A Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsconvict / country-living / historical romance / Rape / Recommended Reads / viscount / Wyckerley trilogy22 Comments
Janine: This epically long disucssion is the second of our joint reviews of Patricia Gaffney’s Wyckerley books, originally published in the mid 1990s and recently reissued in electronic editions. The review of the first book, To Love and to Cherish, can be found here. Angela: To Have and To Hold ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Featured / Recommended Readscountry-living / historical romance / Love-Triangle / minister / Recommended Reads / religion / viscountess26 Comments
Janine: When I heard Patricia Gaffney’s Wyckerley trilogy was being electronically reissued, I knew I wanted to review these books in a discussion format. Angela (Lazaraspaste), who used to review for DA, volunteered to join me. We plan to review all three novels and begin today with the first book ... more >
B+ Reviewscon-artist / Historical Romances / Patricia-Gaffney / reissue11 Comments
Dear Ms. Gaffney, Back when I was devouring your backlist, in my early days as a romance reader, I avoided Crooked Hearts at first. I had very rigid notions of what I liked and what I didn’t like, and “Western” and “humorous” were on my “do not like” list, as far as ... more >
A Reviewscornwall / European-Historical / Patricia-Gaffney25 Comments
Dear Ms. Gaffney, When I heard the news that many of your romance titles were being released as ebooks by Open Road Integrated Media, I felt a pang of jealousy for those newer romance readers who would have the opportunity to discover your work for the first time. When the opportunity ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsMarriage-in-Trouble / Patricia-Gaffney5 Comments
Dear Ms. Gaffney, Your newest novel, Mad Dash, brought home how much I miss your voice in Romance. The thoughtfulness and delicacy of your prose, the sense of fullness and vitality you portray in the fictional worlds of your novels, remind me why I began reading that genre in the ... more >
A- ReviewsMarriage-in-Trouble / Patricia-Gaffney8 Comments
Dear Ms. Gaffney: I remember reading “No Place Like Home” by Barbara Samuel and just sobbing. My husband is lying next to me and looks over suspiciously and says “are you crying?” and I replied, “no, I think I have a cold.” Thankfully I was in a different room when ... more >