Description:
Italian Renaissance Historical Romance. Dark, intense and totally un-pc.
Duke Domenico sees Felicia, a serving girl, in a window and forcibly makes
her his mistress. Really no description could do this book justice.
I was very surprised to discover
that I had not yet written a review of the Silver Devil. Since I bought
a copy in a little used book store in 1989, it has been one of my favorite
books.
Note: It is out of print
and a little hard to find, but well worth the search.
This is one of the few romances
that explores the darker side of romance. Generally, the poor hero is just
misunderstood, he’s really not that bad. The heroine may suffer a bit,
but a modern sense of romance will overcome. And so often in historical
romances, everyone feels like modern people with modern sensibilities that
for some reason wander around in tights.
The characters in the Silver
Devil are intelligent, sophisticated, back stabbing, complex – totally
right for their era.
Domenico is an incredibly
complex character and it is a tribute to Denys skill as a writer that he
is so incredibly magnetic. You see, he isn’t a nice or good man. In any
other book, he would be the villain. His entire life he has been encouraged
to indulge every vice, mock every virtue. He is capricious and cruel, like
a brilliant child with infinite power in his world. However, love isn’t
always for nice people. Love can be cruel.
Description:
Mystery.
Feckless young aspiring
poet falls into a mystery involving her favorite author and her son. Hijinks,
clues, and love ensue.
This is a charming and simple
mystery in the style of M.M. Kaye. If you liked her Death in (insert exotic
locale here) books, you'll love this one.
Elizabeth Jones wants to
write poetry but for now has a job in the publicity department of a large
book publisher. Of course, she picked it because they publish her favorite
author of historical romances. Elizabeth is on her first trip to Europe
when who should she spy on the plane, but her idol. Quel surprise! Through
a bizarre series of events, Elizabeth becomes her assistant, then spends
the rest of the book chasing her employer all over Copenhagen with her
son, the handsome and grumpy Christian. They follow strange clues, meet
eccentric characters, and of course fall in love while being held captive.
It's not Laurie King, but
it is a lot of fun. The perfect book for a rainy weekend afternoon.
