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A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux is truly the definition of a Desert Isle keeper for me. If I could only have ten books to read for the rest of my life, I would want this to be one of them. I knew this book was something special when I read it for…
I’ll admit it. I chose to review Miss Match based on the cover. The art has a comic book style that seemed fun, breezy, and contemporary. Unfortunately, while the book is contemporary, it isn’t exactly fun or breezy. It has the potential to be both, but a number of flaws bog it down. Kathryn “Kitty”…
I read Devil’s Bride when it first came out several years ago, and I absolutely loved it. I loved the brainy heroine, the masterful, determined hero, and the expressive love scenes. Eight books later, I’m still reading Laurens, although I’ve missed a title or two along the way. At this point, she’s become a guilty…
Even though I often refer to my sister Anne as The Pickiest Reader In The World, there is one type of book where I am picker than she is – romantic comedy. I love all kinds of comedy and am not the type of woman to turn up her nose as slapstick. That said, I…
Mia Thermopolis (full name: Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo) is a fourteen-year-old, vegetarian, environmentalist, New-York-City-residing European princess. It has only been a few months since Mia learned she was heir to the throne of Genovia, and since she found this out, her life has been one catastrophe after the next. In order that she might…
I couldn’t resist picking up this book, the current number-one bestseller at Amazon.com, with its billing as a satirical expose of the child-rearing habits of upper crust New Yorkers with far, far more money than decency. I sat down with it expecting a fast and funny read. While it was quick, often humorous, and addictively…
A Marriage to Fight For was first released in the UK (where I live) in 2001 and was, for me, one of the best books I read last year. This superb book, which is an example of series romance at its absolute best, moved me greatly. It is the story of a family in crisis…
Kimberly Cates’ latest offering deals with finding yourself on a path in life without knowing how you got there – but knowing that you want to get off of it. Hannah O’Connell has had a tough year; her daughter Becca has gone off to college, her marriage isn’t working and she’s recently had a hysterectomy….
Queen is quite possibly the most emotionally manipulative book I’ve ever read. Unfortunately, due to its poor writing quality, excessive head hopping, and lack of character development, all of its intrinsic machinations come to naught. I didn’t care at all about any of the characters, and I thought the story was supremely ridiculous and annoying….
I was pleased to review The Boy Next Door because I read and enjoyed the authors’ previous American release Come Together. I’m happy to say that their new one is even better. This story is absorbing and touching, the dual first-person narrative device still works well, and this story isn’t quite so gritty in its…
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