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Our Yanks is subtitled A Love Story, but it can’t be considered a romance. Instead it is the story of one small English village and how it reacted when U. S. troops come to stay during World War II. It’s a story about a place and its people during a difficult, trying time. In the…
I’m certain it’s not the easiest thing in the world for writers to come up with new situations and characters when writing within the conventions demanded by books set in the Regency period. But I have to hope for more than Christina Kingston managed in this predictable and pedestrian story. Michael, Viscount Kantwell is tormented…
The Eyre Affair is a little bit of everything – adventure, romance, alternate reality – and a whole lot of fun. I didn’t know quite what to expect from it; in reviews Fforde’s style has been compared to Connie Willis and Douglas Adams. I don’t think he’s much like either, except for the fact that…
I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for heroines who are tough and resilient, but also convinced that they’re unattractive. You know the ones; they’re called too gawky, tall, heavy, short, etc. by everyone in their families, so they’re certain those opinions are right. Perhaps it’s the small confidence issues most women, me included, feel, that…
At the beginning of each month I go to the Harlequin website and read the blurbs for all new releases. Occasionally I find one or two that intrigue me, but rarely do I end up buying them. Well, this time I picked up the book that I found the most interesting and I just may…
Looking for a change from the usual? Whatever else can be said about Goddess By Mistake, from its crazy plot to its wacky characters to its, shall we say, colorful cover art, it is a sharp left turn away from the same old thing. At an estate auction, Shannon Parker spots a strange piece of…
Doing Good is Pamela Morsi’s first foray into the world of mainstream women’ s fiction. And, wow, is it ever a drastic departure from the author’s trademark homespun style. Some say change is a good thing. I’d have to disagree in this case. Morsi exchanges her warm-hearted, appealing characters for a first-person narrative by a…
You’ve got great dialogue. Big laughs. Characters to really, really like. And, even though you have to wait a bit for it, some pretty hot sex. Is this a book or what? Ruby Runyon, a waitress at a South Beach Miami comedy club, has a problem. Suddenly realizing that her handsome date is mob-connected and…
Warning: This Book Is Not A Romance. This is not a book whose central story concerns a woman and a man meeting, falling in love, and living happily ever after. Even though Red Dress Inc. is the newest imprint from the Big Kid on the romance block, Harlequin/Silhouette, they’re branching out into the non-romance “chick…
The Banished Bride is the story of a husband and wife who barely set eyes on each other at their arranged wedding, separate, and years later meet under very different circumstances. What happens when they fall in love without knowing each other’s true identity, and the fall out when they do discover who the other…
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