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Because Janelle Denison’s Christmas Fantasy was a very sexy book with a super hero, I had high hopes for the sequel, Valentine Fantasy, written by Jamie Denton. Sadly, my expectations for a sexy romance were not met this time around. Cait Sullivan is a newspaper reporter hot for the scoop that will make her career….
Practice to Deceive This is the first book in the fantastic Patricia Veryan series, the Golden Chronicles, and early on shows all the promise that make every novel in this six-book series a Desert Island Keeper for me. I read it in a matter of hours when I first bought it and now I re-read…
I am thankful for buzz. Good or bad, it often draws my attention to books I’d otherwise overlook. There was so much buzz about the horrid cover of Rio Grande Wedding that I couldn’t resist picking it up when I spotted it to see whether it lived up to its bad rep. Yikes, it was…
Legacy is a contemporary romance with some suspense thrown in. The “legacy” is an unusual will that forces the hero and heroine of the novel to live and work together for a year. The characters and plot are pleasant enough, but also a little banal. Although the plot picks up a little toward the end…
Miss Maitland’s Letters is the type of book I often hope to read when I open up a Regency Romance. The story is as old as Cyrano de Bergerac, or maybe older, but it’s told well here. Major Stephen Rutledge, the hero, is a casual acquaintance of Lieutenant Paul Clement, who becomes engaged while he…
It may be cliched, but enthralling is the best word I can use to describe the latest book by Donna Kauffman. I finished this one in less than 24 hours, stopping only to sleep last night. If you’re a fan of anything with even a hint of wizardry in it, this is the book for…
Check out this cover. The man with the pirate bandana on his head looks exactly like David Duchovny. He is staring up at the breasts of a woman who is bound to the mast of a ship with her arms stretched up over her head. She has a very smug look on her face. This…
Remember your last visit to a carnival fun house? You walked into a completely dark room, unsure of what was going to happen. Maybe something would jump out at you, or your image would be distorted with mirrors. There were mazes, riddles and wrong turns. In the end, you emerged shaken, laughing and disoriented. The…
Oprah would love this book. It features very atmospheric writing and an unusual story of guilt and redemption. While I admired the writing, the book was marred for me by characters who were not very realistic. They practically wear signs with SYMBOL on them. The book also paints a very negative picture of the basic…
In the past I have liked a couple of Amanda Ashley’s vampire books, and I liked Hawk’s Woman, which she wrote as Madeline Baker. But I am sad to say that The Captive was a disappointment in every way. Accepting a dare, beautiful Lady Ashlynne Myrafloures watches as the latest slave who has been captured…
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