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I worked in a mystery bookstore for ten years. I started during a boom time when female authors were writing female protagonists like never before and reveled in that fact. Though I’m not sure why, one author that somehow always remained in the TBR category was Leslie Glass. Glass’s series protagonist is April Woo, a…
Someone Irresistible was an interesting and very sensual read. I suspect that Ashworth fans will not be disappointed in this latest offering. Professor Nathan Price suffered an extremely humiliating setback to his career two and a half years ago. An up-and-coming paleontologist, Nathan expected that he would receive accolades and a cushy scientific appointment after…
A Perfect Match suffers from one of the worst cases of sequilitis that I’ve ever seen. A word in the ear of author and publisher: the Regency Romances of Jeanne Savery are not so universally read that she can bury her hero and heroine in characters from at least four previous books, and apparently several…
I’ve been gamely trying nearly every Western romance author in sight lately, hoping that someone besides Lorraine Heath and Maggie Osborne is writing readable books. I continue to be mostly disappointed, and this book is no exception. His Unexpected Wife isn’t really a Western; set in 1894 with barely a horse or a shootout in…
Swear By The Moon is an old-fashioned romance. The villains are deep dyed and black hearted. The hero is handsome as sin, rakish as can be, and really good in bed. The heroine is beautiful as a goddess, feisty to the max, and about 30 percent TSTL yet 70 percent endearing. I’ve read some romances…
Leaving Lonely Town. What a great title. The cover is striking and eyecatching too. Let’s check out the blurb on the back – ooh looks like a good one. Now to read it. Dear readers, there are some books I pick up and don’t put down till the last page. This was not one of…
This was a difficult book to grade. I liked Michael’s Temptation, but thought the characters would have benefitted from having a bit more room in which to play out their story. There were moments, therefore, that I felt suffered from the length constrictions of the series romance, but at the same time the book kept…
Emma Holly is one of the better known erotica authors; although her current historical Beyond Innocence is near the top of my TBR pile, I had previously read and enjoyed a couple of her contemporary erotica books, including one of her most famous titles, Menage. Thirty-three year old Kate Winthrop, a Philadelphia bookstore owner, has…
Juliet Marillier’s debut novel, Daughter Of The Forest has only one flaw, as far as I can tell, and that it is terribly unsatisfying – because it leaves the reader desperately craving more. Luckily, it’s the beginning of a trilogy, although I have a hunch that three books will not be enough to tell all…
Have you ever watched one of those Red Shoe Diaries episodes on late night cable? The show where characters who are complete strangers are suddenly in each other’s most intimate, erotic fantasies that they then carry out? That’s what Playing with Fire felt like: oddly detached despite the high level of sensuality. After an opening…
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