Revenge might be a petty motivation, but when it’s all a guy’s got left in his life, it’s enough to get him out of bed every morning. Or so former con man Sean O’Brien thinks. Sean’s swindler father is currently in prison because he was the one holding the bag when he and his partner…
Medieval stories have long been a favorite of mine, yet they seem to have fallen out of favor with publishers. And the few recently published ones I have read I considered lackluster at best. To my most pleasant surprise, Lindsay Townsend’s latest did not fall into this category. When Edith’s overlord Giles feared the pestilence,…
If you prefer your romances uncomplicated and your heroes to be winning examples of morality, this isn’t the book for you. Shining in the Sun is as far from uncomplicated as you can get, and both heroes walk the line of moral ambiguity, one much more than the other. But those qualities are part of…
As debuts go, this is very, very good. As books go, I can recommend Proof by Seduction to you, but only with a few provisos. Jenny Keeble is a fraud. She calls herself Madame Esmerelda and, with no hidden magic that resurfaces when she least expects and no slumbering telepathic gene that transmits itself at…
I’m always on the lookout for new contemporary romance authors, but didn’t have a lot of hope for Starr Ambrose’s Lie To Me since the description on the back cover sounded a bit too predictable. Happily, I was wrong – very wrong. I found this to be a wonderful debut novel, with engaging main characters,…
After three long years, Connie Brockway has written another historical romance, with the promise of more to come, as well as more contemporaries. As one who mourned the loss of her unique historical voice I say, “Huzzah!” So Enchanting has a similar feeling to her wonderful Bridal Season, and while it is not quite up…
Dangerous Secrets is Lisa Marie Rice’s latest book. If you’ve read any of her previous books, you know what to expect – an ultra-masculine hero who is touched to his core by love, and a heroine who is strong, intelligent, and feminine to her fingertips. Add some danger, lots of love scenes, and you have…
Normally a book cover does not influence me, but I thought the cover of Duchess of Fifth Avenue was quite stunning. Would the story inside be as good as the cover? Lana and her best friend Siobhan escape their harsh lives in Ireland and settle in New York City. Unfortunately, Siobhan’s husband, Billy, a charming…
Cheryl St. John is most acclaimed as an author of western romances. I confess, I haven’t read any of them, but one of her contemporaries, A Husband By Any Other Name, is among my favorite series romances. Dan Beckett always loved Lorraine Loring, but he was forced to stand aside as his father pushed Dan’s…
Connie Brockway brings her Rose Hunters trilogy to a close with My Surrender. Readers grumbling about the dearth of serious historical romances – grumble no more. This is an intense and very satisfying book. Charlotte Nash is the last of the sisters whose father gave his life in a French prison. Charlotte acts as companion…