An Improper Proposal is a sexy, action-packed, humorous book. This is not a book to turn to if you are looking for in-depth character analysis or tortured, soul-searching heroes; this one is just pure fun. While it’s slightly flawed at the end, overall it provides for solid entertainment. Payton Dixon has had a rather unconventional…
Pirate stories are amongst the more maligned in the field of romance novels, so when I got a chance to review this offering by Marti Phillips, I jumped at the chance, hoping to find a rare gem among the stereotypical Pirate books out there. Alas, it was not to be. Adrian Wolfe is a feared…
I got off on the wrong foot with Tame Me Not, and unfortunately, I suspect that a lot of other people will as well. The book starts off with Mignonne Saint-Sylvestre, a teenage heroine finishing up a night of work as a “highwayman.” Mignonne, it seems is your basic too-feisty-to-live heroine. Like many tomboy types…
I first picked up Desire’s Blossom when I was ten years old. I was curious about the books with the ugly covers that my sister loved so much. I chose Desire’s Blossom because I read from the back cover blurb that it was partially set in China. I didn’t read another romance book for six…
I haven’t read too many historical romances that take place in Australia. At first, I thought September Moon was going to be just like those American Historicals that take place on the frontier – lots of hardship, wildness and danger. It is. And yet, it is different. Ms. Proctor brings all the strangeness and wildness…
Rebecca Brandewyne used to be one of my favorite authors. Boy, have my tastes changed! At first, though I didn’t buy into the reincarnation subplot, I enjoyed And Gold Was Ours as I might enjoy a campy movie serial. Then, I came upon the scene where the evil nun tried to force herself on the…
The blurb of The Long Way Home, the newest in Jove’s Friends line, proclaims “When it comes to matters of the heart, you can always trust your friends.” Wouldn’t you say that sets up certain reader expectations? It’s unfortunate this book was included in this new marketing strategy because none of these expectations were met….
When gathering my thoughts to write something honestly descriptive about this read, the comparison to the pirate novels of the ’70s and early ’80s was difficult to avoid. Unfortunately, this tie-in became so strong for me that I still find it difficult to judge A Pirate of Her Own on its own merits. By comparison,…
Deception’s Bride is a very eventful read, with young love playing out its passionate game against the backdrop of an exotic environment. Whoa, lets make a fresh start of this review. Every word in the above sentence is true, but it is still partially misleading. Sometimes words can lead us a merry chase, so lets…
Johanna Lindsey’s Once A Princess is old-fashioned, fairy tale fun. The princess in question is Tatiana Janacek, the sole surviving member of the Janacek clan and heir to the Cardinian throne. Cardinia? Don’t spend too much time trying to find it on a map. Cardinia is pure invention, a vaguely Eastern European figment of the…