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“I’m not a woman who falls in love. I’ve tried . . . it’s just not in me.” “I’ve tried to fall in love. It didn’t take for me, either.” The Gallagher siblings trilogy that began with Jewels of the Sun and continued with Tears of the Moon, reaches a satisfying ending with Heart of…
This book was very hard to assign a grade to, because where I’d give it an F for romance, it is worth an A for its study of the destructive nature of gossip. I have rarely come across more rotten and annoying characters, yet I was drawn to this book to the point I couldn’t…
Lordy! I do believe Wren Bradley and I had a personality clash. Wren is the heroine of A Wanted Woman, who succeeded in being annoying all the way through this book. Every time I could almost stomach her, she’d say “Lordy” again, and we were back to square one. Wren Bradley has always wanted to…
Personally I’m not a big fan of Regencies. I prefer historicals because I like lots of action, but there is something to be said for subtle and consistent. Not to mention refreshing, enjoyable, and lively. All those words describe Emma Jensen’s latest novel, A Grand Design. The Marquess of Tregaron has returned to London after…
I’ve encountered many characters in my time. Some I liked, some I didn’t care about, a few I loved. Not since the time I read Harold Robbins have I came across a character I disliked as immediately and thoroughly as Luke McKade, the hero of Wild Enough For Willa. When we meet Luke he’s having…
Beauty Like the Night wins the Henry James Award for Endless, Redundant Internal Musing. It starts out delightfully enough with a witty narrative voice reminiscent of Heyer or Chase. It ends on the same charming, neo-classical note. In between, though, it sags under the weight of its own non-story, and no amount of engaging prose…
From reading some of the comments posted to the AAR Message Boards, I know that there are readers who miss the long leisurely historical romances that were the norm back in the days when Jennifer Wilde was writing. I cut my romance reading teeth on those and, while I do love a quick read, there…
The moment that Randall Clayton, the 7th Duke of Beldon, hears American Cait Harmon laughing, he knows that he wants her. This doesn’t surprise him. What does is the force of his emotions. The fact that she’s American is appealing to Rand because in his experience “American women didn’t seem to abide by the same…
Taylor Smith makes the jump from paperback to hardcover with this novel, and I’m not really sure that this was the best story for that. You’ll find a lot of suspense here, as the plot moves right along, but it borders on the unbelievable. Mariah Bolt, introduced in Smith’s previous novel, Guilt By Silence, is…
A lot of romantic suspense being currently written suffers from one of two problems. Some have too much suspense/not enough romance or vice versa. Others have a mish-mash of the two, little character development, and nothing to engage the reader. Happily, Kiss and Kill manages to avoid all these pitfalls. Anne Atwood has spent the…
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