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Intimate Fantasy is the third book in Harlequin Temptation’s Fantasies, Inc. mini-series. Each are penned by different authors and while each stand alone, the common thread among them is intriguing. Fantasies, Incorporated is a Fantasy Island-type resort that fulfills the wildest fantasies of their select clients. Injured firefighter Tony Moretti is running low on self-esteem…
A vulnerable, innocent woman; a man who behaves in a manner that would make a doting mother cringe in shame. Ah, Diana Palmer has written another book. When Josette Langley was fifteen, she was nearly raped at a party. The boy she accused said she led him on and then lied about the rape. Rookie…
After reading The Demon’s Mistress I knew I wanted to read the next two stories in this series about three friends named George. In this book, we’re introduced to a man in a desperate situation and the woman he believes is the solution to his problems. He soon realizes, however, that things are not all…
I like historical romances set in the regency period, and since I do, I always begin a new one hoping that I will find in it the right mix of societal maneuvering, bantering dialogue, and period feel. Nicola Cornick partially delivers this in her book, Lady Polly. Unfortunately, this book offers about as much bad…
Leticia Gomez’s Sweet Destiny has an interesting setting, but the characters’ absurd behavior spoiled it for me. I kept sighing “Yeah, right,” which isn’t a good sign. The book contains lots of laughs, but unfortunately most of the humor is unintentional. Amparo Reyes keeps an inn called Dancing Bear in New Mexico. She’s portrayed as…
Gilbert Morris is a very popular author in my geographical area. At my library Christian fiction has a huge readership, and Gilbert Morris is one of the most popular authors. He’s written more than 70 books, 25 of them in the House of Winslow series alone. The Glorious Prodigal is the twenty-fourth book in this…
The fact that The Truest Heart is an amnesia story, combined with the information in the prologue, worried me. Samantha James definitely had the makings for a typical Big Misunderstanding story here. Fortunately for the reader she doesn’t go that route, and the story is a very pleasant and enjoyable surprise. After a failed attempt…
Blessing in Disguise is Jenna Mindel’s debut book, and any time I read a debut I always hope I am discovering the next star in the Regency sky. Well, not this time. This book starts poorly, and though it makes up some ground in the middle, it basically descends into kitchen sink plotting by the…
When I finished Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible one afternoon last January, I just knew I had to write a DIK review of it. It was the most thought-provoking and compelling book I had read in some time. As it happened, I ended up going into labor and having a baby that night instead, so…
Do you ever find yourself missing Mary Stewart? Her lyrical prose, lovely imagery, exotic locales? Always, a beautiful young heroine away from home is surrounded by secrets and suspicious people, one of whom is a sexy and mysterious man. I grew up on Mary Stewart’s romantic suspense novels, and I’ve not found anyone since who…
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