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I’m thinking of issuing a fatwa against all writers who portray librarians as repressed sex pots. I’m a librarian, and while it’s interesting to see how my profession is portrayed in fiction, especially romance, too many romance writers tend to use the librarian as an archetype for the surface-frigid woman just waiting for a chance…
Southern suspense set in New Orleans has become almost a subgenre in itself, with everyone from relatively unknown Metsy Hingle to Nora Roberts adding to the mix. As far as familiarity goes, Meryl Sawyer falls somewhere between the two, but she deserves to become better known for offering an intriguing mix of mystery, engaging protagonists…
After several attempts on her life, a former beauty queen turned trophy wife is forced To Trust a Stranger. Unbeknownst to her, the man she’s been married to for eight years has mob connections and a history of mysteriously-disappeared wives. The attractive stranger she falls for has a personal stake in bringing her husband down….
I’ve been eagerly awaiting Andrea Kane’s second contemporary romantic suspense since I read Run For Your Life, her first contemporary story. While I’ve always enjoyed Kane’s historicals, I think she’s really found her niche in contemporaries. No Way Out wasn’t quite as edge-of-your-seat as Run For Your Life, but it’s still a good follow-up. Julia…
The kids were outside yesterday. It was quiet in the house and I wanted to spend a few of hours pleasantly passing some time, so I picked up Beverly Barton’s Every Move She Makes. It wasn’t a story I’d never read before; it was neither incredibly good nor incredibly bad. It was just an ordinary…
The Perfect Princess had a plot that sounded interesting but ended up leaving me cold. It also had promising characters who proved to have little chemistry. What started as enticing, ended up being a perfectly average read. Lady Rosamund Devere, daughter of a powerful duke, is tired of her boring life. While everyone believes that…
Total amnesia from a bump on the head, while rare in real life, is fascinating enough that most of us will put up with it in a romance heroine. I will put up with it when it’s done right. I am fascinated by the thought of what it must be like to have to figure…
Voyager, the third installment in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, is a sharp contrast to the previous book, Dragonfly in Amber. Whereas Dragonfly began and ended with Claire and Jamie separated for twenty years, Voyager, as the title indicates, is the story of Claire’s return to the past and to Jamie. After finding out that Jamie…
Dream Mountain somehow missed its mark. Though classified as a romance, it would have more aptly been called a novel of intrigue, with a romance or two thrown in for titillation. Regardless, it didn’t leave me with that “HEA feeling,” and that’s not the only problem. Delaney Arlen encounters a man whom she mistakes for…
The back cover blurb for Linda O’Brien’s latest tells of a cynical Pinkerton hero who’s redeemed by love, a delightful, optimistic heroine, page-turning suspense and a cross-country trip. All factual (except for that page turning one and the delightful bit), but sadly the sum of the parts doesn’t make for a very engrossing whole. I’m…
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