I wanted to do something special for my 50th review for AAR. After reading Susan Carroll’s magnificent Winterbourne (originally published in 1987), I knew this was that something. The Medieval Romance is one of my favorite sub-genres, and they are few and far between. Good ones are hard to find…great ones even more rare. Susan…
I’m a sucker for tortured heroes and heroines, as well as rich, even intense, historicals, so Mary Reed McCall’s latest novel was a must-read for me. Her tale of love and healing set against the violent dissolution of the Templars is absolutely beautiful. There were a few minor irritants that kept it from being a…
If you typically enjoy romance novels featuring perfect people, Catherine Anderson’s upcoming Blue Skies is not for you. Carly Adams lived her whole life with a rare eye disease that left her blind until a recent operation gave her sight. She stands on threshold of a new life and, after having taught special education, decides…
Many romance readers have never even heard of Lisa G. Brown, whose books are sometimes hard to find. But take it from me, they more than re-pay the effort of tracking them down. Billy Bob Walker Got Married is my favorite by her, but is followed very closely by Crazy For Lovin’ You. Brown also…
Sometimes a book comes along that takes a standard formula and polishes it up well. Knight on the Texas Plains is like that: in spite of several flaws, it’s a nice, well-crafted marriage-of-convenience story. A man stakes his infant daughter at a poker game. Duel McClain is a world-weary drifter without much to live for,…
I’d heard positive things about this author, so when I received A Chance at Love to review, I was looking forward to reading it. Many aspects of the book impressed me, while others left me a little confused. There were several qualities here that I liked a lot, among them a very strong heroine. In…
With French Leave, Sheri Cobb South wins, places and shows. She makes the hat trick, achieves the trifecta, threepeats. This book brings her Weaver trilogy to a delightful close, and I was charmed from the very first word. Lord Waverly (the villain in The Weaver Takes A Wife) has fallen on hard times. His debts…
It felt like it had been a while since I read an American Historical Romance, so after many lords, ladies and contemporary characters, I’m very glad I asked to review More Than You Wished, the second book in the Hamilton series. I enjoyed it very much, and I hope you’ll find it as satisfying a…
Usually when it comes to time travel books, I’m not too picky. My father, who is an omnivorous reader, can’t read time travel at all since the whole concept offends his sense of logic. I accept the premise and don’t worry how the characters travel in time, but once they do, if they act like…
Sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint which books are really getting a lot of buzz on the Internet. But when six AAR reviewers and editors (and publisher) independently buy two books by the same author over one weekend and four more rush out to get them in the next few days, well, that’s buzz…