The Gilded Fan by Christina Courtenay Choc Lit (Feb 2013) Paperback, 350 pages Historical Romance Technically, The Gilded Fan is the sequel to The Scarlet Kimono, but you really don’t have to have read the first to read it at all. Our heroine is Midori, a woman of half Japanese, half English heritage raised in Japan as a Samurai. However, the new Shogun with a fear of Christianity has declared that all foreigners must leave or face execution. For readers of The Scarlet Kimono, Midori is the daughter of Hannah…
The Silent Touch of Shadows by Christina Courtenay Choc Lit (July 2012) Paperback, 323 Pages Paranormal Romance The Silent Touch of Shadows is the fourth Christina Courtenay novel I’ve read. It’s really two stories in one. The main story of Melissa is a contemporary romance, with a paranormal twist. And the second story a historical romance. The main story tells of Melissa, a young mother recovering from a divorce who goes to stay with her great-aunt in the haunted Ashleigh Manor. There she begins to have dreams and strange experiences…
HIGHLAND STORMS (Trade Winds #2) by Christina Courtenay PUBLISHER: Choc Lit RELEASE DATE: 2011 FORMAT: Paperback, 318 Pages GENRE: Historical Romance Brice Kinross thinks he’s very different from his flamboyant father and younger brother Jamie, and the only thing he wants out of life is to settle down with the girl he loves. When she jilts him in favour of his brother, however, he is forced to rethink. Taking over his father’s Scottish estate and becoming the next chief of the clan suddenly seems very appealing, but the Scottish Highlands in…
‘Alternative Romance’ is a where we review a book outside of the blogs focus of horror, urban fantasy, paranormal romance. Although these genres are our first love, we also, on occasion, delve into the worlds of contemporary and historical romance, and romantic suspense. Thus our ‘Alternative Romance’ feature was born. We will be posting our reviews of alternative romance on a Saturday as and when we read a book outside of our usual paranormal fare. TRADE WINDS (Trade Winds #1) by Christina Courtenay PUBLISHER: Choc Lit RELEASE DATE: Sept 2010…
