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When Mathilda Heath was 18, she became engaged to Miles Stephens, Viscount Halifax and the future Earl of Southmoor. Mathilda was happy, she loved Miles and wanted to experience with him all the little romantic gestures she thought common to engaged couples. But Miles was stiff and formal. He never called her by her given…
Secret, I’ve got a secret! If you’ve ever heard this phrase then you know the annoyance factor it engenders, which makes it a perfect title for the latest by Kat Martin. This suspense novel, and I use the term loosely, is annoying on so many different levels that it’s difficult to narrow it down to…
I’ve read only one other book by Tamara Leigh and that was Saxon Bride, which I thought was excellent. Her latest effort, Blackheart, is also excellent. Having said that, this book is not for the faint of heart or readers looking for a light and frothy medieval romp. The author poses an impossible and romantically…
For any readers who are fans of the Fantasy genre as well as Romance, Abandon should be quite a treat. The book offers an unending series of exquisite fantasy details so seamlessly woven into the story that the effect is reminiscent of Magical Realism. If the romance reached the same standard the book would be…
The overwhelming feeling I got when reading Cross the Line was that it was a first draft. Not a bad first draft, but one in need of lots of refinement and judicious pruning. However, it’s not a first draft, but a finished product, available for you to purchase. And unless you like to read books…
In Dee Holmes’ latest book The Secret Stones, we find a family torn apart not only by divorce but also by tragedy. Mattie Caulfield’s oldest daughter Jessica has been in a car accident and is in a coma. Mattie rushes to the hospital to find her ex-husband Stephen already there. The two discover that not…
This book was about as difficult to grade as any I’ve read. While the humor and characters made me want to grant it DIK status, it failed to plumb any sort of real emotional depths, and the plot had some problems, although it was certainly original and interesting enough to keep me turning pages. Likewise,…
O.K. Ellen, remember your motto: In The World Of Romance Novels, You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover. So the man on this cover is shirtless in an inappropriate setting. Well, at least there are leaves on the trees and not snow on the ground like some I can think of, but still it…
I was so excited when I received my copy of Fast Women. It literally made my day brighter to unwrap it and see its gleaming red and white cover. I’d been looking forward to reading this for months. Welcome to Temptation was one of my favorite reads for last year and I couldn’t wait to…
Sometime last year I found myself stuck in a reading rut. So I decided to experiment with other genres and drifted over to Fantasy and Science Fiction. One of the authors I discovered there was Sharon Shinn. She has written a number of books, combining both science fiction and fantasy with romance. I liked them…
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