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Saving Grace is probably my favorite Julie Garwood book. That being said, I thought she gave the subject of abuse a pretty light treatment. It worked for Garwood. It wouldn’t have worked for many others. Which is why I began Once Forbidden with some hope. Terri Brisbin’s heroine endures a hellish wedding night with an…
“Whatever happened to Marion Chesney?” My sister Anne, who is The Pickiest Reader In The World, but loves Marion Chesney asked me that question a while back. Also, a few weeks ago, several AAR reviewers mentioned Marion Chesney and how much they enjoyed her wonderful light traditional Regency Romances. Marion Chesney is still writing but…
I’ve got to think that when she started writing this book Patricia Rice simply never decided exactly what kind of story she was creating – a contemporary funny with wacky-but-lovable characters, or something darker and more ambitious. Unfortunately, the result is a book that doesn’t succeed as either. Cleo Alyssum, the leading female character (by…
Sookie Stackhouse is back. Those of you who have been waiting anxiously for the sequel to Dead Until Dark will be pleased to know that Living Dead in Dallas is another cleverly unique story with the same high quality writing as Harris’s first Southern Vampire novel. Sookie, for all that she enjoys her association with…
Walker’s Widow is supposed to be a light Western romp, but it just didn’t work for me. I had issues with all three of the main characters’ actions and motivations, and the lack of any grounding for the story was a continuing distraction. Walker is Clay Walker, a Texas Ranger lured to Purgatory, Texas, by…
As a title The Pretender has a double meaning. Jaclyn Reding’s latest is set (for the most part) in 18th century Scotland on the Isle of Skye and involves a hero who is pretending to be something he is not. But the title also refers to the larger issue of the royal Pretender, Bonnie Prince…
There are two kinds of books, plot-driven and character-driven. I’m still trying to figure out which Amanda McCabe’s latest, Lady Rogue is. It can’t be plot-driven, if only because there’s no actual plot. Things happen, usually very predictably, but it’s all quite meandering and aimless. But it can’t be character-driven either, because that would require…
Alison Kent’s latest offering reflects what has been my usual experience with the Harlequin Blaze series. I have found one or two truly engaging reads, but while most of them have plenty of hot sex, they’ve also had less than wonderful characters. If you’re mainly looking for a fast and sexy read, No Strings Attached…
I am always up for a good vampire story, and if a little romance is thrown into the mix, so much the better. Until now I was unaware that Susan Sizemore wrote a vampire series. Laws of the Blood: Companions is the third book in the series, and, though I have not read the first…
I swear an oath on the collected works of the late, great Lewis Grizzard that the best humor in the United States comes from the South. That’s why, when I saw this book on the list of ones to be reviewed, I asked for it. I was hoping for something rather like a book equivalent…
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