Bertrice Small

The Border Vixen (2010)

This was a classic Small where you're taken back into time, into the tangles of history and love, murder and deceit. History is woven flawlessly through a romance that kept me hooked from beginning to end. There were moments where I had to say no - that's an exaggeration. Points like where the...

Bianca (2012)

Honestly, I only finished this book because I have serious pride issues...and might be suffering from a book addiction. There are no depth to these characters. I found myself literally LOLing at some of the "serious" dialogue, exclaiming, "No one talks like this!" Seriously. Don't waste your time...

Skye O'Malley (2004)

Let’s play a game.Humor me here.Try to name the book each the following quotes was taken from.1. One is wearing a black side-buttoned notched-collar wool jacket, wool-crepe trousers and a fitted cashmere turtleneck, all by Oscar de la Renta; another is wearing a double-breasted coat of wool, moha...

The Last Heiress (2005)

I really enjoyed this book. I love this particular author's voice, style, and detail to try and bring you right into the story. I also enjoyed how it showed everyone's thoughts; although, I did not like that it skips around too much on who is thinking what. On several occasions I had to re-read s...

Darling Jasmine (2007)

Wild Jasmine (1996)

Wild Jasmine begins where This Heart of Mine left off, from the separation of Jasmine's parents. Jasmine's mother, Velvet, managed to rekindle love with her first husband, while Jasmine's father Akbar, wasn't as enamored of any of his other 39 wives, and the loss of Velvet in his life made his ha...

The Border Lord's Bride (2007)

Lara (2006)

I have but one thing to say about this book: Yay! While I don’t devour bodice rippers at the rate I once did, I still enjoy a good historical romance from time to time, and while I haven’t read all of Small’s work, I have liked everything I’ve read. When I saw that she was trying her hand at a fa...

A Love for All Time (2001)

Blaze Wyndham (2003)

All the Sweet Tomorrows (2004)

All the Sweet Tomorrows by Bertrice Small is a 2004 Ballantine publication. This book was originally published back in 1984 and is a whopping 600 pages in length if you have the print copy. This is the second book in the Skye O'Malley series. The opening of this book reminded me of how Skye start...

The Twilight Lord (2007)

Just Beyond Tomorrow (2002)

Lost Love Found (1991)

Valentina is my favorite heroine in the O'Malley series and more like Skye than Skye's offspring. When Valentina goes to court to serve Elizabeth I, Bertrice Small's writing broke my heart. Mrs. Small's exceptional writing and incredible detail showed me how the lively days of courtlife in Elizab...

Bedazzled (1999)

Oh my god. Bertrice Small. Why did I even try?Um, it’s a Bertrice Small book. I went into it expecting it to be pretty bad. And it is. Bad and dated and full of revenge sex. Also, set in a harem, so there is this one scene that, had it not been paraphrased by the female participants in conversa...

Love, Remember Me (1996)

Besieged (2003)

Coming from a native country that has been and continues to be ravaged by religious fanaticism, I can say without a doubt that Bertrice Small did an outstanding job of illustrating the depths of depravity, insanity and bloodlust that ordinary people can resort to given the motivation and enabling...

Love Slave (1997)

A Distant Tomorrow (2007)

Five long and peaceful years have passed since the Winter War the people of the Outlands fought and won against the greedy nation of Hetar. But Gaius Prospero has not given up his scheme to become emperor, and after an unexpected and tragic blow the Fairy woman Lara is pulled towards her distant ...

A Dangerous Love (2006)

The Duchess (2001)

Although I loved the wonderful Skye O'Malley by Ms. Small, I had begun to shy away from any more of Ms. Small's books because, frankly, I was sick of Skye's many children and grandchildren. I'm gratified to see that Ms. Small has gotten away from the O'Malley saga and has turned her attention to ...

Forbidden Pleasures (2006)

Emily Shann is a romance novelist who is asked to make her novels sexier. The problem is she has no experience only what the channel provides as all her ideas are formed in the channel. There's a catch the channel won't work for virgin, they must have hid that in the small print. Ha! Ha! Emily ha...

The Dragon Lord's Daughters (2004)

I picked this up at the UBS sometime ago, I'd come across BS before in Fascinated and seen her name mentioned here on GRs. However I don't normally read romance set in Ancient Britain/Dark Ages/Medieval times so this sat on the back burner for some months. Then inspired by some recent reviews I'...

Sudden Pleasures (2007)

Private Pleasures (2005)

The Spitfire (1992)

This is not your typical historical romance. Though it follows some conventions (hero and heroine despise each other at first, they are forced together, then naturally fall in lust if not love) it is mercifully free of my biggest pet peeve, The Great Big Misunderstanding that seems to so stupidly...

The Kadin (1978)

I've read most of Small's early romances, but never The Kadin. Can't explain that one. I'm glad I finally did, and I greatly enjoyed it, despite its flaws.First, the good stuff. For a debut novel, Small seemed determined to never let the reader go without description of setting and decor. It is c...

Unconquered (1984)

This book...well, it was an experience. Spoilers.The first half was boring to the extreme. (Seriously, skip to pg 200. You won't miss a damn thing.) But suddenly the author realized she'd forgotten to include a plot, so she decided to make up for lost time. A rough incidental outline would l...

Rosamund (2003)

Set during the Tudor era, Bertrice Small introduces her readers to Rosamund Bolton, an orphaned heiress to the manor of Friarsgate, located along the Cumbrian border between England and Scotland. Married and widowed twice by the age of thirteen, the young heiress is constantly contending with he...

Love Wild and Fair (1978)

Adora (1997)

Theodora Cantacuzene is a Princess of Byzantium (and she'll remind you of it plenty of times) and is married off to the old Sultan Orkhan in a political move. Her odyssey takes her through multiple husbands, murderous plotting, wars, and personal tragedies. It's another early Bertrice Small book ...

Philippa (2006)

Yes, I enjoy historical fiction but I didn't really intend to read this since I detected the not so far off moans of a real bodice ripper. It was my period, though, the good old Tudors, the Field of Cloth of Gold, and Katherine's apparent barrenness so I read it.I liked the detail, although did w...

A Memory of Love (2002)

Enchantress Mine (1989)

Once again, a fantastic read for this avowed Bertrice Small fan. She is not everyone's "cuppa" but for me, she is the antidote to my many book slumps. Her writing is so over the top but oh so gooey good. Love it.The story is set in 11th century England and you know I love me some medieval romance...