02-12-2012, 11:47 AM
Everyone's opinion on what constitutes a gothic romance varies slightly, as you will discover as you browse through the other posts.
I feel most, if not all, her books were Gothic in some way. The ones you mentioned were written contemporaneously, but deals with the supernatural and events of the past that led to it.
I don't have a complete list of Barbara Michaels' books on hand, but they include:
Historical: Master of Blacktower, Sons of the Wolf, The Wizard's Daughter, Greygallows
Modern: Shattered Silk, Search the Shadows, Stitches in Time, Vanish with the Rose, Someone in the House, Be Buried in the Rain, Black Rainbow
Other: Other Worlds and Patriot Games are a bit iffy. Other Worlds has ghosts of historical and literary figures solving a crime, and Patriot Games reminds me of something she would have written as Elizabeth Peters. Personally, I don't consider the Elizabeth Peters books as "gothic". I've read some complaints on this forum about Michaels' tone, especially in regards to her heroine, and I feel it applies excessively to the Peters' books.
I feel most, if not all, her books were Gothic in some way. The ones you mentioned were written contemporaneously, but deals with the supernatural and events of the past that led to it.
I don't have a complete list of Barbara Michaels' books on hand, but they include:
Historical: Master of Blacktower, Sons of the Wolf, The Wizard's Daughter, Greygallows
Modern: Shattered Silk, Search the Shadows, Stitches in Time, Vanish with the Rose, Someone in the House, Be Buried in the Rain, Black Rainbow
Other: Other Worlds and Patriot Games are a bit iffy. Other Worlds has ghosts of historical and literary figures solving a crime, and Patriot Games reminds me of something she would have written as Elizabeth Peters. Personally, I don't consider the Elizabeth Peters books as "gothic". I've read some complaints on this forum about Michaels' tone, especially in regards to her heroine, and I feel it applies excessively to the Peters' books.
