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Marriage at the Circle M sounded like a sweet romance about two nice people. In actuality, it’s a sweet romance about two annoying people. As I spent most of the book wanting to bang their heads together, this wasn’t quite the quick, fun read I had hoped for. Grace Lundquist is the sweetheart of her…
What if Jane Austen wrote an advice column a la Dear Abby? That’s the premise of Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love and if you are a Janeite, you will love this book. My Jane Austen novels, which were well read and well loved in the past, have been collecting dust…
Touch of Darkness continues the story of the cursed shape-changing Varinski family (first encountered in Scent of Darkness). I thought the premise of the book was quite intriguing, but the execution left me vastly underwhelmed. I know that paranormals are hot right now, but not every author should jump on the wagon. Centuries ago, one…
Tag, You’re It by Penny McCall is a popcorn movie of a book. There is plenty of action, adventure, witty dialogue and romance. Like most popcorn movies, the plot occasionally requires a suspension of the skepticism that it could really happen. Still, it is an agreeable way to pass a few hours, so stick some…
Eve Kenin (aka Eve Silver) went on my auto-buy list the second I finished Driven. This book packs a wallop, no doubt about it. The action never stops, but the characters are compelling and unforgettable. Finishing the book was difficult because I didn’t want to leave them or their adventures behind. In post-Apocalyptic Earth, one…
Lately I’ve been interested in suburban-set fiction and romance. Whether it’s too many years of seeing mostly small towns and big cities, or some sort of desire to see people “like me,” I’m not sure. Mommies Behaving Badly is about a couple with three young children who move from Queens, New York to the Portland,…
In A Reason to Believe, Maureen McKade takes a gritty story and somehow manages to make her characters’ rough world beautiful. I am a sucker for stories of love overcoming despair, and this tale of two tortured souls learning to love and trust again drew me in completely. Though uneven in spots, McKade’s latest is…
Just Wicked Enough starts with an unusual and riveting scene, but unfortunately, the rest of the book does not live up to its initial promise. We’ve all read romances where the aristocratic hero bemoans the fact that he has to figuratively “auction” himself and his title in marriage to some mushroom’s daughter in order to…
What is it about emotionally distant men that make my inner heroine stand up and take notice? Inner masochism? Love of a challenge? Bone-deep belief in the power of love? Whatever it is, it was on high alert through Nalini Singh’s third installment in her Changeling/Psy/Human world – Caressed by Ice. Ice follows the story…
If you’re a fan of Michael Mann’s film of The Last of the Mohicans (yes, the one with the delightful Daniel Day Lewis in it), then Rising Wind may be just the book for you. It’s the story of class-divided lovers who bond under difficult circumstances and find each other, survival, and love. The hero…
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