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Is it possible to travel through time and not remember your previous life? I didn’t think so, but apparently for Amelia Baldwin it is possible and apparently is exactly what has happened. While I was able to follow most of the story fairly easily, this little twist threw me off and left me somewhat confused…
Hope McLean is trapped in her marriage to Richard McLean, a difficult alcoholic, and drug addict. Richard has placed Hope thousands of dollars in debt feeding his habits, and his behavior is getting more violent by the day. Hope considers herself a meek, cowardly person, but with the help of a girlfriend, Al-anon, and more…
Dr. Esme Jaramillo is looking forward to her appearance on the Barry Stillman show. She believes she is going on in order to discuss her research in genetic cloning. She is hoping to dispel many of the myths surrounding cloning. In truth, her co worker, Vitor Elizalde, has booked her on the show to have…
Catherine Anderson’s Baby Love features some fabulous writing – the premise which begins the book is explosive and riveting. While there is much to recommend about Anderson’s effort, it is also necessary to point out that the story devolves into a series of clichés that verge on the melodramatic. Rafe Kendrick, one-time happily married father…
Baby Love is intense and I mean intense. I wavered between biting my nails and reaching for hankies until I reached the end when I closed the book and went to lie down for a rest. I did say this was an intense book! Two years ago – Rafe Kendrick had it all. He and…
This book is a great example of how a bad choice for a cover blurb can spoil a book for some readers. The blurb on the front cover of The Baby Farm gives away an important plot point – one that is hinted at but not revealed until many pages into the book. Readers who…
Broken in Two is clearly labeled as a romance, but in my opinion it ought to be sold and marketed as a mystery. There is little romance here, and when it does appear it seems more like a distraction than anything else. Fortunately, the mystery is pretty engaging, and the setting is well-crafted and interesting….
Scandalous Virtue is a romp of a historical romance set in the Regency which offers a twist on the old theme of the rake and the innocent. Here we have an incorrigible hero who needs to clean up his act and a respectable heroine who is determined to dirty hers. Jack Ashecroft is both a…
If you read a lot of short books – either Regencies or Series Romances – you begin to see just how difficult they are to write. How do you find a story that can be told perfectly in about 200 pages? The Wily Wastrel, April Kihlstrom’s latest Regency, illustrates this problem. The characters are inventive,…
After reading a parade of mediocre books and outright duds recently, I was starting to wonder if I was ever going to like anything again. Black Widow has restored my faith in the publishing world. It’s not exactly perfect, but it’s well written and solidly enjoyable. And even more impressive – this is author Laurie…
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