The Spirit of Cinderella lives in this delightful and engaging historical romance, not withstanding the fact that there is a back story that is not readily apparent and one that complicates matters far more than the main characters realize at first. It that greater depth that doesn’t emerge until later in the story and until […]
More than one beautiful woman’s hopes have been dashed on the rocky shoals of Jonathan Redmond’s heart. With his riveting good looks and Redmond wealth and power, the world is his oyster—until an ultimatum from his father and a chilling gypsy prophesy send him hurtling headlong toward a fate he’ll do anything to avoid: matrimony. […]
Marriage has been a consummate political tool and women the political chattal that fathers and families have used to further selfish ambition. It has also been the source of great concern when the promised bride decides to run off on her own with a groom or lover of her choice. What’s a family to do? […]
When Annabel was seven years old her parents took her to an abbey and left her there. She was not cut out to be a nun but eventually became an oblate and was looking forward to becoming a nun. When her mother suddenly shows up unannounced Annabel is shocked as she hasn’t seen or heard […]
Scandal in Spring is the fourth and final book in Lisa Kleypas’ Wallflower series. I was very anxious to read it, because though I didn’t really care for It Happened One Autumn, I loved Devil In Winter and was curious about Daisy. Plus, something happens with Daisy and Cam Rohan in DIW, and I wondered if […]