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Within the space of a month, two chick lit novels appeared in which a modern young woman with Mr. Darcy as her romantic ideal goes on a trip to England inspired by Jane Austen’s novels and is made to test her ideals. Having enjoyed Austenland by Shannon Hale, I turned to Me and Mr. Darcy…
This is my first – and my last – Sue-Ellen Welfonder novel. There might have been a good story lurking somewhere in the pages of Bride for a Knight, but it was buried beneath clichés and a writing style that was at first amusing but quickly became incredibly annoying. Jamie Macpherson is a big, strapping…
The Boys Next Door is a cute story with adorable teenage characters who brought me back thoughts of the first boy I fell in love with, and all the incredibly embarrassing things I said and did to get him to fall in love with me. This is a light, funny read that will warm your…
The Debutante’s Second Chance is a pleasant low key romance set in a small Indiana river town. A serious thread runs through the story – the heroine is a former abused wife who runs an underground railroad for abused women and children. Despite its dark subject matter, the book is sweet and sunny and low…
This is another installment in Lora Leigh’s Breed series, and in my opinion, one of the better ones. Scheme Tallant’s father Cyrus is responsible for the orders that sent countless Breeds to their deaths. Tanner Reynolds, a Bengal Tiger Breed, believes Scheme played a role in her father’s actions. He plans to kidnap her and…
Knights of the Round Table: Gawain is both the third book that Rowley has published and the third in this interesting series that puts a different spin on the legends of those mythic knights. Rowley’s writing is intelligent, witty, and filled with great imagination. In this book she features the courageous, honorable Gawain, along with…
This type of book is not a typical romance. For one, it’s not a straightforward romance novel, but neither is it quite chick lit or straight fiction. Another unique quality? It’s written by a man. That alone will make many women curious. But this book is good in its own right – it’s clever, sweet,…
I can heartily recommend this book for anyone who wants to spend a cozy few hours with a fun, interesting, satisfying read. Carly Phillips knows how to write romance. Sealed With A Kiss is proof. Molly Gifford is a lawyer who is trying to cope with absent, selfish parents. One day she gets a letter…
When I picked up The Lure of the Wolf, I thought that I was in for another fun shapeshifter series. Unfortunately, I found cardboard, beefcake males who spurn clothing, and the women who have sex with them for two days straight and call it love. There was also a fantastic alternate reality world that nearly…
Catch of the Day, Kristan Higgins’s second novel, offers all the same things I loved about her debut, Fools Rush In: a sympathetic, down-to-earth heroine, great humor, and pleasant settings. This book could have great…if not for one major pitfall. Maggie Beaumont fell in love with a priest. She didn’t know he was a priest…
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