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I can honestly say that this book tried. How could it not, when there was everything but the kitchen sink thrown in? We’ve got psychics, ghosts, cheats, liars, evil preachers, evil rich men, orphans, otters. . .otters? There was humor at times, the love scenes were well done, but not even those redeeming qualities could…
All Smiles is the first novel I’ve ever read by hugely popular author Stella Cameron. I was looking forward to it, but my hopes were almost immediately crushed. I have a lot to say about this book, so I’ll try to keep my plot summary short. When Meg Smiles’s minister father died, she was left…
This is the type of story I would be afraid to pick up if it didn’t have the name Susan Elizabeth Phillips on the cover, because there aren’t many authors out there that could get me to suspend my disbelief long enough to read a romance about the First Lady. For one thing, those of…
A combination of “everything but the kitchen sink” plotting and unlikable characters sunk this book. After reading a continuing series of misfortunes and calamities, this reviewer was exhausted by the end of the story. Both the Creed’s and the Blackthorne’s are Texas rancher families. The Creed ranch is surrounded by Blackthorne land, and the Blackthornes…
I’m a picky reader. There, I’ve admitted it. When I pick up a book, I want professional writing, a plot that makes sense, interesting dialogue and characters that behave in a psychologically believable manner. Once and Forever has a fairly interesting plot. That, however, may very well be the only thing it has going for…
Stop! Before you decide to delve into Alexandra Raife’s Until the Spring, there is something you should know: this is not a straight romance. There is a slight, very slight, romantic element to it, but this is not a romance novel. It has the requisite ending but it’s really a novel about relationships and belonging,…
My Wild Irish Rose suffers from an idiot plot. An idiot plot is one that is kept in motion solely because all the characters in it act like idiots. If the characters in this book ever asked a question, or talked to each other or acted instead of assuming, all would soon be cleared up…
I have to admit a certain personal aversion to working historical figures into works of fiction. I am so hardhearted on this fact that I even found Shakespeare in Love, the darling of the 1999 Academy Awards, a bit hard to swallow. Still, I began Forever Rose with the high hopes that it would blend…
A Trick of the Light has a suspenseful psychic plot line and is a good bet for paranormal fans sick of the flat characterization so often found in this subgenre. While trying to help a duck safely cross the road, kind-hearted Chloe Samm is struck by a speeding car. Chloe dies (for a few minutes)…
Jack of Hearts is romance with a social conscience, and an entertaining read to boot. The heroine is the daughter of a mill-owner while the hero is an impoverished viscount who needs to marry for money. At first glance, they don’t sound like a very romantic couple, but Farrell makes their love story a sweet…
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