Category Archives: romance

Book Review: Charles and Emma: the Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Rachel

What you think you know about Charles Darwin will be tested in this award-winning book. Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood were compatible, in love and unable to resolve one major conflict: religion. Though this would be a source of contention … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy by L.A. Meyer

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Rachel

Are you in the mood for swash-buckling, sea-faring, hysterical and moving coming-of-age story about a strong-willed girl?  If so, this is the book for you. In a plague-ravaged London, Mary Faber is suddenly without home or family.  Adopted by a gang of street … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman

Posted on May 28, 2011 by cosette.ratliff

You know, sometimes in life you have to go back to the things that you know made you happy. So it is with Romance stories. While I have no quibble with paranormal, inter-galactic relationships or being stolen by a pirate/sheik/millionaire … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Sound Recording)

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Rachel

Victorian England greets Tessa Gray, come from America to join her brother and only relative, in very strange ways.  Within moments of disembarking from her journey, she is taken captive and soon forced into a world she could scarcely have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on January 29, 2011 by beth

Most readers know Louisa May Alcott for her timeless classic Little Women, but few realize that she also authored other genres as well.  A Long Fatal Love Chase, written just after the Civil War in 1866, is one such piece.  Originally … Continue reading →

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