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I don’t consider myself a terribly picky reader. If the story has likable characters, a fairly understandable plot and a happy ending, that’s enough for me. I find myself liking a whole lot of books but there are very few that I love. What makes this book a Desert Isle Keeper for me, then, is…
Some romances entertain immensely when they present a different world, one that comes with its own creatures, social structures and norms, and characters who have paranormal powers. But while the world created by Robin D. Owens in HeartMate doesn’t disappoint, the book itself is actually difficult to get into. The problem stems from the development…
In her debut hardcover Stephanie Laurens plumbs the family history she created in her Cynster series to tell the story of Sebastian, the Duke of St. Ives and Helena, Comtesse d’Lisle. Writing a prequel to an already existing series can be a challenge. Facts about the characters that may have been simply backstory in the…
You Sexy Thing! is the second book I’ve read this month featuring a hypocritical hero. Did somebody save them all up for me or is this the beginning of a disturbing new trend? Dylan Fairbanks is a sexy sex therapist and author who preaches abstinence for the unmarried. On a promotional tour to plug his…
There is a trend, apparently, to make series romances hotter and hotter – in response to reader demand, I assume. Well hotter does not necessarily mean better, and L. A. Confidential is a case in point. Hot is nice; I like hot. But not at the expense of the other elements I look for in…
Oooohh, I love a good monster story! Vampires, werewolves, the supernatural, the undead; I just eat them up. If you’re like me, and you’re always up for some romance served spooky style, Bitten, Kelley Armstrong’s first book, is one of the best on the menu this year. Elena Michaels is a werewolf, the only female…
Luke’s Promise is the second book in Wilks’s Millionaire Grooms trilogy. The plot begins with the same premise as Jacob’s Proposal: a will stipulation. While the premise is not incredibly believable, I still found the story to be worth reading. In my opinion, it’s very seldom the plot that makes a romance, usually it’s the…
Based upon the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” Let Down Your Hair took what could have been a charming fairy tale retelling and absolutely ruined it. I’m lucky to have any hair left to let down after pulling out most of mine while I struggled to finish this story for review. Rachel Sommerville is a sheltered, virginal…
When I was in fourth grade, I had opportunity to take home some books that were being discarded from a local bookstore. When I picked up Norma Fox Mazer’s When We First Met, I thought, what the heck? Seventeen years later, I’m still glad I did. Jenny Pennoyer is a pretty normal seventeen-year-old. She works…
I’ve heard a lot of buzz over a movie in which a man has a condition that renders him unable to remember anything for longer than 10 minutes. The movie is called Memento, and I’m told it’s thrilling. In The Renegades: Rafe, none of the characters can hold on to a thought or behave in…
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