Tag: Historical

Rivals for the Crown by Kathleen Givens

Rivals for the Crown by Kathleen Givens

Book description: 1290: Turmoil erupts when the seven-year-old queen of Scotland perishes en route to claim the crown. Two bitter foes — John Balliol and Robert Bruce — emerge as possible successors, but England’s Edward I has his own designs on Scotland. In London, Edward has expelled all Jews from his kingdom. Rachel de Anjou […]

Sleepless at Midnight by Jacquie D’Alessandro

Sleepless at Midnight by Jacquie D’Alessandro

The ladies in London are abuzz over Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, especially Miss Sarah Moorehouse. Her imagination is fired up, so when she spies Matthew Devenport, Marquess Langston, mysteriously sneaking home in the wee hours clutching a shovel, she simply must investigate. Impelled by curiosity, the adventurous lass steals into his bedchamber—only to be caught red-handed […]

Review: Highlander Unchained by Monica McCarty

Review: Highlander Unchained by Monica McCarty

I got this in eBook format, and didn’t bother to look at the cover. I have to say I’m rather surprised at how..hot it is. I checked out the covers for her other “Highlander” books and I’d say Monica McCarty got blessed by the cover fairies. Niiice. I decided to pick this up after reading […]

Weekly Reread: Ransom by Julie Garwood.

Weekly Reread: Ransom by Julie Garwood.

With all the talk about Shadow Music going around and then finding out that Brodick was in the story, I thought it’d be cool to do a reread of one of my favorite Julie Garwoods of all time (Yeah so I’ve got a few of them but dude, this is totally one of them) to […]

On a Highland Shore by Kathleen Givens

On a Highland Shore by Kathleen Givens

Book description: 1263: On Scotland’s western shore, the village of Somerstrath prepares for the joyous wedding of Margaret MacDonald, the laird’s daughter. But a dark storm of bloodshed and betrayal is closing in, as a merciless band of Vikings roams the seas. Margaret is determined to hold her clan together and to locate her abducted […]