One of my guilty pleasures is The Jealous Possessive Hero. It is one of the many things I would not accept IRL but in romances, I find it kinda delicious. [insert blush] So based upon recommendations on Amazon, I read The Maiden Bride (1996), a medieval by Deborah Simmons. I graded it a B. It wasnt bad but it was one of those books where jealousy read as insecure & socially inept rather than badass. No biggie. Very few authors not named Charlotte Lamb can pull that off well.
But there was one thing noticable – maybe even remarkable – about this book however: it had a scene where the Heroine casually set up the bathtub to make love in, instead of the bed, because she was having her menses. The Hero took her up on it, BTW, in case you’re wondering. I had to read the scene twice to make sure of what I was reading. It was the first time I have ever read a conventional romance where there was sex during That Time of the Month. I always appreciate something different and have always wondered why I have never really come across any instances of it in over 20 yrs of reading romances.
Grade: B-
could it be . . . . seton? 