Reviews

Claudia’s Shadow

Although Charlotte Vale Allen’s 31st novel is one of the rare Mira hardcovers aimed at the mainstream fiction market, it has some of the qualities of the paperback category romances published by the imprint’s parent, ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Runaway Wedding

By Ruth Jean Dale

The casual observer might swear that there isn’t much to distinguish between the romance novel and the soap opera. Both, after all, are about the many and various vicissitudes of love. But the major difference ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Waiting at the Altar

By Amy Frazier

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Amaryllis

By Jayne Castle

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Rebel and the Redcoat

By Karyn Monk

First, Karyn Monk took on the French Revolution; now she’s tackled the American one. It’s a three-book deal – could Russia be next?No matter – in the meantime, her fans can lose themselves in the ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Splendour Falls

By Susanna Kearsley

Two years ago, Susanna Kearsley won England’s $20,000 Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize for her romance novel, Mariana. Kearsley was 28, living in Port Elgin, Ontario and waiting tables in a local restaurant. She still lives ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Ancient People of the Arctic

By Robert McGhee

When the Inuit arrived in the Canadian Arctic 1,000 years ago, they found the Tunit, a race of strong, peaceful giants who were easily driven from the best hunting grounds and soon disappeared, marking the ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

★ Returning to the Teachings: Exploring Aboriginal Justice

By Rupert Ross

In his new book, Rupert Ross, who spent 14 years working as a member of the Canadian mainstream legal system in northwestern Ontario, describes the ongoing struggle in native communities to develop a system of ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

★ The Merchants of Venus: Inside Harlequin and the Empire of Romance

By Paul Grescoe

To call romantic fiction pap is to miss the point business historian and journalist Paul Grescoe makes – that turning mush into millions is a great story on its own. From the birth of Harlequin ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Lord High Executioner: An Unashamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind

By Howard Engel

In Lord High Executioner, Toronto mystery-writer Howard Engel makes his first foray into non-fiction by providing an historical overview of judicially endorsed agents of death. Though candidly admitting he believes capital punishment ought to be ... Read More »

March 16, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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