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This book sounded like a great idea. After all, it’s a medieval, a time-travel, and it’s set in Scotland, three potentially great items, especially to an Outlander fan like me. Unfortunately, the great premise did not carry through to make A Highlander’s Touch a great book. Lisa Stone’s life changed overnight when her father died;…
It must be difficult to write a romantic suspense novel. I base this statement on how very few good ones there are out there. California Moon by Catherine Lanigan is not one of the good ones. Shannon Riley is a lonely woman who lives in abnormal isolation and who dedicates her every waking moment to…
This story is a departure from Ms. Stuart’s previous works. The hero was not as tortured, and there was almost a light-hearted tone throughout the story. Maybe the term would be dim, not dark, but not truly light either. Nicholas Strangefellow is not what he seems. The King’s Fool is anything but, and his surname…
The very first thing I noticed about Christina Skye’s 2000 Kisses was that it was not Y2K compliant. I started reading 2000 Kisses on New Year’s weekend – a romance novel with a Y2K tie-in seemed like the perfect thing to read at that point. But it also made a very basic mistake glaringly obvious:…
If you are a romance fan who is considering trying some science fiction, Catherine Asaro’s latest book, The Veiled Web, is a great place to start. It has a satisfying science fiction plot but emphasizes the relationship between the two main characters to the point where the science fiction aspect seems almost secondary. <!– var…
Have a problem concerning race relations in history? Make up your own version and write a book about it. Make it so shallow and sticky sweet that it feels like eating one of those horrible too-sweet cakes that can be purchased from any supermarket bakery and, voila, you have Thunder Heart! Everyone was just too…
This book is a good, hot, fantasy read, and for a while I wondered exactly how to review it. Parts of it brought emotion front and center; parts of it made me roll my eyes. How does a reviewer judge a book like that? I suppose it helps to give it further explanation. Twenty-two-year-old Nora…
Dave Richman’s life takes an unexpected turn when a simple trip to the bank turns into a dangerous hostage situation. Dave, an FBI agent, is considering his options when Kate O’Malley, the hostage negotiator, enters the scene. Dave’s first instinct is to take control of the situation, but once he hears Kate’s calm Southern voice,…
Having just finished a book (The Barbarian Earl by Nadine Miller) where the hero was a bastard who married a proper, high born lady – with revenge among some of his motives – I was intrigued by how this book would carry out a similar premise. I know what author Smith is capable of –…
My Loving Familiar has an enticing blurb. It mentions a magical cat and a struggling, self-sufficient but wacky heroine that sucked me right in. What the blurb fails to mention, however, is that the hero is a bit of a dud and that the gist of the plot hinges on the heroine’s attempt to seduce…
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