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Perfect Match is an unusual romantic comedy by Hailey North, in which two men and two women seek love in New Orleans. The unusual thing is that for the first third of the book the reader is kept in suspense about how they’ll pair off. I enjoyed that first third. The two men are brothers,…
My Lord de Burgh, Deborah Simmons’ fifth in this series of seven brothers, has many things going for it: Stephen, the most handsome of the de Burgh brothers; Brighid, a beautiful, strong-willed heroine; a bit of magic; a bit of mystery; and a sweetly satisfying ending. While this is not the best in the series…
You’ve heard the expression, “Oh, it was nothing!” Well, now it comes in book form. I do not get it. This book is the most nothing I have ever read. There is nothing to it. No story. No plot. No character development. Nothing. It’s a mere 50,000 words (half the size of a series romance),…
Marisa Cerini’s fiercely traditional family is oddball, to say the least. Female ambition outside of house and home is frowned upon, Grandma talks regularly to Grandpa (who passed into the Great Beyond many years ago), and every female in the Cerini family meets her one true love at sunset on the first day of the…
Barbara Daly is an underrated comedy author. I’ve read two books by her so far, and both have been amusing romps with a pretty high cuteness quotient that rarely descends into saccharine sweetness. Never Say Never! is a very amusing runaway-bride story. During her wedding reception, Rhode Island heiress Tish Seldon seems to encounter evidence…
Della reads like an unedited, uncorrected first draft. There are spectacular missteps in nearly every aspect of the craft of writing. It’s painful to read, and it’s hard to imagine anything that could have made it better – there’s just too much to fix. The plot, such as it is: Della Garland is a travel…
When I was a little girl I went through the whole horse phase. I gobbled up books by Walter Farley and Marguerite Henry. I could still tell you all about the Black Stallion and the Goldophin Arabian and list off Man’o’War’s record at the track. So when I heard the name Mustang Annie my mind…
When I first began reading Moon Hunter, I was looking forward to the fact that a more unusual time and place were used as settings – the story takes place in late 18th century frontier Kentucky. The only reason I knew this, however, is because Fort Boonesborough is mentioned, and that settlement was not built…
Deep down, we all know that a title can make or break a book, and the thing about Lady Mistress that intrigued me was its title. I expected a story with an experienced heroine to rival all of those Regency rakes. But instead, Lady Mistress has a very standard heroine, and a hero so unlikable…
“An autobiography that begins with one’s birth begins too late,” is how Mary Lee Settle begins her memoir of growing up in rural West Virginia. Following through on that thought, Settle fills her autobiography with the history of her ancestors, from William Tompkins, a great-grandfather who made the family’s initial fortune in salt, to Addie,…
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