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When I read Ruth Wind’s trilogy of books about the Forrest brothers, Marriage Material, Reckless, and Her Ideal Man, I knew she was an exceptional writer. I have hunted down as much of her backlist as possible. It is one of her earlier books, Breaking the Rules, that has touched me deeply. It is my…
Do you like marriage-of-convenience plots? Are you a big fan of Julie Garwood’s books? If so, you’ll probably find The Abduction of Julia quite a satisfying read. And while this storyline doesn’t normally appeal to me and I didn’t even like the heroine too well, there were elements in this book that had me smiling,…
Never Love a Cowboy is the kind of book that makes me wonder why I’m not more familiar with Lorraine Heath’s name. Why is everyone buying that latest glossy big-name hardback when they could be reading this little jewel? Between these inexpensive green paper covers is a book with more emotional depth than anything I’ve…
Breach of Promise is a rural Regency Romance set mostly in the village of Chipping Campden in the Cotswold region of England. It is one of the most frustrating books I have recently read – beautifully written with some of the best rural scenes I have read in a long time, but marred by characters…
Susan Johnson is famous for her footnotes. Legendary Lover has only six footnotes and none are particularly interesting or esoteric. Susan Johnson is famous for her sex scenes. Legendary Lover has a whole lot more more than six sex scenes and none of them are particularly sexy or erotic. Jack Fitz-James, the Marquis of Redvers,…
Judith Michael’s new book is about a clothing designer who goes to China on a business trip. In just a few weeks, love, and China, change her forever. In the nineteen eighties I traveled on business quite a bit and many of my trips were to China and Asia. For this reason, the premise of…
The Poisoned Serpent is the second book in a series of medieval mysteries written by Joan Wolf, who is well-known in romance circles both for her Regency Romances and for regency-set historicals. I enjoy a good mystery now and then, and I’ve read a couple of Margaret Fraser’s medieval mysteries, in which the sleuth is…
Ah, how the other half lives. I used to read Danielle Steel books and dive into a world of pretty people and pretty settings, and glitter, glitter, glitter. Now, however, I demand a little more substance from the books I read, and find the dive into her world is a bit too shallow for my…
Kathryn Shay’s firefighter trilogy, America’s Bravest, won her many fans; the honesty of her characters and the realism of her stories, thanks to her research, represent some of the best romance has to offer. I am happy to report that the level of quality Shay is known for is also present in her new book,…
I was prepared to dislike this book. I am very anti-hype, and this book had major, major hype built right in, so it was quite a shock to me when it eventually ended on my TBR pile. It shocked me even more when I liked it enough to voluntarily do a review of it. Basically…
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