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One thing I enjoy about Chick Lit is the fact that many of the books are written in the first person since I enjoy how that perspective lets me get inside a character’s head. In her latest novel, Stacey Ballis alternates narrators, allowing readers to see friendships and relationships from the points of view of…
Dead as a Doornail is book five in the Southern Vampire series told in the first-person by telepathic small-town Louisiana bar waitress Sookie Stackhouse. I’ve enjoyed all the books in this series and am happy to report that Dead as a Doornail is a worthy follow-up to the last in the series, Dead to the…
I swear, when I decided to follow Silhouette Desire’s Dynasties: The Ashtons continuity series, I expected some fireworks. I mean, this series is about life among the rich and wicked after all, and I was looking forward to some good, juicy eeevil doing. But all I’ve been getting is series romance staples, and boring ones…
Stargazer is a rousing space adventure set in a fascinating universe brought vividly to life. Exciting and action-packed, it’s one of the most purely fun books I’ve read this year. Lilly is a princess from Oasis, a garden planet currently at war with the neighboring Ravigans. Raviga is a desolate world made inhospitable through years…
The Sedgwick Curse has a promising premise for a gothic romance, but the shaky execution makes it fall short of its potential. One hundred years ago, Lord William Sedgwick became obsessed with Emily Kincaid, a young woman who lived in the village near his estate. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Emily was married with a small…
I’m always up for a good angsty read, one that’s moving and emotional without crossing the line into depressing. Forgiveness is that kind of story. It has its flaws, but it also delivers potent emotions and powerful scenes, making for an effective read. Growing up, Ria Channing was the bad seed in her family, the…
It seems like there are fewer and fewer good medievals, so I opened Return of the Warrior with fingers crossed. Although it wasn’t exactly original, with its wounded hero with a group of nicknamed friends (it’s part of MacGregor’s Brotherhood of the Sword series), it was fairly rewarding. The biggest problem I could see what…
Vampire romances are obviously a very hot market right now, and I picked up Wicked Nights expecting a variation on the dark, brooding, lonely creature of the night finally discovering his heart isn’t dead after all. I kind of like that story. Unfortunately, I didn’t find it here. Donna Nolan is a New York late…
Something Like Love is a lighthearted and humorous look at the residents and town of Henry Adams, Kansas in the late 1880s. Beverly Jenkins provides us with two engaging leads – Olivia Sterling, a proper, self-employed woman, and Neil July, a train robber. Olivia and Neil find immense enjoyment in each other’s company and, of…
Hmmmm…romantic suspense…not usually a favorite of mine. As I chose to read Jigsaw and review it, I told myself to put aside my preconceptions of romantic suspense. I was going to accept the evil villain lurking around every corner and graciously read all pages wherein the H/H were running from bad guys – or chasing…
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