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Lord Langdon’s Tutor by first-time Regency Romance author Laura Paquet stars a hero who really needs to be told where to get off, and a heroine who doesn’t hesitate to tell him. Lady Clarissa Denham is resolved to marry only a man she loves, in spite of her father’s attempts to make an eligible match…
A little while ago I had the pleasure of reading the erotic romance anthology, Secrets: Volume 6, for AAR. To my delight, the short story Love’s Prisoner by MaryJanice Davidson was not only the best story in the collection, but one of the best short stories I had read in a long time. As I…
I am not a hard reader to please, but lately it seems that I have come across a streak of very mundane series romances. No really bad ones, but no charming or memorable ones either until now. Jennifer Greene’s Rock Solid features a heroine who in any other writer’s hands would have me running for…
It certainly looks like centuries-old witches can be as TSTL as silly young girls. At the beginning of Magical Memories, Tempest, an ages-old (and very beautiful) witch decides to drive home after her sister’s wedding. It is dark, it is snowy, it is slick and dangerous. If I were as powerful a witch as Tempest,…
On paper at least, A Great Catch has some of my favorite elements in a romance: sparkling writing, an unusual setting, realistic conflicts, and charming supporting characters. So why the mediocre grade? Because I had serious problems with the couple in this book. For a couple of career-minded adults in a very difficult profession, they…
Who could resist a book with an exotic dancer as the heroine? Okay, so she’s an exotic dancer working to support her two kids and ailing mother. She’s still a rarity in the land of debutantes and rancher’s widows. Jordan Sommerville comes into The Swine, a local bar, to convince the owner to impose stricter…
Of the romantic suspense novels I have read over the years, The Third Heiress is one of the first I have found to be genuinely suspenseful. Even better, it accomplishes that feat without piling up bodies all over the place. And though isn’t a time-travel, the story also uses paranormal elements to spin a tale…
The Marriage Bargain, by first-time novelist Michelle McMaster, is fast-paced, witty, and entertaining. It also has one of the most contrived and silly plots I have ever read. Lovely Isobel Hampton’s guardian was murdered by the devilish Sir Harry Lennox, who wants to force her to marry him. She flees, and somehow winds up unconscious…
Like the author of The Quest, I’ve often wondered how the warriors of today would compare to their distant brethren in the past. We all know that people have grown in height and muscle mass since medieval times, but is that all it takes? What about the need and desperation that must have driven those…
Tara Road is a family saga set in Ireland with a cast of thousands – or that’s what it seems like, anyway. Those of you who like fairly long, involved stories will probably relish this book, but be warned: this is definitely not a comfortable read. The story focuses on the life of Ria (Maria)…
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