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Forbidden Nights With a Vampire is the sometimes funny, sometimes poignant tale of Vanda Barkowski, a vampire who has a problem with her temper. I read Kerrelyn Sparks’s first book in this series, How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire, but not the others, something I plan to remedy as soon as possible – I really…
Everyone is writing paranormals these days. Patti O’Shea, according to her backlist, has written nothing but and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I wish she would stop and turn to straight contemporaries. The world delineated in Edge of Dawn, one of magic and secret parallel worlds and dragons mages in present-day Seattle, is…
Joy Nash is one of those treasures I discovered while reviewing for AAR. Although she usually favors the paranormal when writing her romances, her first contemporary has only the slightest whiff of the mystical. It is basically, much to my delight, thoroughly character-driven and features genuine lead characters who are simply remarkable despite all their…
Someone Like You is the first novel by Janice Kay Johnson I have ever read. Although I found it extremely well-written for the most part, some elements seriously annoyed me, which led me to lower the grade. Lucy Peterson owns and cooks for a café in her small hometown of Middleton. A special guest is…
I found Rescue Me, to be a gripping romantic suspense, with a strong emphasis on the relationship between the hero and heroine. Although Devon Winters grew up among the privileged of Washington, D.C., she had a horrible childhood with an almost unbelievably cruel mother. One constant in her young life was her love for Jordan…
If the character is written well, the advantage to a downtrodden heroine is that I feel genuinely glad when her fortunes take a permanent upturn, but if she’s too downtrodden, she apes the hearthrug. And if the hero is doing a lot of the trodding, then I can’t help feeling she could have done better…
This one coasted along as a solid B until an absurd “conflict” is introduced in the book’s final quarter. Be warned: This book skirts dangerously close to the Too Cute To Be Borne category but for this reader managed to stay on the safe side of the line. I’m a sucker for animals, what can…
As the inimitable Yoda said, “There is no try. There is only do.” And no matter how hard it is to create a film, produce a song, or write a novel, it is a truth in the arts that only the final product can be judged, because fundamentally that’s all that matters. The Pleasures of…
For the last of the Huxtable siblings, Mary Balogh creates an emotional story revolving around two complex characters and a difficult situation. Lucky for us readers, it’s one that’s certainly well worth the read. Cassandra Belmont, Lady Paget is penniless and desperate, but not desperate enough to enter into another marriage of convenience. Plus, as…
When I got this book for review, I knew little about it except that it sounded like it might be a fun paranormal. And, at its best moments, it was. However, the hero in Demon Can’t Help It seemed oddly free of inner conflict given the story, and the heroine sometimes seemed just a little…
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