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Like a kid in a candy store, author Victoria Bylin can’t stop herself from using every simile and metaphor she has ever encountered, and her story – a simple romance between a troubled man and a gentle, brave woman – gets bogged down in her narrative. Of Men And Angels has the kernel of a…
On her 29 birthday, Loretta D’Angelo endures a torturous afternoon with her family in Long Island, listening to them tell her how she needs to find a man. Unmarried and unattached, Loretta is happy enough with her single status. Sure, she wouldn’t mind meeting someone, but she’s not exactly on the prowl for Mr. Right….
In Gone Too Far, Navy SEAL Sam Starett travels to Florida to get his estranged wife to sign divorce papers. When he discovers what is apparently her dead body on the floor of her home, he calls contacts Max Bhagat of the FBI – and ends up talking to Alyssa Locke, the woman he still…
While She Was Sleeping is Suzanne Forster’s first full-length work in two years. I doubt anyone who was eagerly anticipating it will find it worth the wait. It’s neither good nor bad. It’s simply very, very average. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A lunatic is attacking and sexually assaulting women. The police…
I thought I would like The Love of a Cowboy. It’s a contemporary romance, with no suspense or crime elements. It’s pretty well-written, eschewing purple prose in its several original and steamy love scenes. And it’s set in rural central Idaho, where I lived for years. But I did not like this book. Dahlia Montgomery’s…
If you like your romances hotter than hot, but want the emphasis firmly on romance rather than mindless feel-good coupling, you are going to love Wilde Thing. <!– var browName = navigator.appName; var SiteID = 1; var ZoneID = 4; var browDateTime = (new Date()).getTime(); if (browName=='Netscape') { document.write('‘); document.write(”); } if (browName!=’Netscape’) { document.write(‘‘);…
In the thirteenth century, Stephen of Bellingham and Amarantha of Ullswater fall in love. He is a powerful baron. She is a beautiful warrior maiden, whose loving parents allowed her to master the arts of war and the hunt. Mara’s parents arrange the match between her and Stephen in order to ward off the loathsome…
Abducting Amy is the story of a beautiful, hapless heroine who gets abducted repeatedly during her season. Mad with desire, her would-be bridegrooms just can’t help trying to run off with her. It’s a cute premise, and the book has some interesting moments, but neither the hero or the heroine is all that compelling –…
While Diary Of A Blues Goddess features many standard plot devices, it also boasts a freshness of writing and spirit that makes it a fast, fun, and breezy read. That it features a heroine who is likable even when making mistakes speaks to author Erica Orloff’s ability to write a good story. Georgia Ray Miller…
Though Adventures of a Scottish Heiress is the first book I’ve read by Cathy Maxwell, I’m happy to say it won’t be my last. A great read, it takes the reader on a romantic, comedic, action-filled, suspenseful ride. Ian Campion is an Irish street fighter who moved to England and must support his two widowed…
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