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Slow Motion features reasonably lengthy two novellas starring nice-guy heroes. The first, by Wayne Jordan, is somewhat overstuffed and would have worked better in series length. Devon Vaughn Archer’s contribution was marred by overly descriptive writing and may have been better served as a shorter story.
There is a staff review of this book as well Regency Christmas Courtship is Signet’s annual Regency romance/holiday anthology. This year it features stories by five authors, four of whom – Nancy Butler, Edith Layton, Barbara Metzger, and Andrea Pickens (aka Andrea DaRif) – have gone on from trad Regencies to European Historicals. Gayle Buck…
Christmas Cards From The Edge is a trio of contemporary romances that take place during the Chrismas season. All of them are told in the first person and to sum them up: two of the stories are pretty good, and is the best romance short story I’ve read this year.
I had high hopes for this anthology which brings together three truly talented Fantasy authors. The stories each contributed are quite readable and I did enjoy the book. However, two of the stories didn’t live up to the quality I expected from these authors. While still promising, this anthology garners only a qualified recommendation from…
The prologue to The True Love Wedding Dress is set in 1790 Scotland, where Aileanna MacEwan is sewing a gorgeous wedding dress for her nasty mistress even though she is secretly in love with her mistress’s fiancé. Aileanna feels a strong connection to the dress and since she also happens to be a witch, she…
Red Hot Santa is a collection of four romantic suspense tales set during the holiday season. Each of the heroes works for an elite agency specializing in “victimization prevention.” Unfortunately (or perhaps quite fortunately), each of the heroines finds herself in need of some personal protection for Christmas.
This book was featured in Pandora’s Box for December 2005 It’s October and that means it’s time for the latest Signet Regency Christmas anthology, which is the only anthology that is an automatic buy for me. Even though the temperature was 90 degrees outside, as soon as I began to read, I was lost in…
I’ve been on an anthology kick of late, and haven’t had the best luck with them. The Night Before Christmas is more satisfying than most I’ve tried recently. As might be expected for an anthology with so many stories, the results are somewhat mixed, but overall, it’s a good collection.
Ghost cats, psychic connections and a paperback hero in the flesh – mix it all together and you get What Dreams May Come. Sherrilyn Kenyon, Rebecca York, and Robin D. Owens all seem to take a chance here and step away from the romance rules. The outcome is different, sort of out there and perhaps…
Kick Ass is an anthology of four novellas about supposedly kickass heroines. As is usually the case, some of these women live up to their billing better than others.
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