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A Rush of Wings sat on my TBR pile all summer long. I’m embarrassed to say that I put off reading it because I didn’t think it would be very good. My luck with inspirationals has been rather poor of late. But I was wrong. Quite, quite wrong. This is the best inspirational romance I…
Unlike many traditional Regencies, Lady in Disguise is set against the background of a specific historical event – the 1814 visit of Tsar Alexander I to England. Lady Emma Weston, niece and ward of a Russian diplomat and his English wife, arrives in England for her first visit to her homeland since she left at…
Operation Bassinet is the second in a two-book series called The Collingwood Heirs, but it stands on its own. It’s a good thing, too. I thought the first book, The Butler’s Daughter, was slow, overly convoluted and burdened with wooden characters, a D-level read for me. This one’s better in every way, making for one…
Author Donna Simpson has a knack making difficult people seem sympathetic and interesting. Rachel’s Change of Heart is the story of how a girl who seems to have everything re-examines her values and discovers that what she has attained is not nearly so valuable as what she gave up to get it. Rachel Neville, in…
Okay, what you’ve got here is a likable hero, an agreeably independent heroine, and a story that ultimately feels so familiar that there’s nothing – and I do quite literally mean nothing – that makes this book even slightly memorable. Olivia Moreland, daughter of a duke and proud member of a family far more interested…
A Summer Affair suffers from slow pacing and a problematic beginning. Neither main character is easy to warm up to, and that the heroine’s last name is so odd it jerked me out of the story every time she appeared didn’t help. A widower with a soft heart – for most people – Dr. Blue…
Intricately plotted and tightly written, No More Lies poses some intriguing “what if” questions that I’m still pondering days after I finished the book. Clearly, Susan Squires isn’t afraid to challenge her readers and anyone considering reading this book should know right from the start that the story here is a grim one. (Really, really…
Complete Abandon is one of the most interesting books I’ve read this year. Not necessarily one of the best, but definitely one of the most thought-provoking. Categorizing it is a slippery proposition as it manages to be naughty, funny, over-sexed, and light on the history. At the same time, it features a thoughtful analysis of…
A novel without conflict is like a hot fudge sundae without the fudge. A Twist of Fate lacks any real conflict, and it reminded me of unadorned vanilla ice cream – pleasant, perhaps even sweet, but fundamentally uninteresting. While lost in a snowstorm, Lord David Winterbrook comes across a woman whose gig slipped into a…
Clear and Convincing Proof is a gripping, psychological mystery. At times claustrophobic and creepy, at others a neat, puzzling mystery. Murder has been done and there are plenty of possible suspects and a storyline with all the clues in place. So why then is this only a middling grade? It’s the people. Though each character…
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