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Belle’s Beau is a very uneven book. When I first started it, I thought it was terrible. The good news is that the book got better and better as it went along, but the bad news is that it took quite a bit of time to get better. Annabelle (Belle) Weatherstone is thrilled to be…
I was bit worried when I started hearing all the positive word of mouth for this book, because when I had skimmed it initially, I hadn’t wanted to dive right in. I was pleasantly surprised to discover The Duke definitely deserves its buzz. Robert Knight, the Duke of Hawkscliffe, is called the Paragon Duke. Robert…
Phoebe Smith is a governess with a problem. Her three charges are out of control and their guardian refuses to answer her requests for help, so Phoebe loads the children (teenagers really) up and takes them to London. There she plants herself in front of their guardian, Lord Sebastian Deverell, and demands he do something….
I am all in favor of lightness and charm in books and of popular culture in general. I recall an argument with a colleague over who was the better songwriter – Lennon or McCartney? Now, this particular colleague was and is one of these pretentious and solemn types, so we agreed to disagree. (FYI, I…
I’ve seen Western romances marred by overdone dialogue or stereotypical characters, but thankfully, none of these is present in Gwyneth Atlee’s Canyon Song. What is present is a well-crafted story of two people who have met before, with very bad consequences. Anna Bennett is used to people leaving things at her doorstep, usually some form…
“The Ferryman was dead.” It’s a great first sentence, including, as it does, tragedy, mystery, and a touch of humor. Just what’s needed to grab a reader’s attention and pull them into a story. And like Julia Quinn and Julie Garwood, Patricia Cabot knows how to infuse the rest of her book with all three….
I love faery stories. Be it a lighter kind of “fairy tale” or darker stories of magical beings, I am always searching for a read that will take me to another world. Karen Fox’s Prince of Charming is a story about one of the most famous magical beings there is, Robin Goodfellow, known to readers…
Waiting For You made me wait. Wait for the characters to grow up. Wait for the native warrior mentioned in the blurb to appear. Wait to get into the romance. The novel starts with a lengthy description of the childhoods of the hero and heroine in a crumbling mansion. Jack is the heir of an…
Better Than Ever is part of Kensington’s ambitious Encanto line, which features the same story in English and Spanish. In previous AAR reviews the consensus seems to be that the stories are okay, but not great. This installment also fits that description. It’s been seven years since Maya Alfonso has seen Alex Martinez. Alex and…
Be warned: the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series is not for the faint of heart. I have to say that, because I’ve read Kim Newman and Elaine Bergstrom and other vampire stories, and I still cringed at times as I read Guilty Pleasures. The continuing saga of the very normal woman who chooses to make…
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