I find myself rather annoyed with Hugh Daniel Leighton, Viscount Barrington. Last fall, he whispered sweet seductions in my ear like the practiced rake he was, urging me to tell his story. So I abandoned the ms where he’d been a secondary character and found him a nice girl with a few quirks of her…
Publisher: St. Martin’s Pub. Date: October 2, 2007 ISBN-10: 0312949804 ISBN-13: 978-0312949808 I have enjoyed many of Lisa Kleypas‘ historical novels for their unique slant on how London life went on outside the highest eschelons of society. Lately, however, she’s gotten away from that and I was hoping this book would be a bit of…
I was looking forward to the new Karen Hawkins book To Scotland, With Love, but I was disappointed with this one. The hero’s family has been cursed so that the weather is tied to their temper – love that idea and it was used effectively in this book. The story centers around a practical but…
Jacquie D’Alessandro’s latest offering Sleepless at Midnight was a fun read, but not as enjoyable as some of her previous books. In this story, the hero made two promises at his father’s deathbed and combines his efforts by hosting a house party at his estate to search for a hidden fortune while looking over heiresses…
When people come over and see my Romance shelf, thirty linear feet of books, they ooh and ah over how many I have accumulated. I’m more impressed by the effort that the authors put into writing them and then getting them to market. Why Read Romance? For me, Romance novels provide a pleasant escape from…