Fool Me Twice is easily my favorite Duran book of the last few years. After having loved a few of hers in the past, I struggled with the last three as they had themes that didn’t really resonate with me. Happily, her newest effort really worked, and I finished the book a happy reader. The…
I liked this book, so it’s really unfortunate that I chose it not realizing it was the third title in a series. This was unfortunate because Rush could have been a great book if I hadn’t spent so much time confused and wishing I’d read the two preceding titles in the proper order. Five years…
An Outlaw in Wonderland sounded like it was right up my alley. A Union doctor who spies in a Confederate hospital? A Virginia heroine with mixed loyalties? Sign me up! Or not. All the exciting stuff on the back cover takes place at the beginning of the book, which rapidly devolves into kitchen sink plotting…
Anyone who has ever spent the night pacing the floors with a teething baby knows just how desperate a person can get when trying to soothe a child. Many parents become frantic for a solution. In the mid-1800’s such a solution came in the form of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It quieted restless, pain filled…
Heroines with a scientific bent seem a dime a dozen in historical romance at the moment; some of them are credible, others less so. One of the earliest and most convincing heroines of this kind that I know of is Lady Elizabeth Conway in Sheila Simonson’s Lady Elizabeth’s Comet, which was first published in 1986….
I always enjoy Laura Lee Guhrke’s books and With Seduction in Mind is no exception. The characters were a delight to meet – witty, intelligent and well matched. The story had a bit of a silly misunderstanding at the end, but for the most part I had a wonderful time reading this one. Years ago,…
Kimberly Van Meter writes contemporary romances set in the fictional small town of Emmett’s Hill, in the California Sierra Nevadas. And it’s the first small town I’ve read about in recent history in which the residents look out for each other, but in which they are really nasty towards the outsider. No absolute hearts of…
Normally the thought of reading a book about guardian angels and heaven that tries to make it all sound hip makes me throw up in my mouth a little. However, as I started reading Freudian Slip, I quickly began to realize that Erica Orloff was pulling off that rarest feat of all: She tells a…
Wrath, Rhage, Zsadist, Butch, and Vishous – each had his big romance featured in his own book detailing his devotion to his mate. Through it all, readers have come to know and love each of them both separately and as a loyal member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Now it’s time for Phury’s book –…
Jo Beverley’s books have always been comfort reads to me. Lady Beware, the latest in her Company of Rogues series, fits nicely into this category. Lord Darien returns a hero from the Napoleonic Wars to claim a title that is blemished, to say the least. Because of his wastrel ancestors, lecherous father, and insanely murderous…