Review: Excellent mix of romance and historical detail
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2011
Lady Starling's Stockings is far from being your usual erotic Regency romance, in more ways than one.  It opens in Naples, Italy, with a heroine who is half English and half French. She is also courageous, intelligent, and determined to contribute her skills in rooting out traitors. If Lady Solange Starling has a weakness, it is for beautiful lingerie and--oh yes--the handsome and mysterious man known as Monsieur Noir who has been a part of her life, off and on, since her childhood. When he reappears after a long absence, Solange is determined to have him, at the very least, as a lover. Ms. DeLand is quite talented at describing their encounters, which Solange enlivens by modeling her lingerie. You'll enjoy following the escapades of this charming couple until they eventually confront their past in order to determine what their future will be.