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You say you like dark romances? Romances with a tortured hero, one who has a horrific, mysterious past and therefore cannot ever be worthy of the heroine? Have I got one for you! Sir Adrian Thorne does indeed appear to be raving mad when he arrives at Bedlam. Yet Lady Claire Darren is drawn to…
If the devil is in the details, then Fantasy Lover is going straight to hell, or rather Hades. This thoroughly entertaining book is one of those teeth-gnashers in which the good book before you makes you long for the great book it could have been. The premise is a knockout: for 2000 years, Julian of…
Josie Litton’s latest book stars the descendants of her first series, which I refer to as the Me books (Dream of Me, Believe in Me, and Come Back to Me). This story features a missing relative, a stowaway on a voyage to a mysterious island, and the secret of what really happened to the lost…
Julie and Romeo is simply a heart-warmer of a tale. Loosely based on the classic Romeo and Juliet, it has a happy ending and enough interesting twists for those who like something different in a romance. Julie Roseman is a sixty-year-old divorcee who owns a failing family flower business. Her parents started Roseman’s flower shop…
Chamomile Winter is the sequel to Terracotta Summer, a Mormon inspirational novel I reviewed last year. But it’s not so much a sequel as the second half of the story; neither book is really complete on its own. That said, this one is a slight improvement over its predecessor. Although I still don’t think either…
Once in awhile there comes a story so completely transporting that, from the exhilarating experience of reading it, you emerge almost wordless. A review cannot fully describe what is indescribably beautiful. But I will say this: Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha is among the handful of works that come to my mind when confronted…
True North, the first effort by newcomer Beverly Brandt, is your basic opposites-attract story, told with a depth of feeling and character development that is hard to resist. If you can get past certain instances of questionable behavior, especially on the heroine’s part, you will find yourself drawn in to a touching love story of…
There’s an energy and attention to detail that makes Ever a Princess quite fun to read, but the enjoyment is hampered by the fact that so many of the plot points have the wispy logic of a fever dream. When the king and queen of Saxe-Wallerstein-Karolya are murdered by a usurper, Princess Georgiana and a…
The blurb on the back of this debut novel tells the reader “fans of Kathleen Woodiwiss will love this. Fans of Stephanie Laurens will love this.” Possibly. But the two sentences are confusing. Woodiwiss’ level of tortured angst is far beyond this one and Laurens is a bit too light. If anything The Lily and…
One and Only is the story of two people with major communication issues who desperately need a good marriage counselor. Instead they decide to fumble through things on their own. This makes for a painful, frustrating, but ultimately rewarding romance. Pilar has been in love with Danny Valenzuela for most of her life. They met…
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