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What are the odds of reading two books in a row featuring heroines who are burned out concert violinists? I have no idea, but I do know Carnal Innocence was much better than the other one. Carnal Innocence is a spellbinding tale of romantic suspense – one that manages to be romantic and suspenseful. Caroline…
Danger In The Shadows is my first inspirational read, and while I would have preferred a higher level of sensual tension, the plot immediately grabbed my attention and the well-drawn characters held it. Sara Walsh’s fears begin to get the best of her when she is trapped inside a stalled elevator with handsome, ex-professional football…
The major conflict of And Mother Makes Three revolves around a deception, a well intentioned deception mind you, but a deception all the same. So, depending upon your tolerance for this plot device you may or may not enjoy this story. I did, but then I can forgive plenty if I enjoy the characters and…
Pillow Talk is an enjoyable enough contemporary romance featuring one of the nicest heroines I have encountered in a long time. However, some important issues are left unresolved at the end of the book. Author North, in this reviewer’s humble opinion, did not take advantage of the New Orleans setting. And, because the hero and…
I have to admit I tend to be a sucker for books with a mystical/paranormal twist to them. Done in the context of a romance, this plot device is a good way to bond the hero and heroine. In Julie Miller’s Shadow of the Hawk, our hero and heroine, Hawk and Sarah, are not only…
Firebird is a novel that would like to have it both ways. It’s being marketed as straight fiction (so people will take it seriously), but it’s also clearly targeting the lucrative romance audience. Frankly, I don’t think either group would find it very appealing. Straight fiction fans are likely to be annoyed by the heavy-handed…
Imagine spending two centuries underground, caught in a magical sleep, the victim of a greedy warlock. When you woke, you’d be pale, peeved, 200 years out of fashion, and ready to kick some butt. In Tracy Fobes’ Heart of the Dove, Morgana Fey (warning: this is not the only clumsy Arthurian reference) claws her way…
All About Romance mostly receives review copies of romance novels, but publishers occasionally send other types of fiction if they have a strong romantic component. This, no doubt, is why they sent Jane Routley’s Aramaya. And, though she has attempted to place personal relationships at the forefront of the book, they are the story’s most…
This read began with a bang and ended with a whimper. I spent chapter after chapter on a down slope waiting for love to really happen and not just be talked and dreamed to death. Once the end was in sight, the last misunderstanding was quickly solved for our hero and heroine, but I was…
There was nothing to dislike about Captor of My Heart and to Donna Valentino’s credit, she set this story in a time that is not often encountered in a romance novel – that of Oliver Cromwell’s period as Lord Protector. The trouble was, there was nothing really exceptional about the book. It was competent enough,…
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