Books by Erica Orloff

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Freudian Slip

Normally the thought of reading a book about guardian angels and heaven that tries to make it all sound hip makes me throw up in my mouth a little. However, as I started reading Freudian Slip, I quickly began to realize that Erica Orloff was pulling off that rarest feat of all: She tells a story abo ...

C+
Urban Legend

Erica Orloff's Urban Legend is one of the more entertaining of the early Silhouette Bombshells. It's also somewhat uneven. The end result is a book that's a fun read, but not entirely satisfying. Tessa Van Doren is a vampire. Nearly a century ago in Shanghai, she lost a lover to his op ...

D+
The Roofer

The Roofer is an extremely grim look at one woman's life in the Irish mafia of Hell's Kitchen. If reading about tragedy after tragedy is your preference, this may be the book for you, but much of the book's bleakness felt gratuitous to me. Ava O'Neil is the daughter of Frank O'Neil, otherwise ...

C+
Divas Don't Fake It

Alexandra (Xandra to her friends) is a diva "from a long line of passionate Russians." She does everything in a big way, is extremely high maintenance and has already been married twice - not to even mention two broken engagements. As Divas Don't Fake It opens, Xandra sits in a bar with Scott, he ...

B
Diary of a Blues Goddess

While Diary Of A Blues Goddess features many standard plot devices, it also boasts a freshness of writing and spirit that makes it a fast, fun, and breezy read. That it features a heroine who is likable even when making mistakes speaks to author Erica Orloff's ability to write a good story. Georg ...

B
Spanish Disco

Couldn't somebody have come up with a better title for this book? Spanish Disco has nothing to do with Spain, and very little to do with disco. But don't let the title put you off this engaging story about a woman who has to learn that the lines between personal and professional lives are sometimes ...