First published in 1959, this is a deliciously vintage, classic Mills & Boon where once again the Other Woman is by far the most entertaining character. Charity Child – yes, that’s her actual name – comes to work for a former opera singer, Astrea, who is now an astrology-obsessed old lady who keeps taking a […]
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The Reluctant Orphan by Sara Seale
What I love about Sara Seale is the unashamed absurdity of her plots. Here, we have a man in his mid-thirties, who due to an injury, bitterness and heartbreak (if he has a heart – it’s never apparent) decides to go to an orphanage and pick out a girl to marry. He then chooses the […]
Read MoreBeautiful Torment by Paige Laurens
A very sexy, highly charged student-teacher erotic romance, great for fans of the genre. On the scale from romance -> erotica, Beautiful Torment would be well towards the erotica end. There’s so much sex that there isn’t a lot of room for plot, beyond the sheer physical attraction of the protagonists. Even before Luci and […]
Read MoreForbidden Fire by Charlotte Lamb
An absolute corker of a vintage Mills & Boon. Virginal schoolgirl bride, endless smouldering sexual tension and an angry older alpha man-of-the-world struggling to control himself. Plus a wonderfully silly plot where after nearly ravishing her every few pages he marries her, and then tries to remain celibate because “she’s not ready for marriage”. You […]
Read MoreFolly to Be Wise by Sara Seale
Tessa, 18, pretends she is secretly engaged to the long-absent son of the manor house, to get rid of a creepy suitor. Then the long-absent son, Max, 34, shows up, somehow learns about the lie, and “claims” her as his fiancée. Once again, as with The Third Uncle, Sara Seale plays this one really close […]
Read MoreDistraction by A E Murphy
This is one of the best forbidden student teacher romances yet. It has all the usual elements of trying (and of course failing) to resist the attraction, sneaking around, getting caught, and so forth. The sexual tension is amazing. That’s really the standout here: how it builds and builds and they haven’t even kissed until […]
Read MoreBab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
We’ve all been Bab. At least to some degree, anyway. Stuck on that frustrating threshold of youth|adulthood, where we absolutely totally completely know how mature we are and ready for the adult world. And when we can’t help but lament that no one understands us, nor how deep and soulful we are. Except we’re not. […]
Read MoreMillion milestone
French Kissing recently became my third novel to pass the million-mark on Wattpad, after His Model Student (5.4M) and Tempting Her Teacher (3.6M).
Read MoreMount! by Jilly Cooper
Marvellous “bonkbuster” from Jilly Cooper who is happily back on form, now she has returned to the world of horses. If you were disappointed by some of non-horse novels since Polo, you’ll be delighted once again with Mount!. Rupert is back – and thanks to some apparent age massaging (the dates don’t seem to be […]
Read MoreThe Third Uncle by Sara Seale
Not only does 19-year-old Gilly go to stay with a 30-something “uncle” she has never met, she also decides to masquerade as a 14-year-old gymslip-wearing schoolgirl. Written in 1964, you can imagine how this one progresses. The hero, Oliver “Uncle Noll” Blunt, is a schoolmaster at a minor public school in England. The heroine, Gilly […]
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