In A Man Above Reproach by Evelyn Pryce, The new Duke of Lennox, Elias Addison, never aspired to take over his father’s place as head of his family’s estate. He finds it troublesome, tiring, and the last thing he would rather be struggling with daily. His longtime friend Nicholas convinces […]
Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins: Navel vessels, freedom fighters, adventures on the high seas and just plain greed make for an exciting premise in the final book of Beverly Jenkins’ “Destiny” series. Revolving around a Spanish-California family, “Destiny’s Captive” is about Noah Yates, the youngest and most damaged son. Cruelly shanghaied […]
What a Wallflower Wants by Maya Rodale is a lovely book, the newest addition in Maya Rodale’s “Bad Boys & Wallflowers” series. It also deals with dark subjects, and in a tasteful manner that doesn’t either turn maudlin or is treated too lightly. Prudence Merryweather Payton is a graduate for Lady Penelope’s […]
The Groom Says Yes by Cathy Maxwell: The final book in Cathy Maxwell’s “Brides of Wishmore” series is simply marvelous. When a book starts out with the last minute rescue of a man about to hang, you know it’s going to be and exciting run. Cormac Enright, Irishman, physician and impoverished […]
The Prince Who Loved Me by Karen Hawkins: Bronwyn Murdoch was the eldest, and the only biological daughter of her father. Her mother died while she was young and Bronwyn discovered she enjoyed books, helping her father and being more solitary rather than dancing and socializing with the people of the […]
The Earl’s Mistress by Liz Carlyle: Anthony, the Earl of Hepplewood, is one of those mad, bad, and kinky men that are slinking into literature and have become a bit of a fixture. Isabella Aldridge is one of those beautiful, intelligent and very desperate widows that the mad, bad and kinky […]
Nightingale by Cathy Maxwell: Sir Dane Pendleton, a self-made man, is writing out his last will and testament. Why? Because he has accepted a challenge from young Lord Whiting, the brother of woman who broke his heart, and he will face him at dawn. Although Dane expects to win the challenge, […]
Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine Heath: Disagreeable characters and unlikely situations are seldom the formulae for a winning novel. However, “Once More, My Darling Rogue” delightfully proves that wrong. Lady Ophelia Lyttleton is highly disagreeable, and believes and acts as if she were above most people. In particular, she […]
What A Lady Most Desires by Lecia Cornwall: War is a terrible, devastating thing, and in 1815, in Brussels, during the Battle of Waterloo, any proper English lady should not be tending the injured, sick and dying with her hands. However, that is just what Lady Delphine St. James is doing. […]
If you’re looking for a novel set in Medieval Scotland, The Highlander’s Bride Trouble by Mary Wine is the book for you. The heroine is Nareen Grant, the daughter of a prominent laird who is now working as a lady’s maid for Abigail Ross, the very spoiled and badly behaved […]