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After spending many, many months going through various levels of like and dislike of romance novels, when I finally read one I loved, it was a real joy, and I’m happy to report that Jewels of the Sun is a romance to love. It’s filled with colorful characters (both primary and secondary), a terrific love…
Claire Delacroix built her Bride Quest trilogy around three brothers and their individual attempts to find brides. In the third of these books, The Heiress, Rowan, the last unmarried of the three, attempts to win his brothers’ dare and marry the wealthiest heiress in Ireland before the Yule. The fact that Rowan lives in France…
The conquering dark Norman warrior marrying the fair Saxon maiden by order of the King is not a new story, and despite a plot that could have come alive, this book sinks under leaden characters and much predictability. The story opens with William the Conqueror plotting to marry one of his knights to the heiress…
This is really an odd book, and it’s hard to even begin to know how to explain it. Named of the Dragon is really straight fiction, but it has paranormal and suspense elements and slight – very slight – romance elements as well. I enjoyed much of the book, but the plot changed direction rapidly…
So often, authors load their books with hot sex scenes that don’t seem to mesh with the rest of the story. But in The Seduction, Nicole Jordan deftly handles the tensions and emotions that such rampant sexuality can stir up without scrimping on sensuality. Vanessa Wyndham’s younger brother Aubrey has incurred an enormous debt while…
Rachel Lee’s Conard County series is a favorite of mine and I was eagerly awaiting this book. While it was not at all a bad one and had several elements I thoroughly enjoyed, it was marred by a heroine who came perilously close to wallowing in self-pity and an absense of chemistry between the hero…
Earlier this year I read and really liked The Charm School, and looked forward to its sequel. It’s my pleasure to report that I was not disappointed, and I don’t think you will be either. From start to finish, this story of a deeply wounded man and the woman who rescues his soul will pull…
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy is a holiday story conveniently sold in a hard cover format that still manages to be stocking size. I thought at first that it would be a romance, but it isn’t; rather, it centers on one man who finds resolution and redemption during the Christmas season, with the help of three…
If you like reading about handsome people, perfect settings and beautiful scenery, this is the book for you. If, however, you want a book with some meat to it that might give you more than just an average pleasant reading experience, you should know that this is not that kind of book. Leonie Corinth moved…
I miss romance writer Iris Johansen; some of her romances are on my all time list of favorites. This book is not a romance by any definition. I don’t believe it even falls under the category of romantic suspense. There are romantic elements, but at it’s heart, this book is a psychological thriller. The focus…
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