by Loretta Chase
Disclaimer to this review: this is not a poorly written book. Ms. Chase, being the famed author that she is, did not do poorly in terms of writing in this novel. My rating has a lot more to do with my personal taste and is in no way a reflection on Ms. Chase's writing quality. Her style in this book...
There’s something comforting about the historical romance and it’s probably the fantasy of utter privilege where all you need to worry about is accepting a marriage proposal from the right man for the right reasons. Then again it’s also full of twenty-six-year-old virgins who ride recklessly and b...
With a nice and interesting heroine. The hero remained a bit stereotypical, but the story was sweet enough to carry him through. What I liked most: There were no cheap shots - the way the blackmail plot was resolved was well done. I was afraid when this started to show on the horizon that the read...
I agree with what most people say about this book, you're going to enjoy it if you are Loretta's fan and you're going all the way to the beginning of her career to read her first works. It's not bad, don't get me wrong, it's just a way to something better in the later books. Loretta learned through ...
Isabella is the story of Isabella Latham, a rich heiress who is caught up in a love triangle two men -- one of whom is obviously the One but she proceeds to make a hash of a very simple situation anyway because otherwise there wouldn't be a story, would there?If it isn't obvious yet, I didn't quite ...
I was lucky to purchase this book in the first edition hardcover from eBay (published by Walker and Company). The book has a fly-leaf dedication written by Loretta Chase herself, hoping that the dedicatee likes the book and laughs at least three times - "at the publisher's errors if nothing else"!Un...
I didn't do a detailed review of this book but I remember it being a light read, without any sex scenes. Something you'd wanna read to pass some good times on a boring afternoon. Earl of Hartleigh's 7 yr old niece, Lucy goes missing, which leads the Earl, Edward to Isabella, our heroine. Isabella is...
Chase's first published book. Has some witty dialog, especially from the villain, but she hadn't really found her voice yet.