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  • A Slip in Time

    Is this a paranormal? Is this a time travel? Is this a mystery? The answer is a little of each. A Slip in Time can be seen as a straight time travel, but here the stress is more on the process than the actual event. Whatever it is, A Slip in Time is a captivating…

  • A Wish. . .and a Kiss

    If you’re in the mood for an amusing read with more than a touch of whimsy, do something good for yourself and track down this little gem of a book at your favorite used book shop. Chelsey Mallon, an archeologist with a tarnished reputation, has been given the daunting, and mind numbing, task of cataloging…

  • Code of Honor by Kathryn SHay

    I love discovering new authors. Kathryn Shay has been around for a while, but she’s new to me. Code of Honor is Shay’s latest and the conclusion to her America’s Bravest trilogy from Harlequin Superromance. It’s a strong finale. Chelsea Whitmore is one of the Rockford Fire Department’s few women. After dating one of her…

  • When the Far Hills Bloom

    When the Far Hills Bloom is the gently-told story of two people wounded by the death of a beloved. California rancher’s daughter Aislin D’Ary Byrne thinks her destiny is to marry Jamie Dearbourne. Golden son Jamie has always been the perfect child, the authority figure, the one destined for greatness, and Aislin’s feelings are not…

  • Head Over Heels

    There are some books that are very hard for me to grade. Some elements of the plot hold zero appeal to me and turn me off, but I know other readers will love them. This is one of those books. One of the things that you should love to read about if you want to…

  • The Courtship

    We all have an author or two whom we used to read religiously – she published it, we bought and read it, and for the most part we enjoyed what we read. But somewhere along the way we changed, or she changed, or both, and the reading experience between author and reader went south. I’m…

  • The Courtship

    After having read 23 books by Catherine Coulter, I figure I’m something of an expert on her. For just about every book I’ve loved or liked by this author, there are an equal number of books I’ve disliked or abhorred. Indeed, my batting average for her is this: 5 A’s, 6 B’s, 2 C’s, 6…

  • Beyond Forever

    Beyond Forever is a book that instantly hooked me with its charming characters, began to lose me with its repetitive and often frustrating middle, but then picked up again with a heartwarming end. Julia Fairfax arrives at Castle Dunmore in the Scottish Highlands with her orphaned niece and her grandmother and plans to spend the…

  • Jewels of the Sun

    It is always a delight to read a new novel by Nora Roberts, but seemingly she may be on the brink of writing the best novels of her career. The deep, rich characterizations in Jewels of the Sun drive the plot and give life to the Irish backdrop. Roberts easily holds her reign as the…

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