One of the great things about being a reviewer is that every once in awhile you read a book that makes you think, “My God, what a fantastic book!” I am happy to say that The Wedding Night made me think just that. The year is 1858 and Mairey Faelyn is continuing her father’s legacy….
To Love and To Cherish is the first volume of Patricia Gaffney’s justly renowned Wyckerley trilogy. The books are set during the Victorian era in the English village of Wyckerley. Wyckerley’s physical terrain is similar to Cornwall – mining and agricultural country, and one of the charms of the trilogy is how Ms Gaffney has…
Some romances (and other fiction, for that matter) surround the plot with detail – describing surroundings, people, customs, and quirks to make the story true to the location. Admittedly if not done carefully, this can bog a book down, but done right, it can sweep a reader into the location of the book enough to…
Are you tired of time travel books involving magic rings, rocks, staircases, graves, coins, or mirrors? Are you a Star Trek fan who wonders how all those romance time travelers affect the space-time continuum? If the average time travel romance leaves you unsatisfied, To Say Nothing of the Dog is the book for you. Smart…
Wild at Heart has a most unusual romantic premise … and a hero who is not only heroic, but endearing as well. Patricia Gaffney’s writing is virtually word perfect, and simply glows. This is a very, very nice book. It’s 1893 Chicago, site of the World’s Fair. Sydney Darrow (I just loved her name), is…
Retired Air Force Colonel Merline Lovelace is quite prolific, writing full-length suspense, contemporary, series, and historical romance. Until now, my favorite book by her was the medieval, Lady’s Ransom. What struck me so much about that book was the sense of honor and responsibility the hero and heroine felt, and the fact that neither whined,…
I like an author that knows her audience is intelligent. Judith Ivory writes elegantly and is not afraid to use larger words. She writes like she knows we can understand the more complicated phrases, like she knows we can hold an idea in our heads for longer than a page. Sleeping Beauty, although slightly complicated…
I love the Victorian period as much as a lot of romance readers love the Regency period. True, the Victorian age was not as glittering and outwardly colorful as the Regency, but it was a dynamic time full of change, especially for women, and it marked the zenith of the British Empire. I started Never…
When Harry Met Dizzy. Only better. My first Connie Brockway, and thank goodness, I have her others in my stockpile. This is a terrific book! Lovely Desdemona Carlisle is a young Englishwoman living with her grandfather in Victorian Egypt. Desdemona was a child prodigy, brilliant, reading twelve languages, and a fabricator of romantic illusions. And,…