B Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 19th century / class differences / classic literature / Deception / fathers and daughters / First-Person / gambling / Historical / Russia / Russian literature / War / Military3 Comments
A dazzling new collection of Pushkin’s fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin’s stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsaccountant / BDSM / Contemporary / gambling / poker4 Comments
Dear Cherrie Lynn, Raw Heat is the third book in your Larson brothers series, featuring the youngest Larson, Damien. Damien is a very successful poker player, holding a number of “bracelets” (which I gather is some kind of poker trophy) and the owner/operator of a successful nightclub in Houston, Players. ... more >
C Reviews / C+ Reviewsgambling / Regency Romance / Scientist15 Comments
Dear Ms. MacLean: The day before I wrote this review I was stuck in the library of a large public high school, waiting to be called to a debate tournament. I was there for eight hours and only judged one match. The rest of the time I spent re-reading One ... more >
B- Reviewscourtesan / gambling / Historical / London / Regency England22 Comments
Dear Ms. Grant: Your debut novel, A Lady Awakened, is one of my favorite Romances of the past year. So I was particularly excited to read A Gentleman Undone, not only to catch up with the delightfully perverse Martha and her new husband, Theo, but also to discover if Martha’s ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsgambling / historical romance / Recommended Reads / shame22 Comments
Dear Ms. Grant: As I read your novel A Gentleman Undone I brooded over words from one my favorite 18th century wordsmiths, the great Alexander Pope: “Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.” Here Pope asserts honor and shame are products of ... more >
C+ Reviewscriminal / gambling / Historical Romances / Regency England18 Comments
Dear Ms. Mallory, I have been anticipating the release of your novel, In Total Surrender, since I read about the Merrick brothers in your last effort, One Night Is Never Enough. There’s just something about a pair of intellectual thugs that gets my blood pumping. In Total Surrender is Andreas ... more >