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Cold. Distant. Uninvolved. Odd words to use to describe a book that is largely set in the beautiful Tuscan region of Italy. Yet that is exactly how I felt as I read The Fifth Daughter. The story was engaging enough, the setting was unusual and different, and several of the Italian seconday characters were very…
Do you like stories with animals? How about stories with a little paranormal element? Stories with likable, honorable characters? If so, Emily Carmichael’s Diamond in the Ruff should be right up your alley. Joey DeMato is a successful professional who runs her own wedding planning business. She’s highly motivated, organized, and very busy. So busy,…
I have wished that more romance novels had South American settings, so when I found out that this book was a Regency Romance that took place partly in Peru (where I was born and raised) and had a Peruvian as a secondary character, I was intrigued. Let’s face it, your usual plot involving South American…
The beginning of Love Lessons reminded me a little of Robin Schone’s The Lady’s Tutor. A lady of quality goes to a man of bad reputation, skilled in the arts of love, in order to gain instruction. However, the similarities ended there, not only in the actual plot, but also in the tone of the…
One Hot Texan is not without flaws, among them a too naive to be believed heroine and a plot featuring one of those Only In A Romance Novel wills. But as I kept on reading, the charm of the characters began to build and I found myself quite taken with it. All in all, a…
When The Fiery Cross arrived in the mail, I knew it already had a leg up on the competition. I can’t remember another time when I have been so excited just to open a package and hold a book. I had another book to finish the day it came, so I kept giving it fond,…
Once in a while I come across a book that’s first in a series, breeze through it, and keenly anticipate the next installment. Since The Border Bride appears to be Elizabeth English’s debut book, I’m doubly impressed. Although I wasn’t completely satisfied with the development of the characters’ relationship, the writing struck me as solid…
I suppose the identity of the villain in Envy could be considered a spoiler. If you don’t want to know it, you might want to stop here. Of course, the book features a love story between a married woman and a man who is not her husband, so I was pretty sure I knew who…
Lately, I have run into several books that were written in a style that I can only call distracting. When you have to read and re-read a sentence, paragraph, or even several pages to try and figure out what the author is trying to say, it breaks the flow of what should be a smooth…
The blurb on the back of the advance copy of Unforgivable puts Tina Wainscott’s venture into romantic suspense in the company of Lisa Gardner and Iris Johansen. As someone who finds both those authors engrossing and genuinely suspenseful, I found that comparison of this novel to their work far short of the mark. Katie Malloy…
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