Feb 17 2013
Dear Ms. Ranney: I had such high hopes for this book, particularly when I realized it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast inverted. The heroine, Catriona Cameron, was a beauty who enjoyed the pleasures of men, both in bed and out. She enjoyed toying with them. She enjoyed getting away with almost any(…)
Jul 19 2012
Dear Ms. Ranney, They were a pair, weren’t they? The earl who’d divorced his wife, and the maid who hid her past. Perhaps they deserved each other. I enjoyed your latest book A Scandalous Scot. It’s a straightforward love story–a Cinderella story, really–between a smart, competent woman and a compassionate, passionate man. The plot made(…)
Jul 29 2010
Dear Ms. Ranney: Sometimes good prose can transcend a bad plot or trite circumstances but not always and not in the case of A Highland Duchess. While I’ve enjoyed Ranney writing in the past and have spent my wallet silly on the recently released backlist titles, the strained plot contrivances and the heavy handedness in(…)
Dec 2 2009
Dear Ms. Ranney: I confess that the title of the this book was a bit offputting (not to mention factually inaccurate for the story). I was initially put off by the title and the blurb but the book was sent by the publisher and after the first chapter, I was very interested in what came(…)
Oct 17 2007
Dear Ms. Ranney: Here's a problem I have. Sometimes I get authors mixed up in my head. I got you mixed up with another author named Karen and I thought you and she were the same person so I haven't picked up any books of yours since 2005. After reading the Scottish Companion, though, I(…)
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