Georgette Heyer

Review: Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer

by Keira 02.21.2011

Devil’s Cub by Georgette Heyer is enchanting and will assuredly transport you to another world. Georgette Heyer, praised to be the new Jane Austen, was born in 1902 and her tales are quite old but hold the same classic feel as any one of Austen’s novels. I can picture the whole novel as a movie [...]

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Review: Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer

by Keira 01.31.2011

The second Georgette Heyer novel that I read was a lot easier to get through. It helped that there was few if any references to my lord or my lady in the narrative. The diction used is as exacting and up there as Devil’s Cub. This novel was longer but I read it in less [...]

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Book Review: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer

by Keira 12.31.2010

Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer is loosely based on the premise of Pride and Prejudice. I would not go so far as to say it’s a retelling of the classic tale, but there are elements of this Regency romance that bring to mind the farce that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet went through before getting [...]

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Review: Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer

by Keira 10.10.2010

Abigail Wendover is a spinster at age twenty-eight. Upon her return from out of town she gets some distressing news… her niece is head over heels with a fortune hunter, a Lord Stacey Calverleigh. He is a clever handsome young gentleman intent on wooing the impressionable Miss Fanny right out of her inheritance. When she [...]

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10 Reasons to Love Georgette Heyer

by Keira 10.06.2010

This post is a counter post to 10 Reasons Why I Can’t Read Georgette Heyer by Zarabeth. I was surprised but not upset with Zarabeth’s reaction to Georgette Heyer’s writing style. It does take a little getting used to and in my opinion the hardest Heyer to read is your first. This will probably not [...]

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10 Reasons Why I Can’t Read Georgette Heyer

by Zarabeth Golden 10.02.2010

By Zarabeth, guest blogger I know a lot of people like Georgette Heyer and this post isn’t meant to step on your toes in any way if you do, but I really can’t read her! I am a huge fan of historical romance novels and was excited to try the genuine article. I tried, I [...]

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The Little Black Book of Romance Novels

by Guest Blogger 09.09.2010

by Susanna Carr, guest blogger and author of “Hot for the Holidays,” her novella, in Wicked Wonderland. You’re having a great day and you want to celebrate. You’re having a bad day and need to curl up on the couch and shut out the world. You’re bored and looking for some fun. Would you pick [...]

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The 10 Greatest Romance Novel Heroes of All Time

by Keira 08.15.2010

Not to be confused with your personal favorites, these ten romance heroes, every girl and woman knows. You may not have read their stories yet, but you have heard about them. In this short video I count down from hero #10 all the way back to the greatest romance hero of all time, the one [...]