I’ve had mixed results with Harlequin Blaze. On one hand, a lot of good authors write for this line, and it’s one of the few lines where you won’t see cutesy-wootsy babies on every cover. On the other hand, most of them are based on the premise, “if the sex is good, it must be… Continue reading Sex, Straight Up by Kathleen O’Reilly

I’ve had mixed results with Loretta Chase. I’m one of the few people who didn’t love Lord of Scoundrels – I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t the be-all and end-all of romance for me. But I’ve had a pretty good track record with her books on the whole – most of them have been enjoyable… Continue reading Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase

The Wicked Ways of a Duke by Laura Lee Guhrke(2008, Victorian) 1/5/09Grade: 2 Seamstress Prudence Bosworth is dazzled when she meets the indebted Duke of St. Cyres, but she never imagined it would go further – until she inherits a fortune from a father she never knew. Suddenly she’s the heiress that everyone wants, but… Continue reading The Wicked Ways of a Duke by Laura Lee Guhrke

The first book I read by Laura Lee Guhrke was To Dream Again, which is still on my keeper shelf, although I haven’t read it in many years. It has a very similar plot to this one – repressed heroine learns to take chances – but I don’t remember finding the heroine as blind in… Continue reading And Then He Kissed Her by Laura Lee Guhrke

It’s always difficult to judge a book that’s been praised and hyped – and this one was the darling of all the romance lists when it first came out. I had to put it aside and wait a little while, so I could try to read it more objectively. The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne(2008,… Continue reading The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne

Harlequin Historicals are probably the closest thing left to actual Regencies. I’m not sure whether this book would actually qualify as a Regency, since there’s a very detailed love scene near the end (which felt odd and out of place, actually) but the rest of the book has a Regency feel. A Most Unconventional Match… Continue reading A Most Unconventional Match by Julia Justiss