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Nightingale’s Gate is a murder mystery/romance set in the shady world of a Boston gentlemen’s club. Unfortunately, there’s more mystery and detection than romance, and I thought the book suffered for it. Young and beautiful attorney Alice Kendall – tops in her class at law school, naturally – is approached by socially prominent lawyer Grayson…
The Pleasure Master by Nina Bangs tries really hard to be an ooh la la sort of read. For me it was more of a ho hum read, all the more disappointing because of the good review she received at AAR for last year’s An Original Sin. Kathy Bartlett is a modern-day New York hairdresser…
Nicole Foster’s latest novel, Cimarron Rose is a novel that simply offers words on paper. If you aren’t looking for interesting characters, originality, good writing, or believable plotlines, this is the book for you. Katlyn McLain is the daughter of the famous chanteuse, Penelope Rose, known as the St. Louis Songbird. When her mother falls…
We, as romance readers, have a healthy respect, even an attitude of veneration, toward Georgette Heyer; it’s widely acknowledged that she invented the modern Regency. But what about those outside the “romance ghetto”? How do they see Heyer? Do they take her seriously? What do they consider is her contribution, if any, to literature? Georgete…
Just when I thought I’d seen it all; just when I started to believe there simply couldn’t be any more inane plots out there; just when I thought it was safe to go back in the bookstore, wham!, suddenly Clay. I’m simply atwitter with uncertainty; where to begin? Okay, first then … the plot. The…
I’ve enjoyed books by this author (under her pseudonym Linda Lael Miller) in the past, namely her vampire series. I haven’t read any recent titles of hers, and if this book is any indication, apparently I haven’t missed anything. Gabriella Redclift has spent most of her nineteen years in St. Swithin’s Abbey with her sisters,…
I have not read the first two books in this series, The Silver Wolf and Night of the Wolf, and although I feel that I missed out on some of the finer plot points and character backgrounds, this was still an enjoyable read. Those who have been following the series will no doubt understand many…
Debbie Macomber’s latest hardcover brings readers another entry in the women’s fiction category. It also brings another entry into the women’s fiction category that seems to be very popular right now: stories about a group of friends. Thursdays At Eight is not a bad entry, but it’s nothing special, either. Clare Craig, Liz Kenyon, Julia…
Ana Seymour is a new author for me. I’d seen her name on the spine of numerous Harlequin Historicals, but I’d never read anything she’d written so I was glad to have the opportunity to try her out. Unfortunately, I was not overly impressed by The Black Swan, her debut book for Jove. This was…
When Terracotta Summer arrived for review, I could see immediately that I was the obvious choice to review it. It’s a religious novel with mostly Mormon protagonists, and I am the lone Mormon at AAR. I wasn’t too far into the book before I realized that I was also the only person on the staff…
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