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I’m not sure what I expected with this one, but it turned out to be a very pleasant surprise. It could have been just one more in a growing line of zany comedic romances that don’t offer much past zippy dialogue, but because of the characters, it was more. If you held a gun to…
I know Karen Robards is a popular author, so, after reading Paridise County, I debated what to say in my review. My final answer? Well, the truth is, at $24.95, this book is so not worth the money, I hardly know where to begin. When wealthy Charles Haywood is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot…
There’s something about the Jungle Boy trope that’s enormously appealing to me. As a child, I devoured all of the Jungle Books, and Wild at Heart by Patricia Gaffney is one of my all-time favorite romances. Perhaps it’s the contradictory yet intriguing mixture of wildness and innocence present in both Mowgli and Michael. In Wild…
The plot of Julia Justiss’ second book is reminiscent of Mary Balogh’s More than a Mistress, with a touch of Lisa Kleypas’ Where Dreams Begin thrown in. This is no way detracts from the story’s appeal. In fact, though the first part of the story happens a little too abruptly, it was more believable in…
The Devil’s Delilah is yet another gem from Loretta Chase, featuring one my favorite types of heroes: the cute, absent-minded nerd boy with a heart of gold. The only complaint I have about this book is that it had to end. Jack Langdon’s vagueness is part of the reason he didn’t get the girl in…
How much you may enjoy Cooking Up Trouble depends in part on your expectations of a “Fairy Tale Romance”- a romance that reworks and modernizes the events of a classic tale. I love reworked fairy tales, but mainly when they bring something new to my understanding of the classic story. My favorite musical, for istance,…
The Duke of Ashcott is upset because his father left sixty thousand pounds to his mistress, known to him only as Lucinda. He’s determined to track down the trollop and make her renounce the legacy. He and his friend, Viscount Chandler (Chan to his friends), encounter Elizabeth Merriman, who looks just like Lucinda. Elizabeth is…
The Passion is aptly titled. The hero and heroine of this book share a great deal of passion for each other, and get to indulge that passion in creative ways on many and various occasions. Unfortunately, the end result is more like an erotic Hallmark card than a believable romance. Lady Aurora Demming first meets…
When I first heard the title The Ruthless Charmer, I envisioned an amusing regency-set historical about a witty hero determined to use his charisma selfishly. To put it mildly, this is not the case for this book. Far from being a diverting, roguish Cary Grand-like hero, the title character of Julia London’s new book is…
At first glance, Last Chance Ranch looks like a tale told thousands of times before. The heroine is a woman who dresses like a man and knows as much about ranching as any man you’ll meet. The hero is the second son of an earl, sent to the Texas Panhandle to prove himself to his…
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