C- ReviewsContemporary / Erotic-Romance / Italy2 Comments
Dear Ms. Rice: I’m a big fan of your work and willingly paid $4.99 for this novella despite its brevity. While I enjoyed reading it, the novella was more of an interlude than a complete story. Stefano Leone is a judge working to bring one of Italy’s strongest mobsters to ... more >
Film ReviewsFriday Film Review / Italy / medieval / swashbuckler9 Comments
The Flame and the Arrow (1950) Genre: Adventure/Romance Grade: Kinda depends My recent review of The Crimson Pirate made me curious about TFATA. It had been years since I saw either film and I remember not liking this one *quite* as much as TCP. I found that I still liked ... more >
B ReviewsItaly / mystery8 Comments
Dear Ms. Loupas, After I finished reading a really depressing and disturbing book, I felt the need for a complete change in direction. Jane had sent me a copy of your debut novel a few months earlier. Seeing that it was a historical mystery, I figured that it was different ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin-Presents / Italy / Kate Hewitt / marriage-of-convenience / Ugly Duckling42 Comments
Note: was released in the UK as “The Bride’s Awakening” Dear. Ms. Hewitt, Your post at DA about your hero who deliberately marries his plain heroine caught my attention. A dashing, powerful, dark Italian hero who isn’t going to bed/marry then spurn/reject/humiliate a delicate blonde flower of a heroine? Bring ... more >
A Review Categoryclass-difference / coming-of-age / Edwardian-era / England / Italy / romantic15 Comments
Dear Readers, I don't know if it was Jayne's recent review of the Merchant-Ivory film adaptation of this novel, or a discussion of Forster's works that some of us on Twitter got into a while back. There's also the fact that every time I see Jennie do one of her ... more >
A Review Category / Film Reviewsclass-difference / Friday Film Review / Italy63 Comments
A Room with a View (1985) Genre: Romance/Drama/literary adaptation Grade: A This is one of those movies I knew immediately was destined to be among my favorites. I remember having my sister tape it for me then, after watching it for the first time, immediately rewinding the tape to watch ... more >