I guess you could say I was a vampire romance virgin because Blood Red was my first. I will also admit that I have enjoyed many of Heather Graham/Shannon Drake’s historicals and I basically liked the story told in this novel. However, I couldn’t give it a higher score simply because of questions and quibbles…
I first read and loved Howl’s Moving Castle when it was published twenty years ago. In my umpteenth re-reading of the book for this DIK review, I realize I still love it as much as ever. It is, in my opinion, one of the best novels ever about finding yourself and about the nature of…
Okay, I have to admit that I’m a sucker for historical romances. And, if you throw in a slight paranormal twist, you pretty much have me from the beginning. Even so, Sue-Ellen Welfonder’s Until the Knight Comes is a great read and truly lives up to the promise of her previous work. Although I liked…
Devlin Bane is a Paladin. He lives and dies to serve humanity, to protect mankind from the Others beyond the Barrier, and to fight against Evil. He isn’t human. A Paladin’s only impetus is battle; their only emotions are rage, hate, and battle-lust. Their deaths and resurrections only serve to make them less and less…
Elaine of Corbenic has a crumbling castle, an insane father, a crippled brother, and a slew of poor villagers who all depend on her. (Making her, thus far, your pretty typical romance novel heroine.) Lancelot du Lac is the greatest knight in the world, gifted by the magical Lady of the Lake with inhuman, invincible…
His Majesty’s Dragon is straight fantasy, no romance whatsoever, but it does have, at its heart, a very lovely and emotionally rich relationship between a man and his newly hatched dragon. Captain Will Laurence and his naval crew capture a French frigate in what Laurence assumes to be a routine skirmish. What’s hardly routine is…
Karyn Langhorne’s Street Level is an intriguing and atypical romantic suspense novel with unusual characters and a distinct point of view. While far from perfect, I found it to be a most interesting read. Thea Morris lives and works with her best friend Chandra in the District of Columbia. The two are raising Chandra’s teenage…
Wow. What Do You Say to a Naked Elf? is one of the best surprises I’ve had in a long time. It’s hilarious, sexy, romantic, and inventive. The awful (but admittedly attention-grabbing) title caught my eye first; I couldn’t help thinking that romance had sunk to a tacky new low. Then I read the back…
Warning! Master of the Night may spontaneously combust. Sit next to an open window or fan to keep cool! It’s a testimony to this author’s talent that she managed to insert an interesting plot between the scorching sex scenes. Forget all you think you know about Merlin, Arthur, and the knights of the Round table….
We meet Faris Nallaneen, the gawky eighteen-year-old duchess of Galazon, just as she arrives as a new student at Greenlaw College, a finishing school in northern France. Faris was sent to school against her will by her uncle Becker, who is ruling the independent duchy of Galazon in her absence. Faris is deeply annoyed at…