B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsabsent-minded heroines / Dukes / historical romance / inventors13 Comments
I *think* this might be the third book Laura Kinsale published. The Hidden Heart was first, in 1986, and both Uncertain Magic and Midsummer Moon are listed as 1987 releases (that’s a lot of books in two years!). I didn’t start reading romance in earnest until around 1992, and I ... more >
Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternative Reality/Horror / Best of 2018 / Essays / Fantasy/Fairytale / historical romance / Reading lists / Recommended Reads10 Comments
This is a short list because I decided to confine myself to A category books only. Usually I’ll include at least B+s, but looking at my log this past year I really do think these five represent the best of what I read in 2018. Bed of Flowers ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsArgentina / California / cowboy / heiress / historical romance / immigration / shipboard / turn of the century2 Comments
Dear Ms. Turner, I’m not a fan of cowboys, for multiple reasons. But when I saw that your new historical romance, The Gaucho’s Lady, was set in Argentina, I requested it for review despite the fact that the hero was a gaucho, South America’s answer to a cowboy, because an ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / class differences / coming-of-age / historical romance / musician / Washington DCComments Off on REVIEW: A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans
Dear Ms. Evans, There’s an interesting story behind how A Delicate Affair came to be. In the early 1990s, Harlequin published a series of twelve romances each set in a different decade, mostly in the twentieth century, but featuring white authors and characters. More recently, romance author Wayne Jordan approached ... more >
B Reviews / B+ ReviewsArtist / con-artist / Frenchwoman / historical romance / older woman/younger man / Regency England3 Comments
Dear Ms. Kingston, Two years ago, I reviewed your Regency era historical romance, A Fallen Lady. Although the novel wasn’t perfect, it was memorable and emotional. Recently, I heard there was a sequel in the wings, and I wasted no time in requesting an a review copy. House of Cads ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / Recommended Readshistorical romance / PTSD / road-romance / Royalty37 Comments
Dear Laura Kinsale: I want to say I began reading romance around 1992. I’d read romances in my teens, here and there, though I was mostly on an extended horror binge through those years. Circa 1992 I read Outlander, and though it’s still a matter of debate in some circles ... more >
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