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In her newest historical romance, Garwood takes us to the Scottish Highlands where a beautiful girl is about to be wronged and avenged.  Princess Gabrielle of St. Biel has led a life of privilege and when it is time for her to marry, she does so willingly and happily.  But her husband is murdered on the eve of her wedding and a few days later she is branded as a whore.  When she is banished from all she holds dear she is not fearful, but soon fate hands her a new deck.  She will stay in the home of Colm MacHugh and he will marry her.  She is, of course, at first resistant, but, again of course, comes to love him.  Meanwhile, there are evil men afoot intent on doing Gabrielle harm.  Her new protector saves the day and all live happily ever after.  Typical historical romance, but that is exactly what I like about it.  You know exactly what you are going to get. 

 is stuck between a rock and a hard place.  At first feted because many believe her family will be showered with land and titles by the king, Abrielle is hard put to decide if all the young men want her for her money or herself, but when the king does not grant her family anything, soon Abrielle is left without a suitor in sight.  It depends on her, however, to save her family from ruin; even if it means marrying a despicable man in order to do it.  Then there is Raven Seaburn, a mesmerizing Scott who occupies too much of her mind.  There is the usual cross purposes where she doesn’t think he likes her and he thinks she wants to marry the other man.  But after a few deaths, war, and some talking all is made right.  This is an engrossing novel and shows the time period without relying too heavily on the history aspect.  while elements of the time are incorporated into it, the story does not revolve around the politics of the time. 

In her latest Masters of Time book, Joyce introduces Allie Monroe, a young woman of 25 who can heal just about anything.  But dark forces want to use her powers for evil and it is up to Royce to stop them.  What they didn’t plan on was falling in love.  In a tragic accident, Royce is killed and so Allie begs Aidan (another warrior) to take her back to 1430.  Royce is none too pleased to see her and Allie will have to use all her wiles to show him she really does love him while staying away from the evil that stalks her.  An intriguing look at time travel, this is a new look at historical, fantasy romance. 

In this rather convoluted tale, Richard Marksley is conned into covering up one of his cousin’s mistakes yet again.  It is never really clear why he agrees though.  His cousin has supposedly ruined a proper young lady while posing as Richard.  So now his aunt insists that Richard do the honorable thing and marry the girl.  But Hallie Ashton is hiding a secret that she does not want Richard to find out.  So though the two are at odds, both start to see how perfect they are for each other.  Amidst lots of drama they do get married, but all is not solved by that.  This is a more sedate romance book and entirely proper in terms of the intimate moments portrayed.  I would not hesitate to recommend it to a young teen who is interested in reading romance. 

Jamie Macpherson has come back home after many years away because of his brothers’ deaths.  Something foul is afoot and he is determined to know what is going on.  His father is seeing his brothers’ ghosts and everyone is acting strangely.  Then there is the agreement to marry a neighboring laird’s daughter.  That turns out to be a gift from the gods.  Set in the 14th century, this historical romance transcends the typical highland romance fare usually offered up by authors by adding a touch of magic to the mix.  I hesitate to call it magical realism, but it treads the line between the fantastic and the everyday.  A well told tale.

Typical historical romance.  Tee latest in the Bastion club series by Laurens.  Fluffy fun and not too serious. Gervase, an earl, keeps getting called back to his estate by mischief his sister’s are causing.  They don’t want him to find a wife in London and so keep breaking things to keep him at home.  Once he promises to look for a bride closer to home they back down.  Enter neighbor Madeline who has taken care of her three brothers since her fathers death many years before.  She is seen as off hte market and more of a man, but Gervase sees past that to the woman beneath.  Enter illicit passion and a cold ruthless thief and voila you have a story. 

The last of the Bedwyn stories and the one that I have been looking forward to the most.  This is the story of the Duke of Bewcastle who, up until this book, has been portrayed as a cold, arrogant man with little feeling for his siblings (except at rare moments when he can’t seem to help himself)  It is obvious that he has been deeply hurt and needs love.  Enter Christine Derrick, a widow and person who lives life to the fullest.  Disasters seem to follow her everywhere and Wulfric seems to be the one who is always saving her.  Despite himself he seems to be falling for her.  So he offers for her to be his mistress.  She is appalled and tells him so.  More time passes and they are thrown together in a lot of different ways.  Is Wulfric’s heart thawing or will he always have ice for a heart? 

Another of the Bedwyn’s but Freyja Bedwyn, the older sister, is a little bit more rough and tumble than Morgan.  Freyja goes to Bath to escape the birth of the son of her formerly betrothed neighbor.  She meets a veritable rapscallion and proceeds to have the time of her life with him.  Meanwhile, Joshua Moore thinks he will be bored to tears in Bath, but after meeting Freyja knows that is not going to happen.  They decide to enter into a fake engagement on a lark, but soon it looks like it might become all too real.  That is if the Duke of Bewcastle, Freyja’s brother,  has anything to say about it.  I don’t care as much for Freyka as I did for her siblings; she is a little too rough around the edges, but it is a good story.

So I am on a Bedwyn kick and this is another of Balogh’s tales about the infamous Bedwyn family.  In this one Lady Morgan, the youngest of the Bedwyns, travels to Brussels and becomes embroiled, if only peripherally, in the Battle of Waterloo.  Her beloved brother Alleyne lost, she finds herself adrift and alone save for the Earl of Rosthorn who takes her of her and see she makes it safely home.  Of course this causes all sorts of scandalous talk (historical romance during 19th century England tends to have lots of scandal) and just when Morgan and the Earl seem to be out of trouble they fall headlong back into it again.  This is a thoroughly unconventional family and there is a lot of secret rendezvous happening. 

Definitely not as trashy as it sounds.  This was a good historical romance about a young boy and girl, both orphans but not related, who are separated when they are young.  He vows to find her, she waits….etc etc etc.  They finally do meet up but both have changed in ways the other could not have envisioned.  Yet now there is…..a spark.  And so begins a lovely little drama which ends up precisely where you think it will.  But along the way there are a few snags and secrets that have to come to light. 

Colonel Aidan Bedwyn makes a promise to a dying officer to tell said officer’s sister the news of his death and to protect her.  Upon arriving to do so, Aidan finds a motley household filled with lame ducks, well except for Eve Morris.  Eve, though shocked at her brother’s death, refuses help from Aidan.  However, Aidan discovers that she will be tuned out of her house, along with her assorted lame ducks, unless she marries in 4 days.  So he proposes to do just that.  And she accepts.  They expect to marry for convenience and never see each other again afterwards, but Aidan’s brother, Duke Wulfric Bedwyn, has other ideas  Soon Eve is being introduced to the ton and learning about her husband in new and interesting ways. 

 A fluffy fun read.  Just the thing after a long week.  And there are more about the Bedwyns!  I just love that, don’t you?