Sir Niall of Malloy is a fourteenth century English knight who acts as prison guard for a witch-hunting archbishop. One day, the witch he is to escort to her bloody death is young, comely, and, we are told, “a merry twinkle danced in the warm hazel of her eyes.” Her name is Viviane and she…
Think of eating white rice without any kind of seasoning or accompaniment, and that pretty much sums up reading A Matter of Time. It’s certainly not a bad book, but while I wasn’t cringing in horror, I wasn’t enthralled either. Douglas MacKendimen is hunky doctor with a strange heritage. His parents claim to have time-traveled…
Is it possible to travel through time and not remember your previous life? I didn’t think so, but apparently for Amelia Baldwin it is possible and apparently is exactly what has happened. While I was able to follow most of the story fairly easily, this little twist threw me off and left me somewhat confused…
Crafting a love story set amidst tragedy is always a chancy proposition. In A Time for Dreams, author Jen Holling succeeds, to a degree. Although I had some difficulty with the writing style, and found the hero and heroine less than totally engaging, the story was compelling enough to keep me going to the believable…
I do not know when I have ever enountered a more idiotic heroine than Cora Talmadge from this book. Cora has been talked by her friend Jenny into parachuting. Since this is her first jump, she is going to be strapped to the instructor who turns out to be Adrian de Vargas, Cora’s old boyfriend….
I’m not a fan of time-travels, mostly because they rarely work, are often confusing, and the method and purpose of the time-travel is either unclear or badly done. Angie Ray’s A Knight to Cherish is a pleasant exception that I enjoyed very much. Shy and pretty Francine Peabody has a good job as an accountant,…
Can you imagine living in a world where there are no real men, only men who were created in a lab or workshop? Can you imagine living a life where you never have the joy of having a father, brother or husband and the only reason you exist is because you were cloned? For Nina…
I always like a good time-travel romance. My only question: Where are they? A good time-travel, indeed any paranormal, requires a certain level of depth to the story in order to avoid having the metaphysical elements come across as too simplistic. Time-travel – especially in romance novels – is a fascinating concept but, in order…
Most of us just get drenched from falling into a fountain. We don’t end up traveling to another time – and we definitely don’t do it twice. Flynn Patrick is reluctantly returning to England to attend a wedding at Merestun. During the reception he stumbles headlong into a fountain and emerges from the very same…
Lady of the Night is one of those reads that contains good ingredients but never manages to transform them into something special. I read it in one sitting, but I did sigh from time to time, ever hoping it would make a last minute turnaround. Katharina Ferguson is visiting haunted castles in England when she…