The Maiden Bride is a Medieval romance in all its glory. The feel is there, the taste, the smell, the war-hardened men, the superstitions, the love, and the hate. In order to protect her beloved twin sister from marriage to a brutal Norman lord, Lady Linnea, doomed since birth as a “devil child,” decides to…
Fans of Julie Garwood – relax; you can let out your breath and rest easy. While The Wedding is perhaps not her finest release, is better than you feared. The misstep taken by Ms. Garwood in her disappointing For the Roses was not the start of a downward trend – it was just a one-time…
The MacKinnon’s Bride begins with promise. It is reminiscent of Judith McNaught’s wonderful Kingdom of Dreams and Julie Garwood’s spectacular The Bride. Alas, while many of the components are in place to make this book a special read, the book’s promise is not kept. As in Kingdom of Dreams, the heroine of this book is…
Catherine Archer, author of this reviewer’s favorite medieval, Velvet Bond, has written a dreamy sequel. The oddest sensation enveloped me when reading this book – it was as though I was in a dream-state, wrapped in a velvet-smooth, creamy cocoon. A minor character in her previous work, Sir Stephen Clayburn, emerges boldly in Velvet Touch….
Amanda Quick’s hard-covered Medieval, Mystique, has been released in paperback form. Quick (a pen name for writer Jayne Ann Krentz) can always be counted on to write compelling, easy-to-read historicals, although her breezy, humorous style lends itself better to the Regency period than the Middle Ages. Quick can always be counted on to write a…
Lion’s Legacy is the fitting finale to a Scottish medieval trilogy written by Suzanne Barclay. This book is a quick, but exciting romance that sets treachery and betrayal against the wildness and isolation of Scotland. Set in the 1300’s, the trilogy explores the trials and tribulations of the Carmichael, Sutherland and MacLellan clans. The first…