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Ahhh, now this is the book I was looking for when I picked up one of Jove’s first entries in their new “Friends” line. Although it fits just as neatly into the “Haunting Hearts” line, Ghost of Summer works well as a friendship romance. Kate Fallen’s parents shared a rare kind of love, a love…
To be perfectly frank, I was very disappointed with this book. After Tex is written by Sherryl Woods, and I have enjoyed her writing in the past (just last year I gave her Amazing Gracie a grade of B+). The plot is this new book is interesting, a few of the characters endearing, it touches…
I enjoyed the last Cathy Maxwell book that I reviewed so much, I went on a major glom. What I found out was that Maxwell writes well, but she hits about 50/50 with me. This one, unfortunately, was one that didn’t work so well. Brenn Owen is a Welsh earl who desperately needs a rich…
Ana Leigh has apparently had great success with The MacKenzies series of western romances, but the appeal of Jake is largely illusory. From a small historical “fox paw” at the beginning to a conflict that never fully makes sense, this is one of those books that leaves you shaking your head, wondering why you’ve spent…
Many years ago I went to see Splash with my parents. For those of you who may not remember, this fanciful film was a love story between a man and a mermaid. Although each of us enjoyed it, at one point my dad turned to me and said, “When she did that, it wasn’t realistic.”…
In A Woman of Passion, Virginia Henley introduces us to the life and loves of Elizabeth “Bess” Hardwick. Born into a life of poverty and kicked out of her home, Bess vows that she will do all it takes to gain security and success and rise to the top of English society. We follow Bess…
Timmothy B. McCann is the latest author to enter the booming African-American fiction market, following the path blazed by Terry McMillan and Eric Jerome Dickey. His first novel, Until. . ., mines the already well-worked vein of contemporary male-female relationships, much of which will seem familiar to fans of the genre. Betty Robinson is the…
Many historical romance novels are the literary equivalent of a Renaissance festival – diverting, but bearing little relationship to actual history. With good reason: most people are not interested in seeing or reading about the dark and gritty side of life when they are seeking entertainment and escape, and there’s a lot of darkness and…
Cyber Bride has what sounds like a cute plot. The hero and heroine meet on line in a chat room and get to be good friends. They actually live in the same building, and each figures out the identity of the other. It’s not unlike You’ve Got Mail, or so you would think. Unfortunately, most…
I always like a good time-travel romance. My only question: Where are they? A good time-travel, indeed any paranormal, requires a certain level of depth to the story in order to avoid having the metaphysical elements come across as too simplistic. Time-travel – especially in romance novels – is a fascinating concept but, in order…
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