, empty-headed chit. The Duke of Remmington, notorious ladies’ man, is a master spy. Neither knows about each others’ “work”, although the Duke does realize Lily is infatuated with him. Their…
Julia Quinn, who debuted as a romance author with the quite splendid Splendid, has written its not-quite-as-splendid follow-up, Dancing At Midnight. Set in the Regency period, the book opens with Lady Arabella Blydon, our beautiful bluestocking heroine, visiting the country estate of her cousin Emma and Emma’s husband Alex (the heroine and hero of Splendid)….
With strong measures of intrigue, danger, true love, and meddling relatives, Stella Cameron whips up a book with more substance than many other trifles set in and around the Regency period. Nothing and no one is as it seems, and a strong-willed spinster is about to stir the pot and bring things to a boil….
Set aside the rather far-fetched mid-section of this book and what’s left is a sensual jewel. The bold beginning of this book of love is the celebration of marriage between Lady Emily Maitland and the irresistible Major Blake. However, there is no Major Blake – he is the Lady’s creation, concocted (with her grandmother) to…
I’ve always liked Whitney, My Love. But recently, it has become a very guilty pleasure – kind of like buying a pint of Ben and Jerry’s and eating it in one sitting. In the years that I have been on line, I have seen it discussed countless times, and it comes up every so often…