A Rake By Any Other Name by Mia Marlowe: Few men would be upset by having to choose between two lovely young women as his future bride. For Richard Barrett, Lord Hartley, the handsome but somewhat socially awkward young lord, it’s not really a choice he wants to make. However, […]
Love and Let Spy by Shana Galen: In the forest of historical romance books, it’s always a delightful surprise to come across one that is funny, gender-bending, and romantic at the same time. “Love and Let Spy” is that special book. It tells the tale of Jane Bonde, spy extraordinaire, and […]
Lady Elinor’s Wicked Advertures by Lillian Marek: Victorians were enamored of travel, and of the new field of archeology. Moving out of the drawing rooms and the overstuffed and overheated parlors of Victorian England, Lillian Marek has her characters in “Lady Elinor’s Wicked Adventures” on a road trip to Rome to […]
The Trouble with Harry by Katie MacAlister: Haven’t you always wondered what happens to all those pathetic widowers with children that the young debutantes turn their noses up at? “The Trouble with Harry” is about one of those widowers who is looking for a new mother for his children, and finds […]
The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane by Elizabeth Boyle: Imagine two palatial homes, side by side, both inhabited by men whose lives are dark and joyless. Then imagine that into their lives come happy, cheerful women—can you predict what happens? This is the premise of “The Viscount Who Lived Down […]
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 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, […]