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  • Secrets: Volume 13

    Normally I am not a fan of short stories, but lately I have attempted to broaden my reading horizons. The latest volume of Secrets includes four very different settings/types ranging from Shape-shifters to Contemporary to European Historical and back to Contemporary with a bit of suspense.

  • 25 Years

    25 Years is a collection of three novellas commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Harlequin Superromance line. Each story incorporates the 25-year theme in a different way, with mixed results.

  • Secrets: Volume 12

    I generally like anthologies because they are like buffets. You pay one price and get multiple choices. Generally there is one dish you really like and are guaranteed to enjoy. There may be another that could go either way, and usually one or two are completely new to you, giving you the chance to test…

  • That’s Amore

    That’s Amore is a trio of stories that feature characters from different ethnic backgrounds. All of the stories feature weddings, and each of them showcases traditions and customs that are different from the mainstream. The prologue sets up a common thread that ties all the stories together: a woman who owns a wedding favor business…

  • Honk if You Love Real Men

    Confession time: I thought this book was a Brava, like the Bad Boys anthologies. Nope; it’s alike a Brava on Cialis. Four Tales of Erotic Romance, announces the cover, along with a helpful bright orange HOT sticker. Hot is right – all of these have the heat for an “erotic” label. That “romance” label, though,…

  • Hero, Come Back: An Anthology

    Hero, Come Back offers starring roles in short stories to secondary characters from previous books by Stephanie Laurens, Elizabeth Boyle, and Christina Dodd. I haven’t read any of the books these characters originally appeared in, but I wasn’t lost at all. Unfortunately, I wasn’t very entertained. This was a mostly forgettable book.  

  • Dare Me

    If one were to describe this romantic suspense anthology in five words, I would vote for “high-adrenaline sex and vigilantism.” In all three of these stories, the heroes are hot, sexy guys who break the rules – sorry, make their own rules – to achieve their ends. They take their heroines for quite a ride,…

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