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The common element in Cupid Cats is the eponymous cat shelter that provides sleek, cuddly felines of various magical propensities. As the paranormal levels vary, so does the quality of each story, and the book progresses rather like hurdles: I cleared the first story with ease, soared over the second, and the last one fell…
The Otherworld. A place of werewolves and witches. Sorcerers and demons. Kelley Armstong has enchanted readers with her series of magical, spine chilling novels about this wonderous and dangerous sphere. For those who have long wanted more back ground on her captivating lead characters or who have wanted to get closer to her mesmerizing and…
Seducing the Highlander is an apt title for this collection of three interconnected short stories: All three heroines skillfully seduce and softly bully their wild Scotsman into falling in love with them. While these stories may not be as emotionally deep and as stirring as some other Scottish romances, they are definitely passionate, and often…
Inked is an anthology about the trials and tribulations of women who control (or are controlled by) magical tattoos. As far as anthologies go, this is an excellent one; all the stories were solid, and lots of fun.
In general, I enjoy anthologies. They give me a chance to try new-to-me authors and I also like reading novellas and short stories to take a break from longer novels. As with just about every anthology I’ve tried, Bitten by Cupid is a mixed bag but it’s a book that gets progressively better as one…
Chalice of Roses is one of those rare anthologies with four novellas that are all worth reading. That doesn’t happen very often. They may not all be brilliant, but they are all enjoyable, and the grail theme is nicely woven throughout the stories. Essentially, they draw on a basic mythology that the Holy Grail was…
Historicals are my first love and paranormals trail somewhere behind. Usually a combination of the two leaves me cold and disappointed. I’m happy to report that’s not the case with the anthology Highland Beast.
Better Naughty than Nice is one of the better anthologies I’ve read, not because the stories wowed me, but because it was nice to read an anthology where, for the most part, I enjoyed all of the stories instead of just one or two.
In Under the Covers I was faced with the opposite of the last anthology I read: two good stories, and one bad one. It’s for the two good stories that I’m giving this anthology a qualified recommendation (though the grade of the third weighs the whole thing down). I should also note, regarding the sensuality…
When autumn comes round, all romance publishers get busy releasing Christmas romances. It is a setting I particularly enjoy, so each year I order a number of them and settle down on my comfortable sofa while it’s getting dark outside. A word of warning about Together by Christmas, one of Harlequin’s 2009 output: All of…
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