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Sandra Brown’s series romances are my guilty pleasures. Despite contrived plots, too many virginal heroines to count and slightly outdated moral standards, they appeal to me on a gut-level. A Whole New Light, however, is in my opinion one of her best series romances. It is a light, sexy, feel-good book and a perfect summer…
The Lover by Robin Schone brings us a very unusual romantic hero, Michel des Anges, a male prostitute. Michel is tragically scarred both externally and internally. The heroine, Anne Aimes, is a 36-year-old spinster who hires Michel to take her virginity and give her a lifetime of memories. Together they are plunged into a maelstrom…
Who says we at AAR don’t “get” Regencies? When one is done as well as Lord Stanhope’s Proposal, with delightful characters and a wonderfully written plot, what’s not to get? If you’re looking for a very pleasant way to pass a few hours, I highly recommend this book to you. Tristan, Earl of Stanhope, is…
Sometimes, when I’ve just finished reading a stream of one kind of romance novel, I start to feel that just maybe I’ve gone overboard. My head feels as though I’ve consumed too many mental Milky Way bars. I long for something with more substance, meat and potatoes, if you will. Maybe I’m not in the…
Certain books feature a writing style that seems distant. For the romance novel – a genre that is based on emotion – a distant style can be a difficult problem for an author to overcome. It’s possible, however, if the storyline in the book is exciting and the characters, if not reachable, are at least…
Impossible Dreams is a book that could easily have been a memorable read, had it only undergone some subplot and secondary character pruning. Written with subtle humor and stirring sensuality, and containing emotionally insecure characters, the story showed much promise. But sadly, it became bogged down with an excess of less interesting material. Maya Alyssum’s…
Move over, Cassie Edwards. You’ve got competition. I know that Kathleen Woodiwiss is famous for a distinctive way of writing, so I’d better come clean now. It’s a style that I find nearly unreadable. This is my first Woodiwiss book. The unparalleled purple prose had me squirming like nothing else I’ve read. But, even Woodiwiss…
If it’s adventure and action you crave, Raven’s Bride might be the book for you. From the opening pages you have non-stop activity; I must admit, however, that in the end, I just wanted it to be over. After enduring a lifetime of abuse, Cara Tarakanov sees an opportunity to escape her evil father, better…
Patricia McKillip’s The Book of Atrix Wolfe is not a romance novel, though it contains a sweet, subtly inconclusive love story. But I find something irresistibly romantic about the concept of an immortal, summertime faery-wood that exists alongside our own world, populated by powerful, beautiful beings. The Book of Atrix Wolfe is a fairy tale,…
For a time, I could feel the mist on my face, smell the clean, cool air of Scotland, and hear the voice of the bard as he spun his tales. The sheer beauty of the legends, beliefs, and majesty of Scotland jump from the pages of this book. Very rarely does a book absorb me…
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