Historic America

Review: Tides of Passion by Tracy Sumner

by Lynn Reynolds 12.11.2011

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds This book is part of the “Seaswept Seduction” series. Savannah Connor is seen leading a protest outside of a warehouse. Zachariah Garrett is a Constable sent to stop her protests. He also thinks she’s nothing but trouble. Savannah is fighting for women’s rights – equal rights. She’s been arrested before – [...]

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Review: Midnight Waltz by Jennifer Blake

by Lynn Reynolds 11.20.2011

Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds Amalie Peschier Declouet walks in on her mother-in-law, Sophia Declouet, speaking to her husband’s cousin Robert. Her husband, Julien, is a most proper man for the time period, nineteenth-century, and runs their estate located in Louisiana. There are lots of formalities that are followed – people are expected to act a [...]

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Review: Dreamscape by Rose Anderson

by Carla F. 09.06.2011

by Carla F., guest reviewer “He was part of my dream, of course – but then I was part of his dream too.” – Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Summary: Jason Bowen was murdered over a hundred years ago by his wife and her lover. Ever since then he has haunted the house he [...]

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Review: The Master of Seacliff by Max Pierce

by Sandra Scholes 08.25.2011

by Sandra Scholes, guest reviewer Andrew Wyndham gets the offer of a lifetime to tutor an unruly child at a huge mansion where its master, Duncan Stewart starts out as an imposing and brooding man of means who shows Andrew what life at Seacliff is like. Duncan slowly warms to Andrew, his new tutor who [...]

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Review: Courting Miss Hattie by Pamela Morsi

by Keira 08.20.2011

First off, thank you to Katiebabs for recommending this book in her post, Those Wonderful Comfort Reads. It’s taken me a while to acquire my own copy, but boy oh boy was it worth the wait. This novel is definitely one of those where you wonder why you never heard of it sooner! The biggest [...]

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Review: A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist

by Keira 06.03.2011

Tobacco brides were sent by The Virginia Company of London to the Virginia colony where men could buy the brides with 150 pounds of tobacco leaves. In the beginning, the brides were spinsters, widows, and orphans, but few women were willing to risk all to come to America. In 1643, more likely the brides were [...]

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Review: Where the Rain is Made by Keta Diablo

by Keira 05.08.2011

Hero: Ethan Gray has pledged his life to the People (Cheyenne) and when they need him he goes straightaway to the council where he’s given his orders. Ethan is a time-traveling shifter who can transform into a raven. When he returns to the past to lead the Cheyenne’s Dog Soldiers he melds perfectly into their [...]

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Review: Kit Austen’s Journey by Libby Sternberg

by Marcia 04.22.2011

by Marcia, guest reviewer Kit Austen has a very big secret. Secrets do not come naturally to her because she is normally a very honest, open person but these are special circumstances. On her wedding night her husband, Josiah Carlisle, is enraged when he discovers that her dowry is made up of her family home, [...]