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Sacred Trust by Meg O’Brien is not a romance novel. It is a novel of suspense in which a woman discovers that the peaceful world she thinks she lives in is filled with violence and hatred. This is not the sort of thing I usually read and that probably influenced my review, but I’ve tried…
Reading Kit Dee’s Brit’s Lady is the equivalent of eating fast food – it’s quick but unmemorable. While the story reads at a brisk pace and the lead characters have possibilities, neither seems terribly realistic. The villain has that Snidely Whiplash aura, and the love scenes are marred by the. . . over-exuberant use. ….
Fans of Susan Andersen know what to expect when they open one of her “Baby” books; both Baby, I’m Yours and Be My Baby sport strong, law-enforcement leads, sizzling love scenes and a whole lot of fun. In this case, however, it’s the heroine who wears the arsenal and whose job it is to save…
The Maiden’s Revenge offers two bigger-than-life characters, an overdose of lust, and a modicum of action as pirate meets merchant, neither ever to be the same again. Although the book is competently written and possesses an intriguing story concept, the characters lack the multi-dimensional quality that lends life and appeal, and the action bogs down…
I can tell what I think of a book I’ve just finished reading by counting the number of page corners I’ve turned over, because that’s how I mark places where something happened to jar me out of the story. The fewer the folder-over pages, the better. Unhappily, there are lots of them in my copy…
Indiscretion is a very lusty farce and an altogether wonderful romance. It’s far more sexual than any of author Jillian Hunter’s books of which I am aware. It also features a fairly daring plot structure, which reveals the hot and heavy past relationship between hero and heroine right at the start. If, as I do,…
Reading Dawn on a Distant Shore was an interesting experience. It was a difficult book for me to get into, but once I finally did, I couldn’t put it down. The book opens with Elizabeth Bonner delivering twins while her husband, Nathaniel, walks through a snowstorm to get to her. Shortly after the birth, Nathaniel…
Daddy By Choice is a baby book. The hero is a former cowboy. The cover is really, really ugly (is that man sewing)? So naturally, I passed it up. No I didn’t. Daddy By Choice is by Paula Detmer Riggs and anyone who can do as she did with Her Secret, His Child, which was…
If you’re looking for a mature hero and heroine who enjoy each other’s company with no babies, cowboys or amnesiacs in sight, this is the book for you. Lydia McKinley is a college professor and doctoral candidate in molecular biology. She and her neighbor, Scott Pearson, have an acquaintance based on discussions of DNA. Fed…
I love the Victorian period dearly. To me it is one of the most interesting of all times. My favorite series of books that take place in this dynamic age are the mysteries featuring Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte, written by Anne Perry. These are not only excellent mysteries, but insightful social history as…
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