While I’ve not read Jodi Thomas before, I have read reviews of her other books, including those in the related McClain series. All the reviews have been good (some have been great), giving me a pleasant sense of anticipation for Twilight in Texas. So it’s with no small amount of confusion that as I write…
I loved the central conflict in this book: the hero and heroine, who once loved each other deeply, have now come to hate each other just as deeply, and not because of any big misunderstandings. She was a Southern Belle and he was a Union spy. The met, fell in love, and got married in…
Laura Truitt and her husband Jack are out house hunting in Roswell, Georgia when Laura feels inexplicably drawn to an old plantation. Upon meeting the home’s owner, the situation becomes strange; the old woman has a picture of a person that looks exactly like Laura, except that the picture was taken in the 1800’s! Laura…
Some authors tend to end a long-running series with quick, slap-dash effort. No one who has even glanced at Heather Graham’s latest 471 page opus could accuse her of that. Triumph is the conclusion of Graham’s Florida series. It encompasses the last couple years of the Civil War and wraps up the story of the…
In too many historical romances, the authors take great pains to get the period details correct. However, they often forget to have their characters act in period as well. The clothing may be described accurately, actual events may be incorporated into the plot, but the people in the story are nothing more than our contemporaries…
Beaudry’s Ghost is an electronic book available from Dreams Unlimited. It’s not a bad read, and is actually better than many traditionally published ghost romances. Mourning the loss of her twin brother, Taylor Brannon takes his place on a Civil War Reenactment field. Their last conversation ended in a heated argument and Taylor never had…
I keep meaning to pay a visit to the Buried Treasures page and submit Rosalyn West’s name, because I love her books, but I never hear anyone talking about them but me. Consider this review my annual appeal on her behalf – if you like American Historicals with complex characters and incredible conflicts, please give…
Heather Graham has another winner in this, the latest chapter in the saga of the McKenzies, a Florida family whose loyalties are torn and tested during the Civil War. It came very close to being a Desert Isle Keeper for me; only the ending really spoiled it. Dr. Julian McKenzie leads his patrol of Confederate…
Inspirational novels can be difficult to review. You can’t exactly give a novel a lower grade simply because you don’t agree with the beliefs of the author. As you might expect from an inspirational novel, the crux of this novel is a spiritual conflict. The hero has rejected God, and the heroine feels compelled to…
The Rebel is the third installment in the Men of Pride County series, and it is definitely a departure from the other two. While the hero is a man from Pride County, almost all of the story is set in territorial New Mexico. And unlike the other two, the bulk of the story takes place…