The Corinthian ranks in my top 5 favorite Georgette Heyers to date. My favorite things about this novel: The hero and heroine spend a majority of the book in each other’s presence. The heroine cross-dresses to look like a young lad for most of the novel with the hero helping her in her disguise. The [...]
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By: Marcia, guest reviewer Lady Latitia Vaux Randall has come to ask Christian Allardyce, 6th Marquess of Dearne, for help. Someone has just murdered her husband and the authorities suspect her younger brother, Justin, of having committed the deed. Thus begins Ms. Laurens’ seventh ‘Bastion Club’ novel. The Bastion Club was formed after the end [...]
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The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy is a variation of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice. Mary Lydon Simonsen’s biggest alterations are in the openness and disposition of the characters. No characters are left untouched, not even Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, which will give purists pause, but for those who love what-if scenarios the results speak [...]
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by Leslie Soule, guest blogger and author of Fallenwood So I got a wild itch the other day and it made me want to write a retelling of the Bellerophon myth – you know, the one where Prince Bellerophon slays a fierce monster called the chimera. The chimera is supposed to have the body of [...]
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Everyone has movies that they tend to watch over and over and over again. We watch them because they make us happy, because we love the acting and the story. Yesterday I saw for the first time a movie that came out in 2007. It was stunning and has without a moment’s hesitancy, entered my [...]
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