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  • An Affair Most Wicked

    An Affair Most Wicked is an average read, written in a style reminiscent of many other recent Avon releases. If you’ve been enjoying the offerings of Jeffries, Hawkins, and company, you might enjoy this; it’s kind of in that vein. Clara Wilson has come to London to catch a titled husband, just as her sister…

  • Maggy’s Child

    Maggy Forrest’s husband Lyle is a rich but ultra-nasty publishing tycoon. For most of their marriage, he has controlled her through threats to turn their son against her, monitors her movements and possessions, and is frequently physically and mentally cruel to her. They have an 11-year-old son David, who appears to idolize his father and…

  • Cold Feet by Brenda Novak

    Brenda Novak’s Cold Feet is a phenomenal read, full of exemplary story-telling which completely entertains and satisfies as both romance and suspense. Madison Lieberman is struggling to make her new real estate agency succeed and to maintain stability in the life of her six-year-old daughter Brianna. Her business is not taking off as fast as…

  • Pillow Talk

    A word of advice: if you’re writing a romance and are desperately trying to find a way to keep your characters from consummating their relationship, try to make the reason seem remotely plausible. Unless that reason stems logically from the plot or the characters themselves, it’s just a gimmick. And Pillow Talk by Kathleen O’Reilly…

  • Indiscreet

    Asian-American heroes and heroines aren’t exactly commonplace in romance novels, so the story of Annabel “Poe” Lee was one entry in Alison Kent’s gIRL-gEAR series I was looking forward to. Sadly, Annabel turns out to be a disappointingly average heroine in her own story, especially next to the much more interesting hero. As the book…

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