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 » Falcon's Mistress
by Donna Birdsell
Berkley Sensation, October 2005
Donna Birdsell's beautiful prose and intricate plotting returns in Falcon's Mistress, the first of a three-book series about spies in Georgian England. Jack, the young Duke of Canby, disappeared without a trace six years earlier, after a quarrel with Selena, his falconer's daughter. Presumed dead to all but a few trusted men, Jack took on a new life as The Falcon, a spy for the Crown. But his heart never forgot the proud woman who, in refusing to be his mistress, had caused him to reject his birthright.
When new evidence concerning the Jack's disappearance surfaces, Selena is condemned for the duke's murder. On the eve of her execution, a mysterious old priest spirits her from prison. Is the rough man who emerges from the disguise truly the answer to Selena's anguished prayers? Or does he simply wish to ransom her to the enemy who engineered her arrest? And why, oh why, does he seem so familiar?
Start this book on a weekend, because once you read the first page, you will not want to put it down!
(posted 1/03/06)
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 » Shadow Prince
by Jennifer Dunne
Cerridwen Press, July 2005 • ISBN 1-4199-0268-7
If you've never read a fantasy romance by Jennifer Dunne, you're really missing out! Jennifer draws readers into her stories with compelling characters, meticulous world-building and beautiful love scenes. In Shadow Prince, artist Angie Blanchard is a woman obsessed with a past she's sure hasn't really happened--ten years earlier, while in a coma, she experienced a vivid dream of a fantasy world, complete with a fantasy prince. Since her recovery, she's felt compelled to recreate the kingdom of Nord D'Rae on canvas, painting scenes so real and immediate that she feels they are happening before her eyes. They are. The dream kingdom Angie remembers was no dream, but a real place. And she was the one who laid it in ruins.
An encounter with an energy vortex in the Arizona desert pulls Angie back to the man who was her first lover. Ten years ago, Prince Reynart was young and idealistic, until a mysterious woman stole his heart and collapsed the magical gateways leading to his kingdom. Now Reynart's an outcast in a neighboring land, a hardened assassin with no trace of compassion. His one desire? To find the woman who betrayed him and take his revenge--until he discovers that Angie may be able to help him to reopen the collapsed gates and regain his lost kingdom. Readers of medieval fantasy and sensual romance will not want to miss Shadow Prince. Buy it along with its prequel, Not Quite Camelot, which tells the story of Angie and Reynart's first meeting and the events that led to the destruction of Reynart's kingdom.
(posted 1/03/06)
 » The
Painted Rose
by Donna
Birdsell
Berkley Sensation,
September 2004
In this
wonderful debut by Donna Birdsell, a scarred young woman
faces the ugly truth about her life. Lady Sarah Essington
lived a shallow, frivolous life, until a carriage accident
cost her both her beauty and her fiancé. Now she lives
the life of a hermit, tending her garden and shielding her
face with a veil. Lucien Delacourte, once a famed artist,
can no longer create beauty on the canvas. But he is the
only one who can see the beauty growing deep in Sarah’s
soul.
You’ll fall in love with Sarah and Lucien and the private
world they create while struggling to overcome the tragedies of
their past. Set in England and France, this Georgian-era historical
romance is an exquisitely crafted tale. Don’t miss it.
(posted
4/07/05)
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 » The
Heiress of Hyde Park
by Jacquine
Navin
Berkley Sensation,
August 2004
Can true love, once betrayed, ever be made
whole again? Or will the clumsily mended pieces, like broken
face of a china doll, only remind the lovers of what they once
had, but lost forever?
The Heiress of Hyde Park is
the second in Jacqueline’s Mayfair Brides series.
Working woman Trista Nash’s past catches up to her
in the guise of Lord Roman Aylesgarth, the father of her
illegitimate child. Six years earlier, Roman offered
and withdrew a promise of marriage. Now he wants a second
chance, but can Trista find it in her heart to forgive his
betrayal? Jacqueline’s portrayal of Trista and Roman
as they explore a wealth of painful emotional baggage will
have you reaching for the tissues! It’s a rich and
complex journey, with many surprising twists along the way. I
highly recommend it.
(posted
4/07/05)
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