Romance Book Reviews
Page One of TwoSister of the Moon by Janeen O'Kerry
Love Spell, December, 2001Paperback, 315 pages
ISBN: 050552466X
Subgenre: Historical, paranormal
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Queen Scahta of the Sidhe faces a terrible dilemma.
The rule of the faeries is nearing an end, as human
settlements grow larger, and their use of iron increases.
The recent bad harvests have left the clan very poorly off,
indeed. Scahta needs a miracle to save her people: a
husband that will rule as king and help her save her
people. She considers several of the male Sidhe, but none
of them seems to measure up. So she turns to the human
race, and chooses Anlon to undergo the tests that will
prove whether he is fit to be a king.
Anlon is the aspiring knight who changes his ambitions midstream when he meets the beautiful Sachta on a moonlight night. After all, who can resist a beautiful faery queen? But the Sidhe despise Anlon, and the brave knight must compete against a handsome male Sidhe for the hand of the Faery Queen in marriage. Sister of the Moon is a charming and unusual ancient Celtic romance with magic, passion and even subtle humor. This is a great book to curl up by the fire with on a cold winter night.
Wish List by Lisa Kleypas, Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain, Lynsay Sands
Leisure Books, November, 2001Hardcover, 390 pages
ISBN: 0843949317
Subgenre: Historical
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Just in time for they holidays is an absolutely
delightful new hardcover anthology from
talented romance authors Lisa Kleypas,
Lisa Cach, Claudia Dain, and Lynsay Sands.
In "I Will," Andrew, Lord Drake, needs a
large favor from spinster Miss Caroline
Hargreaves. In danger of being cut out of
his father's family will, Andrew needs to prove
to his father that he has reformed his debauched
ways. Towards that end, he offers to pay Caroline's
brother's debts if she will pretend to be
Andrew's intended. But Andrew and Caroline get
caught in their own charade, with some very funny
and touching results. "Puddings, Pastries and Thou"
by Lisa Cach tells a touching and amusing story about
Vivian Ambrose, a poverty-stricken young woman
who goes to live with some distant relations,
who are quite eager to marry her off. In "Union" by
Claudia Dane, all Clarissa Walinford wants from her
first season is not to marry an Englishman, to the
horror of her family, and in "All I Want" by Lyndsay
Sands, Prudence desperately needs a way to stop their
father's gambling which is going to land the family
in debtor's prison. Could the handsome Lord Stephen
help her in her difficulty? The four stories are all
set in early 1800s England, making this a real treasure
for historical romance fans. Normally, anthologies
are somewhat uneven in the quality of the stories.
But I Wish has four heartwarming, excellently written
winners that make this one a real keeper.
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