This is the first book in a new series by Madeline Hunter, the Decadent Dukes Society, and it’s definitely a slow burn romance. It took me awhile to get into the story, but once I did I began to enjoy the relationship building that was a change from insta-lust that so often occurs. There’s also some drama of long standing family rivalries to deal with, and the mystery of the hero’s father’s death to be resolved. Adam Penrose, Duke of Stratton, is recently returned from France […]
A Knight Like No Other
This is a medieval era romance, set in the time of Henry II , written by the same woman who penned the Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries. Candice Proctor is her real name, and she had written several historical romances as such before using the pen name C.S. Harris. Having enjoyed that series so much, I was curious to see what her older books were like. Lady Attica d’Alerion is nineteen and betrothed for political reasons to a fourteen year old boy named Fulk the Fat. […]
“If you had the time to lose, an open mind and time to choose.”
I avoided this book for years because I was told it was a romance novel and I have a prejudice against romance novels. Perhaps it was the seemingly endless supply of Harlequin books my mother seemed to devour. The closest I ever got was a minor obsession with V.C. Andrews which take a decidedly darker turn than the average “bodice ripper.” While I’m still not a fan of a straightforward romance novel, I have included books that fall under the “romance” umbrella into my […]
Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together
I’m of the opinion that in a perfect world, therapy would be treated like any other kind of health maintenance. Some of us only need to go once or twice a year to make sure everything is still functioning like it should, and others might need a little more frequent fine tuning. But until that magical time occurs, we Americans are pretty much on our own as far as mental health. While John Kim’s book is by no means a replacement for a good […]