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I’ve been excited to see more series romances with interracial relationships and ethnic characters in recent months. However, my enthusiasm has waned as I’ve actually read some of them. While it’s nice to see different characters and subject matter introduced into the series world, it would be even nicer if the books were actually worth…
She Walks the Line is an interesting story, but wooden characters and a slow pace keep it from being much more than that. Mei Lu Ling is a Houston police officer from a traditional Chinese family that isn’t supportive of her career. Her father believes she should be working in the family’s antiques business, while…
While last year’s Miss Wonderful was an appropriately wonderful book, I have to admit that it felt somewhat mannered to me – almost as if the author kept a deliberate distance between herself and her characters. I learned a great deal about canal construction in early 19th century England, laughed at the author’s undeniably witty…
With two excellent AAR reviews to her credit, it was with a fair degree of anticipation that I first opened Total Rush, the latest release from Deirdre Martin. Though I can’t comment on whether or not there was a precipitous drop in quality between those books and this one, I can tell you that for…
Okay, so sexy (British, no less!) 33-year old billionaires are pretty scarce on the ground. Ditto a mid-twenties professional female thief who scales walls and enters lavish mansions through sun roofs and windows to steal rare objects of art. But, anybody willing to forget about reality and let themselves go with Ms. Enoch’s improbable, over-the-top,…
A historical author who can really set a scene is a treasure indeed. In Paula Reed’s latest book, it is the little details that count – everything from how characters move through a place, what they see, and how they interpret their world takes the reader back to the seventeenth century. Reed also gives readers…
The Gilded Knight is not a fast-paced book filled with exciting happenings. Instead, it’s a quiet and introspective tale, and how you react to it will depend on how well you like the characters. Although Donna Simpson’s characterizations can be exquisitely written (as in Lord St. Claire’s Angel and Miss Truelove Beckons), her latest features…
A Rare Sensation is the second in Silhouette Desire’s Dynasties: The Ashtons continuity series and a total cliché of a book. Luckily it’s short, so I didn’t waste a lot of time reading it. Abigail Ashton is the granddaughter of Spencer Ashton – evil patriarch of the clan. She and her brother were abandoned by…
A young woman, left at the altar by her vanished fiancé, is forced to become a teacher when her family suffers a major financial loss. Years later, while traveling to another position, she meets up with her ex-betrothed, now a nobleman. Does this sound like any number of Regency romances you’ve read? Well, when the…
Linda: Something About Emmaline was just a delight for me, I was engaged from page one. I loved the characters, the banter and the Remington Steele type plot. Blythe: When I read the back of the book, I too thought of Remington Steele. As I was reading it, I decided it was Remington Steele meets…
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